Senior Preconstruction Engineering Specialist

Harris; United States; On-site; USD 71,078 - 106,618; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance

401K with company match

Vacation time

Paid parental leave

Short-Term Incentive Plan

Job summary

Harris is seeking a Senior Preconstruction Specialist to manage preconstruction engineering and improve project delivery. The role involves coordinating tasks, overseeing design-related activities, and ensuring effective communication across stakeholders.

Ideal candidates will hold a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, have significant industry experience in mechanical and plumbing, and possess strong skills in estimating and delivering preconstruction solutions.

Benefits include medical coverage, 401K match, vacation time, and a competitive pay range of $71,078.81 - $106,618.22.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of industry knowledge of mechanical and plumbing.
• 4+ years of knowledge of corporate objectives impacting estimating.
• Proficient understanding of engineering and technology.

Responsibilities

• Manage preconstruction engineering activities for project delivery.
• Coordinate preconstruction engineering tasks across projects.
• Participate in preconstruction and design meetings with stakeholders.

Skills

Industry knowledge of mechanical and plumbing

Estimating strategies and techniques

Engineering and technology principles

Preconstruction engineering solutions delivery

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

Navisworks

Job description

Senior Preconstruction Specialist

Manage preconstruction engineering activities to improve project delivery for our customers and Harris. Initiate and influence outcomes for preconstruction efforts between design, engineering, and construction operations. Ensure effective communication across all project stakeholders to manage risks, quality, delivery, and meet project goals.

Preconstruction Engineering Responsibilities

• Coordinate and carry out preconstruction engineering activities for assigned projects and tasks, including scheduling, estimating, bidding, design, and engineering.
• Oversee and facilitate design-related tasks, including reviews, reports, studies, and construction administration.
• Actively participate in preconstruction and design meetings with owners, architects, and other design professionals. Prepare meeting minutes and notes in a timely manner.
• Apply activities to meet demands of different project delivery methods.
• Coordinate work with other teams across Harris to facilitate preconstruction engineering tasks, such as managing logs and reports for technical issues, cost and schedule trending, materials and equipment procurement management.
• Prepare presentations and reports on preconstruction activities, task progress, and construction team briefings.
• Support business development proposals and pursuits.
• Contribute to the advancement of tools and IT solutions for the wider preconstruction effort.
• Manage and utilize software tools to perform quantity studies, constructability studies, clash detection, reviews, and value engineering exercises using tools such as AutoCAD, Revit, Navisworks, etc.
• Support design studio teams in the creation and preparation of design packages.
• Develop expertise in preconstruction processes that differentiate Harris.
• Create and utilize tools and dashboards, automating preconstruction activities.
• Work with PMs to develop budgeting and report-out tools for client communications to demonstrate benefits of delivery methods.
• Recommend preconstruction best practices and approaches to support project goals.
• Support and drive prefabrication design efforts throughout preconstruction and ensure constructability.
• Identify and drive resolution for issues and project risks in preconstruction.

Execution and Delivery

• Actively track, manage, and communicate project scope, schedule impacts, change orders, and budget trends on projects with direct involvement.
• Monitor and report on preconstruction concepts with project teams to measure and verify the value of preconstruction activities and recommendations.
• Collaborate with the delivery of preconstruction briefings to construction teams.
• Support project managers throughout the build phase on preconstruction elements—risk management, value engineering findings, estimation, constructability reports.
• Check in with prefab shops, estimating, and scheduling to support construction teams as building progresses.
• Collect and collate lessons learned as building completes for comparison with preconstruction briefing packs.
• Ensure that all preconstruction and construction phase data is stored appropriately for future use and distribution to other Harris teams.

Develop Preconstruction Skills Across the Company

• Support all of Harris in understanding preconstruction engineering processes for best project delivery.

Culture

• Consistently demonstrate the desired Harris culture.
• Emphasize and demonstrate a strong safety culture and an environment of collaboration, teamwork, and transparency at all times.
• Demonstrate commitment to preconstruction services and activities with the D+E team and throughout preconstruction work.

Miscellaneous

• Perform additional assignments per supervisor’s direction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering preferred.
• 6+ years of industry knowledge of mechanical and plumbing.
• 4+ years of knowledge of corporate objectives impacting estimating, estimating strategies and techniques, and construction contracts.
• 6+ years and a proficient understanding of engineering and technology, including principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment.
• 4+ years with previous success in delivering preconstruction engineering solutions.

Benefits and Compensation

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401K with company match
• Vacation time, sick time, and paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Short-Term Incentive Plan

Pay Range: $71,078.81 - $106,618.22

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