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Senior Preconstruction Manager – Restaurant / Retail
\nFull-Time | Mostly Remote (CA or TX preferred) | Direct Hire | Up to $150K

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About the Opportunity

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Our client is a family-owned architectural design, development, and project management firm — an owner's rep and construction management consultant serving hospitality and retail brands across the full development lifecycle. They act as the client advocate, coordinating GCs and subcontractors rather than self-performing construction. Small and entrepreneurial (a team of about 12 with an \"old startup\" feel), everyone wears multiple hats, and there's genuine room to grow with the company. This is one of two senior seats being built out to distribute work a long-tenured leader has carried for years — so there's real scope to grow into.

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The Role

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Our client is looking for a Senior Preconstruction Manager to own the front end of the pipeline — moving real estate through design and into construction handoff. You'll manage budgets across active locations using an established template, issue RFPs, and solicit and critically review bids from a recurring vendor base. The estimating piece here isn't traditional takeoff work; because the firm uses consistent vendors and templates, the value is in judgment — knowing whether a bid is complete, whether scope has fallen between two vendors, and whether a number is defensible. You'll manage the design pipeline with internal architects, handle RFIs, submittals, and change orders with budget judgment applied, and serve as a client-facing resource on budget and scope. This role runs side by side with the Senior Project Manager, who owns execution.

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What You'll Do

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Own the preconstruction phase across the pipeline — real estate through design into construction handoff
Manage budgets across active locations using the firm's established template
Issue RFPs and solicit/collect bids from the recurring vendor base
Review bids and scopes critically — identify gaps and flag scope that falls between vendors
Comment substantively on scope rather than just collecting and forwarding documents
Manage the design pipeline with internal architects and design consultants
Handle RFIs, submittals, and change orders with cost judgment applied
Coordinate handoffs to the Senior PM and Construction Managers
Serve as a client-facing resource on budget and scope across recurring operators

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What You Bring (Must-Haves)

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Senior-level preconstruction experience (roughly 15–20+ years)
GC background preferred; owner's rep or construction management consulting also works
Demonstrated budget management ownership (not just reporting)
Ability to issue an RFP, collect bids, and critically review scope for omissions
Commercial experience — ideally restaurant, retail, or hospitality
Comfort with RFIs, submittals, and change orders, with cost judgment applied
Procore experience
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Based in California (preferred) or Texas

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Nice to have: true estimating background (cost codes, building estimates from scratch); PMP; multi-site rollout experience with recurring commercial clients; entitlements/permitting/site development exposure; experience driving Procore adoption.

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