Sr Mgr - Precon - MEP

DPR Construction; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

DPR Construction in Charlotte, NC seeks an executive-level leader to oversee MEP preconstruction across multiple large projects. You will guide estimating, budgeting, and constructability planning for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, aligning with client goals and project delivery.

You will mentor senior estimators, set standards, and collaborate with operations, design and trade partners to optimize cost, schedule, and value while championing prefabrication on strategic pursuits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or industrial engineering, construction management, or related field.
• 10+ years in MEP preconstruction, estimating, or project leadership.
• 3+ years in a managerial or supervisory capacity.
• Certifications: none required.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple MEP preconstruction teams across estimating, budgeting, and value engineering.
• Direct strategic estimating and cost modeling for MEP systems.
• Collaborate with clients, design, operations, and trade partners to optimize constructability and energy performance.
• Oversee standards, databases, and benchmarking tools for MEP preconstruction.
• Mentor and develop MEP preconstruction managers and senior estimators.

Skills

Leadership

Estimating

Preconstruction

Costing

Collaboration

Education

Engineering/CM degree

Job description

Job Description

At DPR, roles and responsibilities are more than describing a job title—they are a commitment to building great things together. The job description(s) below defines core responsibilities and the scope of the role and is a starting point. Every employee is expected to lead from where they are, take ownership of outcomes, and always act in the best interest of the team, customer, project and organization.

As a purpose-driven organization on a journey to be most admired, we rely on trust, shared leadership, open communication, disciplined action and a deep respect for the individual to drive exceptional performance. Success is not just about what we build, but who we build and how we build it: with integrity, enjoyment, uniqueness and an ever-forward mindset.

Job Summary

Provides senior leadership for MEP preconstruction operations across multiple large or technically complex projects. Oversees estimating, budgeting, and constructability planning for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems to ensure alignment with project and client goals. Partners with operations, design, and trade partners to develop cost and delivery strategies that optimize system performance, schedule, and value. Builds and leads high-performing MEP preconstruction teams, advancing technical capability, consistency, and integration across projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads multiple project MEP preconstruction teams to ensure accuracy, consistency, and quality across estimating, budgeting, and value engineering deliverables, and drives early collaboration between estimating, MEP operations, and project leadership on complex pursuits, resolving conflicts between design intent and field execution strategy and setting direction on final assumptions.
• Directs strategic estimating and cost modeling for MEP systems on complex or high-value projects, ensuring integration with overall preconstruction strategies.
• Collaborates with clients, design, operations, and trade partners to incorporate constructability, sequencing, and energy performance into preconstruction planning, and guides cross-functional alignment across estimating, operations, scheduling, safety, procurement, and field leadership, resolving competing priorities when needed.
• Oversees implementation and continuous improvement of MEP preconstruction standards, databases, and benchmarking tools.
• Develops and mentors MEP preconstruction managers and senior estimators to strengthen technical expertise and leadership capability.
• Provides executive-level input on system pricing, escalation, and procurement strategies to support project acquisition and deliver, and champions use of MEP prefabrication on complex or strategic pursuits, aligning design, operations, and trade partners to maximize safety, schedule, and cost benefits while guiding teams on implementation best practices.
• Represents the MEP preconstruction function in client and executive meetings, reinforcing DPR’s integrated and transparent approach to project delivery and contributes to development of standards, tools, and best practices that improve accuracy, consistency, and collaboration in MEP preconstruction, and contributes to development of standards, tools, and best practices that improve accuracy, consistency, and collaboration in MEP preconstruction.

Education Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or industrial engineering, construction management, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.

Work Experience

• 10 or more years of experience in MEP preconstruction, estimating, or project leadership required.
• 3 or more years of experience in a managerial or supervisory capacity required.

Certifications and Licenses

None required.

DPR Construction is a forward-thinking, self-performing general contractor specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology, life sciences, healthcare, higher education and commercial markets. Founded in 1990, DPR is a great story of entrepreneurial success as a private, employee-owned company that has grown into a multi-billion-dollar family of companies with offices around the world.

Working at DPR, you’ll have the chance to try new things, explore paths and shape your future. Here, we build opportunity together—by harnessing our talents, enabling curiosity and pursuing our collective ambition to make the best ideas happen. We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work by our talented teammates and leading news organizations like U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, Fast Company and Newsweek.

Explore our open opportunities at www.dpr.com/careers.