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Description At Abbott, it's all about providing an exceptional experience - for our clients, our construction partners and most importantly, our employees. Our team is made up of talented professionals who fully embrace the company's brand pillars of stewardship, collaboration and integrity. They are respectful, hardworking individuals who take pride in what they do and in helping others achieve their goals. In addition, Abbott's size, combined with the versatile talents of our team, gives us the unique ability to adapt resources and approaches based on specific needs. This flexibility not only enables us to stand out from the crowd by being a responsive business partner who can quickly adjust to any situation, but also offer diverse and rewarding opportunities to our employees. Summary: The Preconstruction Manager Role can either lead the entire effort in Preconstruction or support the Project Executives during the preconstruction activities for multiple projects from pursuit of an RFQ, through and up to construction commencement. This is a high-level strategy role with a focus on mitigating risk and maximizing value on projects in the design and preconstruction phase. The Preconstruction Manager will work in coordination with both the Vice President of Acquisition, Director of Preconstruction, Project Executives, and/or Project Managers on the projects to ensure project goals are met and process/schedules are proactively managed. Primary Duties: Be a champion for expressing the importance of preconstruction, how it impacts projects, and demonstrating collaboration at its finest Track status of all current preconstruction projects monthly with Director of Preconstruction and provide report to Vice President of Acquisition Audit projects in preconstruction to verify the status of current activities, what is needed, and determine where project risks are Ensure effective and proactive communication is maintained at all levels on the project teams. If needed, lead conversations to ensure that teams are holding themselves in close account with each other and externally, with clients and design teams. As the project transitions from preconstruction to construction, there is complete alignment in project risks, forecasted margin, schedule, and manpower prior to the Internal Preconstruction Meeting. Develop win strategies for project pursuits, along with win strategies for issues within projects in preconstruction Advocate for project teams/coordinating preconstruction resources with Operations Manager, arranging for collaboration with experts outside of the team, be a listening to team issues, and maintain a culture of possibilities and progress. Work closely with our Business Development team, Marketing, Project Executives and the Director of Preconstruction on project proposals, assisting with proposal content, and interview participation Participate in project estimate reviews Educate and mentor preconstruction teams on Target Value Delivery principles Lead or participate in the development of Project Charters, ensuring that they are done at the start of preconstruction Being at stake for the Project Charter and ensuring that the project team is living up to the standards that the Project Charter established, especially as it relates to communication Mentor teams on preconstruction best practices, processes and tools Provide convincing presentations in the arenas of work acquisition or major preconstruction meetings Establish deep relationships with area clients and construction colleagues, in conjunction with the Director of Preconstruction: Attend OAC meetings for projects assigned Attend business development events Join networking organization(s) and become involved on committees and with community enhancement events Work on corporate preconstruction initiatives, always looking at ways to improve our preconstruction processes, mitigate