Preconstruction Leader, Energy Services for Public Sector

Energy Systems Group; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) Savings Plan

Paid Holidays

Paid Vacation and Personal/Sick Leave

Paid Parental Leave

Competitive salary and incentive plans

Travel opportunities 30–50%

Job summary

Energy Systems Group seeks a Preconstruction Leader to join the Public Sector Central Team in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area. The role bridges client engagement, sales strategy and preconstruction planning, with frequent travel (30–50%) and rapid turnover to the project execution team after contract finalization.

You will lead technical discovery, develop conceptual scopes, coordinate internal estimators, and support proposals through award, ensuring compliant, competitive and capable

Qualifications

• 7–12 years of progressive experience in technical sales, business development, energy services, design-build, or mechanical/electrical systems.
• Strong background in preconstruction, engineering, estimating, or energy project development.
• Familiarity with energy performance contracting, public-sector procurement, or MEP/controls systems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage large opportunities through the full sales lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Support sales teams with technical presentations, customer workshops, and proposal interviews.
• Develop sales strategies that highlight competitive differentiators in energy efficiency, renewables, and design-build delivery.
• Build and maintain relationships with technical customer influencers across public and private sectors.
• Maintain accurate updates in CRM or sales pipeline tools, ensuring clear opportunity status and next actions.
• Lead technical discovery with clients, site assessments, data collection, and requirements definition.
• Develop conceptual scopes of work, preliminary designs, energy efficiency measures, and high-level engineering solutions.
• Coordinate internal estimating teams to create conceptual budgets, cost models, schedules, and risk assessments.
• Prepare proposal content including narratives, performance models, conceptual designs, and pricing.
• Manage the preconstruction process including design development, design reviews, value engineering, and constructability analyses.
• Oversee subcontractor outreach, bid packages, and scope alignment.
• Ensure procurement rules, codes, standards, and public-sector requirements are met.
• Maintain opportunity tracking, schedule adherence, and stakeholder communication during preconstruction.
• Lead internal go/no-go and risk review processes prior to proposal submission.
• Transition awarded projects to operations teams with full knowledge transfer and scope clarity.

Skills

Preconstruction leadership

Technical sales

Energy services

Cross-functional collaboration

Client engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field

Tools

CRM software

Job description

Energy Systems Group seeks a Preconstruction Leader to join the Public Sector Central Team in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area. The role bridges client engagement, sales strategy and preconstruction planning, with frequent travel (30–50%) and rapid turnover to the project execution team after contract finalization.

You will lead technical discovery, develop conceptual scopes, coordinate internal estimators, and support proposals through award, ensuring compliant, competitive and capable