Pre-Construction Lead, Renewable Energy

Koch; Scottsdale (AZ); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Paid time off

Educational assistance

Job summary

DEPCOM Power is seeking a Pre-Construction Manager to own the pre-construction process, drive value, and furnish the Delivery teams with reproducible tools and playbooks. You will help develop and deploy Project Execution Plans, dashboards, and templates that increase predictability, reduce risk, and accelerate mobilization across cost, schedule, and quality.

This role can be located in Scottsdale, AZ or remotely within the U.S., and it is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Experience in pre-construction, estimating, project engineering, or project planning for medium-to-large construction projects (utility-scale renewables experience strongly preferred).
• Demonstrated experience with stage-gate frameworks and developing Project Execution Plans.
• Proven ability to translate commercial and technical inputs into executable plans.

Responsibilities

• Phase coordination and accountability: Lead phase handoffs and own stage‑gate process quality across the full project lifecycle to ensure continuity and accountability.
• Project readiness and mobilization: Produce and validate Project Execution Plans (PEPs) and mobilization deliverables (budget fidelity, construction schedule, procurement sequencing, major subcontract scopes, site logistics, and risk register).
• Tools and process development: Build and roll out playbooks, checklists, templates, and automated dashboards (PowerBI) used across projects to improve predictability and decision‑making.
• Analytics and reporting: Develop metrics and dashboards that track pre‑construction KPIs (estimate variance, time‑to‑mobilization, stage‑gate compliance, key risk indicators) and present actionable insights to leadership.
• Continuous improvement and lessons learned: Capture and institutionalize lessons learned, lead root‑cause reviews for early‑project issues, and run pilots to test process or tool improvements.
• Commercial and constructability input: Provide execution‑focused input to commercial terms, contract allowances, contingency strategy, and subcontractor/supplier sequencing to reduce execution risk.

Skills

Pre-construction experience

Stage-gate experience

Translating inputs to plans

Education

Engineering/Construction Management degree

PMP or equivalent certification

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Procore

Job description

DEPCOM Power is seeking a Pre-Construction Manager to own the pre-construction process, drive value, and furnish the Delivery teams with reproducible tools and playbooks. You will help develop and deploy Project Execution Plans, dashboards, and templates that increase predictability, reduce risk, and accelerate mobilization across cost, schedule, and quality.

This role can be located in Scottsdale, AZ or remotely within the U.S., and it is not eligible for visa sponsorship.