Join us as a Preconstruction Manager of Complex Infastructure Projects and take ownership of high-impact initiatives that shape our business. You'll lead the preconstruction process for assigned projects from early concept and design development through subcontractor evaluation and selection, construction readiness, and formal turnover to the delivery team. This role integrates design, constructability, cost, schedule, procurement, site logistics, risk, and contractor-market input into a coordinated plan that can be successfully executed in the field.
What will you do?
Preconstruction Leadership and Project Strategy
Lead the preconstruction process and establish the project-specific plan, milestones, responsibilities, decision requirements, and level of effort needed to move the project from development into construction.
Evaluate project requirements, delivery method, design maturity, contract approach, site conditions, permitting, occupied or operating-facility constraints, market capacity, schedule pressure, and commercial exposure.
Coordinate closely with the Solution Architect, Engineering, Operations, Project Management, Procurement, Estimating, Scheduling, field leadership, clients, consultants, contractors, and vendors to maintain alignment and timely decision-making.
Constructability and Design Integration
Provide the construction and field-execution perspective throughout project development, including input on construction means and methods, access, phasing, site logistics, temporary works, equipment installation, shutdowns or outages, testing, startup, commissioning, safety, quality, and maintainability.
Perform constructability reviews to identify missing or incomplete design information, scope interfaces, access limitations, installation challenges, temporary requirements, and other conditions that could affect cost, schedule, safety, quality, or execution. Coordinate findings with Engineering and the project team for evaluation and resolution.
Participate in value-engineering and design-to-budget discussions by evaluating proposed alternatives from a construction cost, schedule, constructability, logistics, commissioning, operational, lifecycle, and project-risk perspective.
Estimating, Procurement, and Trade Partner Coordination
Develop the estimating and bid-package strategy, including scope breakdown, trade coverage, project assumptions, allowances, general conditions, temporary requirements, logistics, and execution risks.
Partner with the estimating resource and Procurement to develop bid packages, identify qualified bidders, obtain market input, conduct scope reviews, level proposals, identify gaps or overlaps, and support subcontractor and vendor recommendations.
Review conceptual budgets, estimates, pricing assumptions, contingencies, escalation, and scope coverage for alignment with the design and intended construction approach. Detailed takeoffs, pricing, and estimate production remain with the estimating resource.
Support final estimate reconciliation, scope leveling, value engineering, and cost-risk recommendations before subcontractor selection or project authorization.
Scheduling and Construction Planning
Develop the construction sequence, phasing, work-area strategy, logistics approach, major milestones, permitting needs, procurement need dates, shutdown or outage windows, equipment deliveries, testing, startup, and commissioning logic. Partner with the dedicated scheduler to translate this plan into the detailed CPM schedule and critically review logic, durations, constraints, interfaces, and milestone assumptions; schedule development, updates, analysis, and reporting remain with the scheduler.
Coordinate with contractors, vendors, and internal teams to confirm that the proposed sequence is practical, properly resourced, and supported by design, procurement, access, and site-readiness requirements.
Risk Management, Communication, and Project Turnover
Maintain the preconstruction risk and opportunity register, assumption log, decision log, and action list; ensure material issues are reflected in the project plan, estimate, schedule, procurement strategy, contracts, or contingency.
Lead preconstruction meetings and present project approach, constructability findings, budget status, schedule strategy, procurement recommendations, risks, options, and required decisions to clients, leadership, and project stakeholders.
Establish construction-readiness criteria and lead formal turnover to the Construction Project Manager and field team, including the approved scope, design status, estimate basis, schedule assumptions, logistics, procurement status, risks, commitments, decisions, and open actions.
Provide continuity during early project execution, capture lessons learned, and improve preconstruction standards, templates, checklists, and planning practices before transitioning full ownership to the project-delivery team.
What are the key skills we are looking for?
