Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Major Projects the Preconstruction Manager will lead the planning and development phases of major heavy civil infrastructure projects, including highways, bridges, rail, transit, water infrastructure, and large-scale site developments. This leadership role is responsible for managing preconstruction activities from project pursuit through contract execution, ensuring successful delivery of high-quality proposals that are competitive, accurate, and aligned with client expectations.

Primary Scope of Role :

• Lead the preconstruction process including estimates, constructability reviews, risk assessments, scheduling, value engineering, and stakeholder coordination.
• Manage and coordinate responses to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) and Request for Proposals (RFP) for design-build, P3, and other alternative delivery models.
• Develop and maintain preconstruction schedules in collaboration with planners, design consultants, and operations teams.
• Collaborate with business development, estimating, engineering, and legal teams to develop pursuit strategies and winning proposals.
• Facilitate design development during pursuits to ensure alignment with cost, schedule, and performance requirements.
• Identify and manage project risks and opportunities during early planning and design phases.
• Support subcontractor/vendor engagement and market outreach to ensure competitive pricing and innovative solutions.
• Participate in client meetings, presentations, and technical reviews as a key project lead during the procurement phase.
• Maintain detailed records and hand over complete bid packages to project delivery teams after award.

Specific Duties :

Project Planning and Coordination

• Analyze project requirements and develop pre-construction schedules.
• Collaborate with design teams, estimators, and subcontractors to align project objectives.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, environmental, and safety standards.
• Develop and maintain a bid tracking list and chair bi-weekly team meetings to keep department up to date and to gather market internal market information
• Develop a Go/No Go template for senior management review
• Attend conferences and industry events
• Become the Major Project representative with Metrolinx/IO/MTO

Cost Estimating and Budget Management

• Ensure preparation of accurate and competitive cost estimates.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and value engineering solutions.
• Present budget summaries to stakeholders and ensure alignment with client expectations.

Design Review and Optimization

• Evaluate and refine design concepts to optimize construction feasibility and efficiency.
• Coordinate with engineers and architects to address project challenges and constraints.
• Ensure designs meet technical specifications and environmental requirements.

Bid Preparation and Proposal Development

• Lead the preparation of technical and financial proposals.
• Develop project narratives and highlight unique value propositions.
• Participate in pre-bid meetings and site visits to gather critical project insights.

Risk Assessment and Mitigation

• Identify potential risks during the pre-construction phase.
• Develop and propose mitigation strategies to ensure project success.
• Maintain contingency plans for cost, schedule, and environmental risks.

Client and Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as the primary point of contact for clients during the pre-construction phase.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders to establish trust and collaboration.
• Provide regular updates and address client queries promptly.

Position Requirements :

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in heavy civil construction, with at least 3 years in a preconstruction or estimating leadership role.
• Proven experience with major infrastructure project delivery models including DB, CMGC, Progressive Design Build, DBF, DBFOM, and P3.
• Strong knowledge of construction means and methods, market pricing, and risk management practices.
• Excellent leadership, organizational, and communication skills.
• Proficiency with estimating, scheduling, and design collaboration software (e.g., HCSS, Primavera P6, Bluebeam, AutoCAD, etc.).
• Ability to manage multiple pursuits simultaneously and work under tight deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Professional Engineer (P.Eng) or eligibility is an asset.
• Experience with collaborative project delivery models (e.g., Progressive DB, IPD).
• Strong network of industry contacts, consultants, and subcontractors

About Us

As we look to the future, we need creative, ambitious, and innovative professionals like you who can help us to build the world of tomorrow, today.

GIP team members are at the heart of our success in designing and delivering infrastructure projects safely, thoughtfully, and with the highest quality. Our culture allows employees to bring their A Game to work each day. If you want to work for a world-class organization that provides an exceptional career experience with an inclusive and collaborative culture, this opportunity is for you!

Our People

At Green Infrastructure Partners (GIP), our people are second to none. Our most valuable asset is people - our employees, our customers, and the public. Nothing is more important than our people coming to work happy and leaving safely. GIP team members are at the heart of our success in designing and delivering infrastructure projects safely, thoughtfully, and with the highest quality.

Our Work

The work we do impacts lives. It impacts our schools and neighbourhoods and shapes our communities and cities. We are one of Canada's largest and fastest growing construction companies. Every day our people are designing, delivering, and maintaining infrastructure for Canada's rapidly growing cities. From demolition, shoring and foundations, excavation, remediation, to structures, paving and the production of materials, we have the unique ability to self perform all project scopes without reliance on sub-contractors. The work we at GIP today will carry us into a better, greener, and safer tomorrow.

Our Culture

We are committed to fostering a work environment that embraces Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging for all so our people benefit from the creative solutions that come from embracing differences.

Sustainability is part of our DNA. We focus on recycling and reusing materials by taking old roads and reengineering them into new roads, keeping tons of used materials out of our landfills.