Director, Preconstruction West - Canem

We Are Canem Systems Canem Systems is a leading full-service electrical and mechanical contractor, offering comprehensive services across Canada. Our expertise spans design assistance, pre-construction, planning, installation, and maintenance. We excel in delivering sophisticated solutions for complex projects and provide a wide range of specialized trade services, including electrical, mechanical, data, and communications. With eight offices across Canada and a dedicated workforce of over 700 professionals, Canem Systems operates in diverse public and private market sectors. Our extensive knowledge, capabilities, and experience enable us to support projects in commercial, healthcare, transportation, light industrial, and data centre sectors. Reporting to the Senior Director, Pre-Construction, the Director, Pre-construction establishes and maintains company-wide preconstruction processes, including those for estimating and budgeting, schedule development and management, constructability, VDC, and procurement. On a project level, they oversee and support complex project pursuits, the creation of preconstruction plans and schedules, and adherence to key preconstruction milestones and deliverable requirements. What You Will Be Working On Responsibilities Set the strategy for the entire pre-construction process and be accountable for it determining and allocating the resource requirements to implement the pre-construction strategy of the business unit. Provide oversight and support of the pre-construction requirements for the business units and processes. Collaborating with Estimating team to determine bid strategies and identify competitive advantages and win themes for bids and proposals. Provide leadership and support to the entire pre-construction process and team. Support the development of the fee, escalation, and contingency necessary to win the project while delivering the project safely. Work closely with Procurement and the project team on developing strategies for vendor selection and alignment for projects. Review the overall bid / pre-construction schedule. Identify the training needs of project pre-construction team members and monitor training progress. Develop an effective strategy for each project based on the owner’s evaluation criteria; align response to maximize scoring. Support the pursuit process included but not limited to Business Development, Proposal, Interview, and debrief.  Collaborate with the Business Unit Manager to develop the Pre-Construction processes for each opportunity Planning and Process Provide oversight and utilize best practices to set the overall standard for pre-construction activities Oversee all project preconstruction kick-off meetings and support / review the creation of project preconstruction plans. Ensure the accuracy of the internal validation process prior to submitting a committed proposal or executing the contract (PTRP Process) Develop the pre-construction process, for…