Senior Preconstruction Project Manager
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Senior Preconstruction Project Manager leading front-end project planning for mission-critical data center builds. Collaborating with teams to improve project pursuit quality and execution strategies.
Responsibilities:
- The Senior Preconstruction Project Manager leads front-end project planning for large-scale mission-critical and data center construction opportunities prior to award.
- This role is responsible for developing proposal-phase manpower plans, labor forecasts, preliminary project schedules, execution strategies, and pre-award risk assessments that improve pursuit quality, increase schedule certainty, and better position Smart Tech Contracting to win and successfully launch complex projects.
- This role works closely with business development, estimating, operations, and technical and field leadership to translate conceptual scope, bid documents, and pursuit assumptions into a practical project delivery plan.
- The Senior Preconstruction Project Manager ensures that labor assumptions, sequencing strategies, schedule milestones, staffing needs, and project startup requirements are clearly defined during the pursuit process and can be efficiently transferred to the delivery team once a project is awarded.
- The ideal candidate brings strong experience from large construction programs in building automation, industrial automation, electrical, mechanical, ICT, industrial automation, or other mission-critical trade environments.
- The Senior Preconstruction Project Manager will communicate and operate in line with organizational goals and values, as well as departmental objectives.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field OR equivalent military/industry experience
- 8+ years delivering mission critical automation or controls projects, with ≥4 years as lead or senior project manager on ≥50 MW data center builds or comparable industrial megaprojects.
- Demonstrated experience in preconstruction, project planning, project management, operations planning, or related leadership roles for large-scale construction projects
- Strong understanding of how complex construction projects are staffed, sequenced, and executed in the field
- Experience in one or more relevant contractor environments such as building automation, controls, electrical, mechanical, low-voltage, ICT, industrial automation, or mission-critical systems
- Experience supporting large data center, mission-critical, industrial, or other complex fast-track construction environments
- Ability to interpret construction drawings, specifications, bid packages, phasing plans, and owner / GC expectations to develop practical labor and schedule plans
- Familiarity with major project delivery methods including negotiated work, design-assist, design-build, GMP, and hard-bid environments
- Advanced experience developing manpower forecasts, labor-loading plans, staffing curves, and resource plans for large construction projects
- Strong working knowledge of critical path scheduling, milestone development, phasing logic, schedule compression strategies, and project sequencing
- Proficiency with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent scheduling and planning tools
- Advanced proficiency with Excel and related tools used for manpower planning, forecasting, scenario analysis, and staffing models
- Strong client-facing communication, presentation, and facilitation skills, especially related to schedule, manpower, execution approach, and project readiness
- Ability to work successfully in a remote environment through effective communication, self-motivation, proactiveness, and resourcefulness in a distraction-free workspace.
Benefits:
- Choice of comprehensive medical plans (including two PPO-style plans and a HDHP w/ HSA option)
- Dental and vision plans
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits extended to spouse / domestic partner and dependent children up to age 26
- 401k with company match and self-directed brokerage account option
- PTO including additional paid time off during the last week of the year
- Company paid life insurance coverage for employees and their eligible dependents
- Short and long-term disability, AD&D coverage
- Professional development opportunities, tuition reimbursement and professional licensing assistance
- Paid parental leave after one year of employment
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