Senior Preconstruction Manager, Solar & Storage

Primergy Solar LLC; Oakland (CA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Primergy is seeking a Senior Preconstruction Manager to lead CapEx estimating, EPC bid analysis, and early-stage development de-risking for a portfolio of solar PV and BESS projects in the United States. This role interfaces with development, engineering, procurement, interconnection, permitting, and execution teams to ensure commercial readiness before NTP.

Candidate should have a strong background in capital cost management, project scheduling, and cross-functional collaboration, with

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in US power markets, origination, development, strategic
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or related field preferred; equivalent combination of education and experience considered.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in the construction or development industry, with a minimum of 4 years specifically in a preconstruction role for utility-scale solar PV and BESS projects.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with capex estimating, constructability review, and EPC bid analysis on large scale renewable energy projects.
• Experience working across the project lifecycle from early-stage development and constructability through EPC RFP, EPC selection, and NTP preparation.
• Familiarity with construction permitting processes, typical AHJ requirements, and how permit timelines interface with project schedules.
• Experience working with federal, state, and local agencies; ability to maintain professional relationships with external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Creating and maintaining project-specific CapEx estimates, OpEx forecasts, cost breakdowns, and spend schedules aligned with development and interconnection milestones for assigned Primergy's portfolio of projects.
• Estimate and schedule updates will be used to support development, interconnection, engineering, procurement, and construction teams in the development stages prior to NTP.
• Work with development engineering and development teams in the early stage of a project to help identify and document construction risks and assumptions.
• During early development, assist the development engineering team in identifying requirements for preliminary geotechnical investigations and pile load testing, offsite access options and constraints, construction water needs and availability, and site constructability concerns.
• Leading the compilation and administration of comprehensive EPC bid packages that include all project-level information, assumptions, and risks to minimize scope gaps.
• Maintain and coordinate RFI logs tracker during RFP stage by facilitating responses from internal SME’s and disseminating answers to all bidders.
• Lead compilation of Primergy team analysis of EPC bids and identifying exclusions that could drive pricing increases, including the negotiation log for each EPC bidder.
• Maintain the cost database that supports preparation of capex estimates and forecasting of project construction timelines based upon indicative bids, hard bids and subscription sources.
• During the development phase, prepare comprehensive construction permit lists and help ensure requirements are incorporated into the EPC RFP solicitation and de-risked where critical path to start of construction.
• Work cross-functionally with other groups in the organization to support process improvements and boost efficiency.

Skills

CapEx modeling

Cost estimation

Construction scheduling

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or related field

Tools

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Project management tools

Job description

Primergy is seeking a Senior Preconstruction Manager to lead CapEx estimating, EPC bid analysis, and early-stage development de-risking for a portfolio of solar PV and BESS projects in the United States. This role interfaces with development, engineering, procurement, interconnection, permitting, and execution teams to ensure commercial readiness before NTP.

Candidate should have a strong background in capital cost management, project scheduling, and cross-functional collaboration, with