Project Management Methodologies - advanced level; applying frameworks to structure and deliver complex initiatives
Project Management Software - advanced level; using tools to track progress, manage resources, and report status
Project Planning - advanced level; developing detailed plans that define scope, objectives, timelines, and dependencies
Accountability - advanced level; owning outcomes and ensuring commitments are met across all project phases
Adaptability - advanced level; adjusting plans and approaches in response to changing priorities and ambiguity
Budgeting - intermediate level; managing project finances and ensuring delivery within budget constraints
Risk Management - intermediate level; identifying potential issues early and implementing mitigation strategies
Stakeholder Management - intermediate level; building trust and maintaining alignment with diverse project partners
What qualifications will make you successful?
B achelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline from an accredited university, or an equivalent combination of education and significant construction experience.
Eight or more years of progressively responsible experience in general contracting, design-build, EPC, construction management, project management, field operations, estimating, or preconstruction, including direct responsibility for planning or delivering complex construction projects.
Demonstrate strong construction judgment and the ability to lead constructability reviews, provide field input during design development, develop scopes, coordinate trade partners, validate cost and schedule assumptions, manage risk, and lead project turnover.
Strong understanding of the general contractor preconstruction process from concept development through subcontractor selection and turnover to the construction team.
Strong knowledge of construction means and methods, sequencing, phasing, site logistics, temporary works, subcontractor coordination, safety, quality, testing, startup, and commissioning.
Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, contracts, estimates, schedules, equipment documents, technical reports, and site information and translate them into clear construction requirements.
Working knowledge of conceptual estimating, scope development, bid leveling, value engineering, allowances, contingencies, and cost-risk analysis sufficient to guide the estimating process and critically review results.
Working knowledge of CPM scheduling and the ability to develop and evaluate construction sequencing, phasing, milestone logic, procurement dependencies, and schedule assumptions without serving as the detailed project scheduler.
Proven ability to lead through credibility and influence, build trust across functions, facilitate difficult decisions, communicate clearly with clients and executives, and maintain strong relationships with contractors, vendors, designers, and field teams.
Experience with Public Sector, performance contracting, facility modernization, commercial construction, infrastructure, heavy civil, utilities, industrial/process facilities, mission-critical environments, or occupied and operating-facility retrofit work is beneficial. Water and wastewater experience is a preferred but is not required.
Experience with Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build, EPC/EPCM, CMAR, Procore, Bluebeam, P6, Microsoft Project, and estimating systems is preferred.
What's in it for me?
Lead meaningful projects with high visibility and direct impact on organizational success
Career growth opportunities with access to training, mentorship, and professional development
Collaborative, inclusive culture that values diverse perspectives and innovative thinking
Flexible work arrangements that support your well-being and work-life balance
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How Costa Mesa compares. Among the 145 largest places in California, Costa Mesa is #62 by population, #136 for homeownership (#1 = highest), #20 for long commutes (#1 = fewest), #44 for remote work (#1 = most). Its county, Orange County, is #9 of 58 counties for average pay ($81,403).
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Costa Mesa has 110,330 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 0.3% of the population of California. It covers 16 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 6,980 people per square mile. The median age is 36.7, 3% younger than the state median (36.7 against 37.9).
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The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area has 6,271,560 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $55,850 a year, 10% above the national median ($55,850 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are office and administrative support (702,480 jobs, median $52,710); food preparation and serving related (588,660 jobs, median $38,460); healthcare support (537,460 jobs, median $35,630). The area is most specialised in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media (2.2 times) and healthcare support (1.7 times), where the share of workers is well above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($136,490) and legal ($128,110). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Orange County was 4.3%. 73.5% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Orange County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.
Getting around
Among workers, 62.4% drive alone, 1.6% use public transit, 2.1% walk, 22.2% work from home. 9.7% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 50% below the state average (9.7% against 19.4%). Remote work is more common than in the state as a whole, which widens the set of employers a resident can work for without moving.
People and education
45.0% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 21% above the state share (45.0% against 37.1%). 22.3% of residents were born outside the United States, 17% below the state share (22.3% against 27.0%). The poverty rate is 9.1%, 24% below the state rate (9.1% against 12.0%).
Climate
The warmest month is Aug, averaging 69°F (20.7°C), and the coolest is Feb at 58°F (14.3°C). About 314 mm (12 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; Feb is the wettest month (73 mm) and Jun the driest (1 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.
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