Employment Type: Full-Time
FSLA: Salary/Exempt
Division: Arch Energy
Department: Arch Energy
Reports to:
Supervisory Duties: No
The Preconstruction Manager leads pursuit strategy and preconstruction activities for utility-scale solar, battery energy storage (BESS), substation, and grid interconnection projects. This role is responsible for developing estimates, evaluating project risks, coordinating design reviews, supporting proposal development, and ensuring a successful transition from preconstruction to execution.
Responsibilities / Essential Functions
- Lead preconstruction efforts from opportunity qualification through proposal, negotiation, award, and project turnover.
- Coordinate conceptual through final estimates for solar, BESS, substation, transmission/interconnection, SCADA, commissioning, and related project scopes.
- Develop and maintain the basis of estimate, including quantities, labor assumptions, pricing, contingencies, schedule impacts, and exclusions.
- Partner with Engineering and EORs to review owner requirements, drawings, studies, specifications, and constructability considerations.
- Develop bid packages, scope matrices, and subcontractor responsibilities.
- Support subcontractor and supplier outreach, bid leveling, quote analysis, and market evaluations.
- Lead value engineering efforts to improve cost, schedule, constructability, and project performance.
- Develop preconstruction schedules, procurement strategies, and execution plans with Operations and Project Controls.
- Maintain project risk and opportunity registers and evaluate commercial and contractual requirements.
- Lead proposal development, scope narratives, clarifications, assumptions, exclusions, and leadership review presentations.
- Coordinate project turnover activities, including estimate assumptions, procurement strategies, risk items, and project commitments.
- Capture lessons learned and maintain estimating standards, cost databases, and best practices.
Key Skills
- Renewable energy preconstruction and estimating
- Utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects
- EPC project delivery and commercial strategy
- Cost estimating and proposal development
- Scope development and subcontractor management
- Constructability reviews and value engineering
- Risk assessment and commercial analysis
- Schedule planning and execution strategy
- Contract and procurement coordination
- Strong communication, negotiation, and leadership skills
- Advanced Excel and estimating software proficiency
Required Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Estimating, Business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
- 8+ years of progressive preconstruction, estimating, project management, or commercial experience supporting utility-scale renewable energy, power, or infrastructure projects.
- Experience developing estimates and proposals for utility-scale solar and/or BESS projects, including substations and grid interconnection scope.
- Strong understanding of renewable EPC work breakdowns, labor productivity, subcontractor scopes, equipment procurement, logistics, commissioning, and project indirect costs.
- Ability to review civil, structural, electrical, and controls documentation and translate technical requirements into cost, schedule, scope, and risk considerations.
- Experience leading subcontractor outreach, scope reviews, estimate reconciliation, value engineering, and proposal development.
- Understanding of EPC contracts, owner requirements, allowances, contingencies, escalation, change management, and risk allocation.
- Strong presentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Advanced experience with Excel and construction management platforms such as HCSS, InEight, Sage Estimating, Procore, Bluebeam, Primavera P6, or similar systems.
- Ability to travel for site visits, owner meetings, bidder engagement, and project turnover activities.