Position Title: Project Development Manager
Job Function: Lead and manage the Project Development Department.
Objective: Provide clients with cost-effective and efficient design and budgetary support during the early stages of a project.
Personal Characteristics:
- Product Knowledge: Understands various products and knows when and how to use them effectively.
- Technical Expertise: Capable of navigating plan sets and project manuals, with a solid understanding of project-specific building codes.
- Budgeting Skills: Proficient in developing accurate preliminary project budgets.
- Project Management: Skilled in completing product takeoffs, building project estimates, and drafting comprehensive project proposals.
- Presentation & Negotiation: Confident in presenting projects and negotiating terms.
- Mentorship: Provides guidance to co-workers and communicates clearly with colleagues, clients, and vendors.
- Problem-Solving: Handles challenging situations with clear and logical thinking.
- Strategic Vision: Understands the bigger picture and can manage the department effectively.
Key Responsibilities:
- Proposal Development: Work on assigned projects to develop timely and accurate proposals for customers.
- Information Gathering: Collect and review all necessary project information, including front-end documents, specifications, construction plans, and addenda.
- Estimating: Prepare new estimates using the latest company-provided Excel spreadsheet.
- Proposal Preparation: Draft proposals on the company’s Word document template and submit them in PDF format.
- Correspondence Management: Monitor both your company and the main estimating email accounts for project-related correspondence, ensuring all work-related emails are sent from the company-provided account.
- Design & Scope Reviews: Schedule and attend project design and scope reviews as needed, which may require out-of-town travel.
- Pricing Negotiation: Negotiate project pricing with contractors within predetermined guidelines.
- Code Compliance: Ensure all products provided comply with applicable building codes.
- Quantity Estimation: Accurately estimate the quantities needed to submit a complete and competitive bid package to the customer.
- Customer Follow-Up: Follow up with customers on bid projects as necessary.
- File Management: Maintain organized digital project files, including detailed records of bid documents, correspondence, and other project-specific information. Store a copy of all project files (proposals, estimates, plans, specs, addenda, etc.) on the Estimating One Drive account.
- Consultation & Coordination: Provide consultation, coordination, and support to customers, the sales team, and internal personnel as needed.
- Team Mentorship: Guide and mentor co-workers to foster their development.
- Relationship Management: Develop and maintain strong working relationships with customers, vendors, and company personnel.
