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S&B USA offers comprehensive services, including project development, general contracting, self-performing construction, financing, and post-construction operations and maintenance. S&B USA is committed to innovation, sustainability, and community engagement, with a portfolio featuring mega projects like the Fargo-Moorhead Stormwater Diversion Channel in North Dakota and the PennDOT Major Bridge P3 Program across Pennsylvania. \nPOSITION SUMMARY\nThe P3 Subcontracting Manager builds and manages the downstream commercial base for design-build joint venture (DBJV) pursuits in the US public-private partnership (P3) market.\nThe role identifies and prequalifies trade partners and solicits and commercially levels subcontractor and supplier pricing for the estimate. It secures binding commitments from critical subcontractors before proposal submission and procures the consultants the pursuit itself requires. It also develops the disadvantaged and small business participation plan and reviews and negotiates downstream agreements from NDAs through major subcontracts. On award, the role hands this work over to the project team in an organized way and supports that team through initial project setup.\nDUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES\nPrequalification and Trade Market DevelopmentDevelops and manages the prequalification process for all downstream trades across active pursuits, with criteria that meet Authority and RFP requirements.\nAligns prequalification with JV partners, who bring their own preferred subcontractors and suppliers.\nMaintains the prequalified trade database, including capacity, bonding, safety, and performance information.\nIdentifies sole-source and thin-market risks in critical trades and develops mitigation strategies.\n\nBid-Phase Solicitation and Commercial LevelingDevelops and executes the solicitation plan for each pursuit, including scope packaging coordinated with the Pursuit Manager, Estimating, and JV partners.\nPrepares and issues bid packages and runs the solicitation process (pre-bid meetings, RFIs, addenda, and bid receipt).\nLevels received proposals commercially, normalizing scope, exclusions, qualifications, and pricing so that proposals can be compared on a like-for-like basis.\nIntegrates subcontractor and supplier pricing into the estimate with Estimating, with accurate scope definition and clearly identified gaps and allowances.\n\nDedicated Subcontractor CommitmentsIdentifies packages that require formal subcontractor commitment before proposal submission, whether driven by RFP requirements, technical differentiation strategy, or risk mitigation.\nManages dedicated subcontractor selection with the pursuit team and JV partners.\nNegotiates dedication, teaming, and exclusivity agreements covering scope, pricing basis, exclusivity, and the terms on which the commitment converts to a definitive subcontract.\nManages dedicated subcontractors through the proposal phase, coordinating their technical input, integrating their pricing, and facilitating their participation in design development.\n\nPreconstruction Services ProcurementProcures the consultants and professional services the pursuit itself needs, such as estimating support, scheduling, risk review, utilities, environmental and permitting, geotechnical, survey and mapping, constructability review, and value engineering.\nFor each engagement, identifies qualified firms, solicits proposals, negotiates terms, prepares the agreement for legal review and executive signature, and manages the engagement through completion.\n\nDownstream Agreement Review and NegotiationServes as the primary reviewer and negotiator for downstream agreements across the full value range, from NDAs and minor consultant agreements through major subcontracts.\nReviews counterparty redlines and negotiates terms that protect the company's commercial position, within the commercial risk positions and delegation thresholds set by the Commercial Lead.\nEnsures proper flow-down of prime design-build contract obligations and of federal-aid and Authority requirements.\nEscalates commercially unusual or high-risk terms to the Commercial Lead and coordinates legal review for all agreements.\nMaintains a tracked agreement process across all pursuits, so that agreements move from negotiation through legal review to signature without backlog.\n\nDisadvantaged and Small Business ParticipationDevelops the proposal's participation plan to meet the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program, as currently in force, and any state, Authority, or local programs the RFP specifies.\nTracks changes to participation regulations and how the relevant state certification program and Authority implement them, including certification, goal setting, and counting, and adjusts the participation strategy accordingly.\nManages this function with JV partners, who share participation obligations.\nCoordinates and plan Subcontractor Outreach events in coordination with public affairs for both DBE and local business engagement.\n\nAward Transition and Project Team SupportOn award, prepares a structured handover to the project team. It covers the prequalified trade database, solicitation records and bid tabulations, leveled scope and pricing with identified gaps and allowances, dedicated subcontractor commitments, participation commitments and outreach records, consultant engagement status, and the agreement tracker.\nBriefs the project team's subcontracts, procurement, and commercial staff on the commercial basis of each commitment made at proposal, including scope assumptions, pricing basis, exclusivity terms, and agreed flow-down positions.\nSupports the conversion of dedicated commitments and pursuit-stage pricing into definitive subcontracts through commercial and financial close, so that commitments made at proposal are honored and pricing holds.\nSupports the project team in confirming participation commitments to the Authority after award.\nRemains the project team's point of reference on pursuit-stage commitments during initial setup.\nCaptures lessons learned on market response, pricing, and agreement terms for use on future pursuits.\n\nQUALIFICATIONS\nRequired:\nBachelor's degree in construction management, civil engineering, business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.\nExperience soliciting, leveling, and negotiating subcontractor and supplier pricing on US heavy civil projects (highway, bridge, or transit).\nProject Management experience in the role of contract manager supervising subcontractor performance and contract compliance.\nAbility to read, redline, and negotiate subcontracts, consultant agreements, teaming and exclusivity agreements, and NDAs, and to explain the commercial consequence of a position to executives.\nWorking knowledge of design-build risk allocation and the flow-down of prime contract obligations, including scope, schedule, liquidated damages, indemnity, insurance, bonding, warranty, change, claims, and dispute resolution provisions.\nWorking knowledge of federal-aid requirements that flow to subcontracts, including the FHWA, Buy America, Davis-Bacon prevailing wage, and the DBE program.\nExperience preparing DBE or small business participation plans, conducting outreach, and documenting good faith efforts.\nStrong organization and the ability to run a tracked process across multiple concurrent pursuits and a high volume of agreements.\nPreferred:\nP3 pursuit experience, particularly on managed lanes, toll roads, or other revenue risk concessions.\nExperience working within a construction joint venture, including with international partners.\nFamiliarity with the stages of P3 procurement (RFQ, RFP, communication protocols, and commercial and financial close).\nEstablished relationships across the US heavy civil subcontractor, supplier, and consultant market.\nFamiliarity with heavy civil estimating systems and bid management platforms.\nWhy Join Us?\nAt S&B USA Construction, we are shaping the future of infrastructure delivery through innovation, collaboration, and a relentless focus on quality. This is a rare opportunity to lead some of the most transformative infrastructure projects in the U.S. while working alongside a global network of industry leaders.\nBenefit Summary:\nMedical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, 401K Plan with 4 % company match, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays\nCore Values\nWork Safely: Safety is our Culture\nDeliver Return: Earning a fair profit increases our long-term value\nValue People: Take Care of Employees and They Will Take Care of Clients\nAct with Integrity: Honesty Builds Trust\nProvide Solutions: Better Solutions Yield Greater Satisfaction\nEqual Opportunity Employer\nS&B USA Construction and all its affiliate companies are committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment to qualified individuals without regard to the following criteria: race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity) national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, as well as any other prohibited criteria under any local, state or federal law applicable to S&B USA Construction. 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