Director of Pre-Construction

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center.

As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

The Design & Construction team at Anduril delivers the factories, labs, offices, and secure spaces that enable our teams to design, build, and deploy advanced defense technology. Our projects span high-performance manufacturing facilities, mission-critical secure environments, and collaborative work spaces, giving our team exposure to a unique and wide variety of technical and operational challenges. We operate as a connected team to our strategic real estate planning team and to our operations functions;

understanding that strong performance across the complete facilities life cycle is necessary for success.

We are looking for a Director of Pre-Construction who will lead a team of subject matter experts focused on due diligence, project programming, and project peer review. This role will report to the Sr. Director of Design & Construction and have a strong line of connection to both the Strategic Real Estate (SRE) and broader Design & Construction Project Managers who will partner with these team on project initiation and then assume responsibility at the point where the project is approved.

The Due Diligence responsibility will ensure the site selection process is informed by in depth analysis of the property, infrastructure, site layout, and other decision criteria. The Director’s team will be responsible for initial estimates, scheduling, and developing a vendor strategy in concert with the assigned Construction Project Manager. Project Programming will lead the initial design process with the business line to identify and solidify scope requirements and initial layout, balancing current and future needs with capital investment.

As part of the design process, the Pre-Construction team will also complete reviews of design plans to ensure documents align with Anduril’s guidelines. This leader’s team will consist of 4-6 subject matter experts with building infrastructure and industrial design background. In addition to supporting project execution, this group of SME’s will own the development and maintenance of technical infrastructure guidelines.

Project types will range from office to industrial research facilities to manufacturing centers that can be ground up developments, tenant improvements, or stand‑alone infrastructure improvements.

• Establish business plans that align business strategy and financial objectives
• Build team vision and methodology (process, tools) that enables RE&F to implement real state strategies that balance potentially competing demands of scope, cost, and schedule.
• Develop a connection to industry to understand future trends and opportunities. Build a strategy that tests strategies and assesses new solutions to evolve Anduril’s approach to design and construction.
• Maintain strong leadership connections with internal stakeholder teams and key business line leaders to form connections, address issues, and identify opportunities.
• Create a culture of one-RE&F attitude in support of the broader…