Job Overview:The Preconstruction Project Manager supports all project development activities for PPS power delivery pursuits, with a primary focus on high-voltage substations, switchyards, and associated transmission scope. This role provides end-to-end technical leadership, serving as a central point of alignment between engineering, estimating, procurement, and scheduling in the development of pursuit deliverables.
The Preconstruction Project Manager supports the pursuit strategy and drives scope definition, execution planning, and risk management for the project. This position plays a critical role in schedule development, early procurement planning, early works strategy, and the successful transition from bid to execution.
Success in this role is measured by clarity of scope, efficient team coordination, schedule accuracy, strength of risk management, and the ability to support quality proposals that meet the client's technical requirements and expectations.
Key Responsibilities
Pursuit Coordination
- Drive technical project development for assigned pursuits from initial intake through bid submission and award
- Serve as a primary coordination point across the internal estimating, engineering, procurement, and scheduling teams
- Establish timelines to drive alignment and accountability in coordination with estimating, engineering, procurement, and construction to support successful pursuit outcomes
Scope Definition and Risk Management
- Support detailed reviews of RFPs, technical requirements, drawings, and specifications
- Identify scope gaps, technical risks, commercial exposure, and execution constraints
- Drive the development and review of assumptions, clarifications, and exclusions to clearly define the company's risk position
- Facilitate constructability and value engineering discussions with engineering and execution teams
Schedule and Execution Planning
- Partner with schedulers to validate engineering, procurement, and construction logic for project schedules
- Lead development of project execution plans in coordination with project management, estimating, procurement, and construction
- Lead development of LNTP scopes, early work packages, and cancellation schedules
- Maintain alignment between bid schedules, LNTP schedules, and execution schedules
Procurement and Vendor Strategy
- Support procurement planning for critical and long-lead equipment
- Assist in vendor scope clarification and proposal evaluation
- Support review of vendor proposals for technical compliance, scope alignment, and risk
- Consult with procurement to develop mitigation strategies related to lead times, escalation, and availability
Transition to Execution
- Lead LNTP handoff meetings to ensure project teams fully understand scope, risks, assumptions, and constraints
- Ensure team project development decisions, commitments, and risk positions are clearly documented and communicated
- Support early execution planning to enable a smooth and controlled project startup
Continuous Improvement and Standards
- In coordination with the proposal team, capture lessons learned from wins and losses and incorporate them into future pursuits
- Support development and refinement of PPS SOPs, templates, and tools
- Promote consistency, quality, and accountability across all project development deliverables
Required Qualifications
- 2-5 years of experience in power delivery engineering or project development
- 10 years of experience with high-voltage substations, switchyards, or transmission line projects
- Strong understanding of EPC and design-build delivery models
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive alignment
- Strong technical aptitude with the ability to translate design and scope into executable plans
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field
- Professional engineering license or equivalent technical credential
- Experience supporting LNTP strategies and early procurement planning
- Familiarity with utility-scale renewable interconnections and grid infrastructure
- Experience working with integrated pursuit schedules using Primavera P6
- Demonstrated success supporting complex, multi-disciplinary pursuits
Core Competencies
- Ownership mentality and accountability for outcomes
- Ability to bring clarity to incomplete or evolving information
- Strong judgment in balancing risk, cost, schedule, and constructability
- Collaborative approach that strengthens team performance
- Attention to detail with strong big-picture awareness
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Benefits:- Competitive compensation paid weekly.
- Best-in-class; Medical, Dental, Vision, and LTD/STD.
- 401(k) with company match, vested day-one.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan [ESPP].
- Tuition Reimbursement.
- Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, and Community Service Paid Time Off.
- Pet Coverage "For our Furry Friends"
- Legal Assistance Coverage
- Award winning safety programs.
- Overtime opportunities.
- Growth Opportunities.
- And more.
