Business Unit Lead- Self Perform

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

Role: NJ SPW Lead

Responsibilities: Total ownership of the SPW effort in the NJ Business Unit (get work, do work, take care of people)

Specific responsibilities may include the following:

Get Work

• Actively finds ways to get in front of customers early to pre-sell, help win work and engage in the interview process as appropriate.
• Communicate regularly with teams on pursuit progress, business development, and if/when/how to support projects to win.
• Stays current on all business unit target project pursuits and leans in to help improve project capture rate.
• Evaluates risk, reviews labor, materials, equipment and general conditions estimates on many different project and contract types.
• Attend and participate in the various get work meetings, to include the weekly NJ BD Meeting and SPW Get Work Meeting. Responsible for getting work for the SPW team.
• Forecasting of opportunities.
• Integrate with OES and family of companies.
• Work with Get Work teams to develop the SPW strategy for opportunities; support PXs and BD leads to develop SPW strategies early on during the pursuit stage; develop strong customer relationships with these leads as we do with our external clients.
• Provide budget pricing based on conceptual/DD-level documents as requested from precon teams
• Submit proposals for project specific ITBs using best practice tools.
• Integrate concrete, Div 7, Div 10 and other scope groups into the NJ plan
• Lead SPW business planning efforts across the NJ Business Unit
• Support BU growth into Philly and other surrounding areas.

Do Work

• Has a complete understanding of cost estimating, budgeting, and forecasting.
• On a monthly basis, reviews hours and labor projections for the next 12 months.
• Reviews project financials with leadership monthly and projects out through current year.
• Develops and manages yearly business plan.
• Understands financial goals and expectations per project; communicates those project goals to finance team.
• Ensures PCIs are executed in a timely manner.
• Utilizes reports to dive into potential issues- forecasts and utilizes P&L.
• Take an active role in creating a strong safety culture. Ensure teams plan their work and have the tools, equipment and training to ensure a safe work environment - safety first in everything we do. Be the leader in incident response.
• Have a full command of our SPW Best Practices and be able to teach them to others
• Create a monthly BU-level reporting tool for all SPW projects and submit to/review with to BUL monthly
• Develop scope-specific schedules integrated with the main project schedule
• Resource tracking.
• Ensure handover and kick-off meetings happen for each project
• Review SPW Job Orders prior to issuance and signature
• Manage projects, visit sites, ensure teams are planning and tracking productivity, submit MSRs, maintain MEO spend logs, organize and lead weekly production meetings with the entire DPR team for each project. Identify a champion on each project that is prepared to report simple metrics on a weekly basis to the project team and the business unit. Build a plan for those metrics with the internal stakeholders.
• Update monthly forecast in conjunction with regional controller and regional spw leader.
• Utilize TCRs, MEO and Labor reports as necessary for MSRs
• Utilize VDC resources to coordinate work and develop spool sheets/lift drawings
• Support monthly billings.
• Coordinate material release and procurement tracking as approved submittals are returned
• Be able to manage a submittal log with multiple projects at varying stages of work
• Be able to participate in LEED submittals/paperwork, filling out templates as necessary
• Compile closeout documentation as required by the contract
• Develop a project closeout process that includes a full debrief and lessons learned session with the GC portion of th team
• Ultimately accountable for the use and management of the warehouse/prefab facility (POC with the landlord), delegate prefab projects to warehouse manager.
• Financial accountability and forecasting

Take Care of People

• Be an active safety leader - live our Injury Free Environment and lead by example
• Uses leadership skills to balance, evaluate, align perspectives and needs between preconstruction, site teams and craft/admin personnel.
• Build and develop a local team - Hire/Inspire/Develop & Grow the best SPW Team in the NE!
• Overall management of admin & craft; hosts and facilitates regular team meetings for alignment, job pursuit and active job status, coaching, and career & performance development conversations.
• Helps develop career opportunities and growth for admin and craft team members.
• Develops and maintains relationships with union representations (as applicable).
• Take care of our craft employees
• Staffing - who goes where.
• Coaching & feedback

Reports to:

Regional SPW Lead

Peers with:

Other BU Leads

Supervises/supports:

PM's, Sr PE's, PE's, Preconstruction

Anticipated starting pay range:

$160,000.00- $220,000.00

Nothing is more important than your health and wellness. DPR offers a variety of medical, dental, vision and wellness benefits to keep you healthy. Read more about eligibility and available benefits programs

for skilled craft and labor or experienced professionals and recent graduates.

DPR Construction is a forward-thinking, self-performing general contractor specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology, life sciences, healthcare, higher education and commercial markets. Founded in 1990, DPR is a great story of entrepreneurial success as a private, employee-owned company that has grown into a multi-billion-dollar family of companies with offices around the world.

Working at DPR, you'll have the chance to try new things, explore unique paths and shape your future. Here, we build opportunity together-by harnessing our talents, enabling curiosity and pursuing our collective ambition to make the best ideas happen. We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work by our talented teammates and leading news organizations like U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, Fast Company and Newsweek.

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