Vice President of Preconstruction

Seeking a senior front-end construction leader who can own pre-construction, strengthen client strategy, mentor the estimating team, and help grow Company into higher-end commercial office and interior build-out work. This is not a traditional estimating seat. This is a leadership and growth role for someone who can win trust early, drive the front end of the business, protect margin, and help create long-term enterprise value inside an employee-owned company.

The right candidate must have these four traits:

1. Relationship-Driven Market Maker: Real relationships with owners, developers, brokers, architects, owner's reps, property managers, subcontractors, and corporate users - ideally in Palm Beach County, northern Broward, or northern South Florida.
2. Technical Pre-Construction Leader: Able to lead conceptual budgeting, estimating strategy, subcontractor coverage, VE, proposal development, scope review, and clean handoff to Operations. We do not want a pure salesperson who cannot protect the estimate.
3. High-Urgency Growth Driver: Decisive, competitive, direct, and comfortable moving with incomplete information. Companyneeds front-end urgency and business-development energy - not someone who waits for perfect drawings before taking action.
4. Hands-On Employee-Owner Mentality: Willing to wear many hats, mentor the existing team, chase opportunities, solve problems, and operate without corporate bureaucracy. This person needs to think like an owner, not like an employee protecting a narrow lane.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead Company's pre-construction and estimating strategy.
• Own conceptual budgeting, proposal strategy, bid coverage, VE, and scope review.
• Develop and strengthen client, architect, broker, owner's rep, and subcontractor relationships.
• Help generate negotiated and relationship-driven work.
• Mentor and raise the standard of the current estimating/pre-construction team.
• Improve proposal quality, estimate accuracy, subcontractor coverage, and handoff to Operations.
• Work with Operations to ensure what is sold can actually be built profitably.
• Help build a stronger, more scalable front-end process for the company.
• Represent Company professionally in the market.

Required Experience

• 10+ years commercial construction experience.
• Strong GC or construction management background.
• Significant pre-construction, estimating, project executive, or BD leadership experience.
• Commercial interiors, high-end office, corporate interiors, Class A office, or similar client-facing work.
• $1,000,000+ project experience.
• Strong South Florida market knowledge.
• Ability to lead conceptual budgets with incomplete drawings.
• Direct communication with owners, architects, brokers, and subcontractors.
• Strong understanding of cost drivers, constructability, schedule, scope gaps, and margin risk.

Preferred Experience

• Existing Palm Beach County or northern South Florida relationships.
• Experience winning negotiated work.
• Corporate HQ, law firm, financial office, medical office, luxury commercial interiors, or hospitality-quality build-out experience.
• Prior leadership over estimators or pre-construction staff.
• Experience in a mid-sized, entrepreneurial, privately held, founder-led, or employee-owned GC.