Preconstruction Manager - Complex Infrastructure Projects

Join us as a Preconstruction Manager of Complex Infastructure Projects and take ownership of high-impact initiatives that shape our business. You'll lead the preconstruction process for assigned projects from early concept and design development through subcontractor evaluation and selection, construction readiness, and formal turnover to the delivery team. This role integrates design, constructability, cost, schedule, procurement, site logistics, risk, and contractor-market input into a coordinated plan that can be successfully executed in the field. What will you do? Preconstruction Leadership and Project Strategy Lead the preconstruction process and establish the project-specific plan, milestones, responsibilities, decision requirements, and level of effort needed to move the project from development into construction. Evaluate project requirements, delivery method, design maturity, contract approach, site conditions, permitting, occupied or operating-facility constraints, market capacity, schedule pressure, and commercial exposure. Coordinate closely with the Solution Architect, Engineering, Operations, Project Management, Procurement, Estimating, Scheduling, field leadership, clients, consultants, contractors, and vendors to maintain alignment and timely decision-making. Constructability and Design Integration Provide the construction and field-execution perspective throughout project development, including input on construction means and methods, access, phasing, site logistics, temporary works, equipment installation, shutdowns or outages, testing, startup, commissioning, safety, quality, and maintainability. Perform constructability reviews to identify missing or incomplete design information, scope interfaces, access limitations, installation challenges, temporary requirements, and other conditions that could affect cost, schedule, safety, quality, or execution. Coordinate findings with Engineering and the project team for evaluation and resolution. Participate in value-engineering and design-to-budget discussions by evaluating proposed alternatives from a construction cost, schedule, constructability, logistics, commissioning, operational, lifecycle, and project-risk perspective. Estimating, Procurement, and Trade Partner Coordination Develop the estimating and bid-package strategy, including scope breakdown, trade coverage, project assumptions, allowances, general conditions, temporary requirements, logistics, and execution risks. Partner with the estimating resource and Procurement to develop bid packages, identify qualified bidders, obtain market input, conduct scope reviews, level proposals, identify gaps or overlaps, and support subcontractor and vendor recommendations. Review conceptual budgets, estimates, pricing assumptions, contingencies, escalation, and scope coverage for alignment with the design and intended construction approach. Detailed takeoffs, pricing, and estimate production remain with the estimating resource. Support final estimate reconciliation, scope leveling, value engineering, and cost-risk recommendations before subcontractor selection or project authorization. Scheduling and Construction Planning Develop the construction sequence, phasing, work-area strategy, logistics approach, major milestones, permitting needs, procurement need dates, shutdown or outage windows, equipment deliveries, testing, startup, and commissioning logic. Partner with the dedicated scheduler to translate this plan into the detailed CPM schedule and critically review logic, durations, constraints, interfaces, and milestone assumptions; schedule development, updates, analysis, and reporting remain with the scheduler. Coordinate with contractors, vendors, and internal teams to confirm that the proposed sequence is practical, properly resourced, and supported by design, procurement, access, and site-readiness requirements. Risk Management, Communication, and Project Turnover Maintain the preconstruction risk and opportunity register, assumption log, decision log, and action list; ensure material issues are reflected in the project plan, estimate, schedule, procurement strategy, contracts, or contingency. Lead preconstruction meetings and present project approach, constructability findings, budget status, schedule strategy, procurement recommendations, risks, options, and required decisions to clients, leadership, and project stakeholders. Establish construction-readiness criteria and lead formal turnover to the Construction Project Manager and field team, including the approved scope, design status, estimate basis, schedule assumptions, logistics, procurement status, risks, commitments, decisions, and open actions. Provide continuity during early project execution, capture lessons learned, and improve preconstruction standards, templates, checklists, and planning practices before transitioning full ownership to the project-delivery team. What are the key skills we are