Project Manager - Preconstruction

Veregyllc; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Veregy is seeking a Preconstruction Project Manager in Phoenix, AZ to lead project turnover and preconstruction planning from 30% design to construction-ready design.

You will coordinate due diligence, external engineering, permitting, design reviews, and procurement while serving as the primary link between Development and Operations to safeguard scope, budget, schedule, constructability, and client commitments.

Qualifications

• Manages the preconstruction process from 30% design through construction-ready design.
• Leads due diligence, permits, design reviews, procurement considerations, and stakeholder coordination.
• Maintains project scope, budget, schedule, constructability, safety, and client commitments.

Responsibilities

• Leads preconstruction meetings with Development, Sales, external engineering, and Operations.
• Develops and maintains the preconstruction schedule and milestones.
• Identifies and escalates issues affecting cost, schedule, or client commitments.
• Coordinates with Development and Sales for client authorization, site access, and decisions.

Skills

Project management

Preconstruction planning

Cross-functional coordination

Schedule management

Job description

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Full Time Professionals Phoenix, AZ, US

28 days ago Requisition ID: 1812

Veregy is an award-winning NAESCO-Accredited decarbonization company focusing on accelerating and simplifying Energy Transition. We provide turnkey engineering and construction services designed to reduce our clients' energy and operating costs through the implementation of energy efficiency and infrastructure upgrades, smart building technology, fleet EV infrastructure, clean energy generation, and sustainability.

Summary of Position Functions

The Preconstruction Project Manager is responsible for managing projects from turnover by Development at approximately 30% design through construction-ready design and turnover to Operations.

This role leads the preconstruction process, coordinating due diligence, external engineering, permitting, design reviews, procurement considerations, and project stakeholders to ensure projects are properly prepared for construction. The position serves as the primary link between Development and Operations, helping maintain project scope, budget, schedule, constructability, safety, and client commitments.

Essential Position Functions

Project Turnover & Preconstruction Planning

• Takes ownership of projects following turnover from Development at the 30% design stage.
• Reviews the 30% design package, project scope, pricing assumptions, client requirements, schedule, site information, and Development documentation.
• Confirms the basis of design and identifies missing information, unresolved decisions, or outstanding due diligence required to advance the project.
• Establishes the preconstruction plan and schedule from 30% turnover through construction-ready design and turnover to Operations.
• Identifies critical-path activities that could delay engineering, permitting, procurement, or construction readiness.
• Clearly assigns ownership and required completion dates for outstanding items.
• Communicates project readiness, risks, and outstanding requirements to Development, Sales, Engineering, and Operations.
• Reviews due diligence completed during Development and determines what additional information, if any, is required for detailed engineering.
• Coordinates completion of required site investigations, surveys, studies, reports, and supporting documentation.
• Coordinates with Development and Sales when client authorization, site access, information, or decisions are required.
• Ensures external engineers receive complete and accurate information necessary to begin their work.
• Tracks outstanding due diligence items through completion and communicates potential schedule impacts.
• Verifies that required due diligence information has been incorporated into the external engineering design.
• Depending on the project, due diligence may include:
• Topographic and boundary surveys
• Utility locating and existing-conditions verification
• Geotechnical investigations and reports
• Drainage and grading information
• Environmental investigations or studies
• Existing electrical infrastructure information
• Utility service and interconnection information
• Existing structural information
• Site access and constructability evaluations
• Title, easement, and property information
• AHJ and permitting requirements
• Utility requirements
• Equipment information and manufacturer requirements
• Other project-specific investigations required to complete engineering
• The Preconstruction Project Manager is not necessarily responsible for personally performing these studies but is accountable for identifying what is required, coordinating the appropriate parties, tracking completion, and ensuring the information is available when needed by the engineering team.

Preconstruction Meetings & Project Management

• Leads recurring preconstruction meetings with Development, Sales, external Engineering, Operations, and other project stakeholders.
• Establishes meeting agendas based on current project priorities and upcoming milestones.
• Maintains action-item logs with clearly identified owners and due dates.
• Drives action items and project decisions to completion.
• Develops and maintains the overall preconstruction schedule, including due diligence, engineering, design reviews, permitting, and turnover milestones.
• Identifies and escalates issues that could affect project cost, schedule, constructability, permitting, or client commitments.
• Coordinates multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining established schedules.
• Maintains project decision logs and documentation of significant assumptions, approvals, scope changes, and outstanding issues.
• Monitors preconstruction activities against established project budgets and identifies potential cost impacts for review with appropriate stakeholders.
• Coordinates closely with Development to understand the basis of design established during the 30% design phase.
• Works with Development to resolve gaps or outstanding items identified during turnover.
• Communicates proposed design or scope changes that could affect project cost, schedule, performance, or client expectations.
• Coordinates with Development and Sales when engineering changes require evaluation of project pricing.
• Participates in client preconstruction and design meetings as appropriate.
• Coordinates client information, approvals, site access, and decisions required to maintain the preconstruction schedule.
• Ensures significant changes from the approved basis of design are appropriately evaluated, documented, communicated, and approved by the appropriate stakeholders.

External Engineering/Architect Management

• Determines when sufficient due diligence has been completed to release the project, or individual engineering disciplines, into external engineering.
• Serves as the primary point of contact for external engineering firms.
• Provides external engineers with the internal 30% design, completed due diligence, design criteria, project requirements, schedules, and required deliverables.
• Monitors external engineering progress and holds consultants accountable for schedule and deliverable requirements.
• Coordinates responses to engineering questions and Requests for Information (RFIs).
• Facilitates internal design reviews at established engineering milestones.
• Coordinates review comments and ensures they are incorporated into subsequent drawing packages.
• Tracks engineering scope changes and additional-service requests.
• Monitors consultant performance, including quality, responsiveness, coordination, and schedule adherence.

Design, Constructability & Safety Coordination

• Facilitates design reviews with Development, Engineering, and Operations.
• Ensures detailed engineering maintains the design intent established during Development.
• Engages Operations during preconstruction to incorporate field experience and constructability considerations.
• Identifies opportunities to reduce construction cost, simplify installation, improve schedule, and reduce project risk.
• Coordinates resolution of conflicts between engineering disciplines.
• Verifies major equipment, equipment locations, electrical routing, structural requirements, site access, clearances, and installation requirements are properly incorporated.
• Ensures significant changes from the 30% design are identified, documented, and communicated.
• Engages Safety, as appropriate, during design and constructability reviews to identify project-specific safety considerations.
• Identifies design conditions that could create construction, installation, access, maintenance or operational safety concerns and coordinates resolution with the appropriate stakeholders.
• Manages advancement of the project to a permit-ready design package.
• Identifies permitting requirements and required engineering deliverables.
• Coordinates with architects, external engineers, permitting consultants, AHJs, utilities, fire departments, and other agencies as required.
• Ensures required drawings, calculations, studies, specifications, reports, and supporting documents are completed.
• Coordinates permit submissions as required.
• Tracks permit reviews, comments, resubmissions, and approvals.
• Coordinates responses to plan-review comments with the appropriate engineering disciplines.