Sr. Precon Engineer - SPW

DPR Construction; North Carolina; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DPR Construction in the United States seeks a SPW Estimator to support preconstruction efforts, perform detailed quantity development, cost studies, and constructability assessments across multiple SPW scopes. You will review design documents, validate production rates, analyze alternatives, and guide teams to align scope with cost, schedule, and execution strategy.

You will coordinate with field leaders, trade partners, and project teams, providing mentorship and applying expanding SPW

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 4–6 years of experience in SPW estimating, production planning, construction engineering, or related field.
• Experience reviewing design documents and validating production rates.
• Knowledge of SPW budgets, cost summaries, risk evaluations.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates drawings, specifications, and models to define SPW scope parameters, production implications, constructability needs, and risk considerations.
• Develops detailed quantity assessments, cost studies, production analyses, and comparison summaries for multiple SPW scopes.
• Engages with field leaders to review and validate production rates, equipment requirements, crew compositions, and labor plans.
• Participates in constructability evaluations related to SPW methods, logistics, material handling, and sequencing contributing technical observations related to SPW execution.
• Contributes to the development of conceptual and detailed SPW budgets, including pricing narratives, assumptions, and qualifications while helping document SPW assumptions, clarifications, and risk items within the estimate.
• Prepares sections of SPW preconstruction deliverables such as cost summaries, risk evaluations, production studies, and method alternatives and assists in leveling vendor or supplier pricing for SPW work and in areas where it interfaces with trades or materials.
• Provides informal mentorship and technical guidance to other SPW preconstruction staff on estimating methods, production evaluation, and SPW processes.

Skills

SPW estimating

production planning

construction engineering

estimating methods

risk assessment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or related field

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

Supports self perform preconstruction efforts by independently performing analysis through detailed quantity development, production evaluation, cost studies, and constructability assessment across multiple SPW scopes. Leads portions of the SPW preconstruction process by reviewing design documents, validating production rates, analyzing system and method alternatives, and contributing recommendations that align scope with cost, schedule, and execution strategy. Coordinates with field leaders, trade partners, and project teams to evaluate feasibility and risk. Provides guidance to team members while applying expanding SPW technical expertise to strengthen preconstruction outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluates drawings, specifications, and models to define SPW scope parameters, production implications, constructability needs, and risk considerations.
• Develops detailed quantity assessments, cost studies, production analyses, and comparison summaries for multiple SPW scopes.
• Engages with field leaders to review and validate production rates, equipment requirements, crew compositions, and labor plans.
• Participates in constructability evaluations related to SPW methods, logistics, material handling, and sequencing contributing technical observations related to SPW execution.
• Contributes to the development of conceptual and detailed SPW budgets, including pricing narratives, assumptions, and qualifications while helping document SPW assumptions, clarifications, and risk items within the estimate.
• Prepares sections of SPW preconstruction deliverables such as cost summaries, risk evaluations, production studies, and method alternatives and assists in leveling vendor or supplier pricing for SPW work and in areas where it interfaces with trades or materials.
• Provides informal mentorship and technical guidance to other SPW preconstruction staff on estimating methods, production evaluation, and SPW processes.

Education Qualifications

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

Work Experience

4–6 years of experience in SPW estimating, production planning, construction engineering, or a related field 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. The DPR family of companies is closing the gap between design and construction with an integrated collection of products and services to build smarter, move faster and achieve strong results. Our approximately 11,000 employees share a commitment to growth, innovation and building great things—great teams, great careers and great projects that change the world.

DPR is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions at DPR are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical or mental disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, medical history or genetic information, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. DPR will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.