McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. · 18 hours ago
MEP Director
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is America's premier, 100% employee-owned commercial construction company. The MEP Director serves as a key member of each project team, leading efforts to provide MEP expertise from project pursuit through construction, while coordinating with various stakeholders and managing preconstruction services.
Construction
Responsibilities
Assist and coordinate preconstruction services with the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, low voltage, fire suppression and other similar scopes of work
Lead and/or assist with the VDC coordination during the preconstruction effort
Responsible for cost analysis and estimate coordination, as well as development and review of trade takeoffs and internal pricing
Develop subcontractor bidding strategy, coordinate all bidding and oversee subcontractor solicitation and bid evaluation during bidding process
Oversee or prepare the Exhibit 1 development process – scopes of work, for all MEP subcontractors
Assist in the development and training of future MEP staff
Participate in interview preparation for negotiated bids
Coordinate bid efforts, processing RFI’s, and interfacing between bidding community
Review project documents to understand risk elements and address such for evaluation
Develop scope-gap matrixes to assist with coordination between MEP trades
Review project documents for cost-effectiveness and suggest value alternatives where applicable
Participate in constructability and quality reviews
Manage and define risks for the executive team
Prepare clarifications and assumptions for listed scopes of work for RFP submission
Perform comparisons of scope, quantities and cost data between projects
Prepare management presentations and develop an estimate basis
Assist with presentation of final submission with Owner and A/E team for all related scopes of work
Assist regional ongoing projects as it relates to MEP scopes of work
Build relationships with subcontractors, vendors and internal clients to maintain a good reputation for McCarthy and gain competitive advantage for future projects
Provides support to Business Development team as necessary to build and maintain relationships with existing client base
Attends industry events and represents McCarthy to the industry in a professional capacity
Builds and maintains relationships with internal McCarthy Partners
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management or Engineering and 10+ years experience with an MEP focus required
In-depth knowledge of construction principles/practices required
Proven experience managing large-scale preconstruction efforts
Experience dealing with subcontracts, subcontractors and/or vendors
Experience leading successful team ventures, including development of employees and maintaining relationships with internal and external partners
Able to manage multiple estimating teams/efforts concurrently
Self-starter and highly motivated
Excellent follow-up and open issues resolution
Demonstrate behaviors consistent with McCarthy core values while maintaining a 'value added' approach to estimating
Ability to communicate with, present to, build trust in and influence others internally and externally
Proficiency in Virtual Design and Construction software programs
Maintains a 'value added' approach to preconstruction
Benefits
Possible bonus and other benefits which can impact total compensation
Company
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
With 160 years spent collaborating with partners to solve complex building challenges on behalf of its clients, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
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