Preconstruction Project Manager - Power Solutions; Remote

Position: Preconstruction Project Manager - Power Solutions (Remote)
Job Overview:

Primoris Power Solutions simplifies complex power projects by assembling the perfect team and plan for your specific needs.

Our Approach We focus on making projects simpler, faster, and more efficient for our clients. Our experts in engineering, permitting, procurement, estimating, project controls, and construction work together to guide you toward the most effective path forward. This comprehensive approach ensures that every aspect of your project is handled with expertise and precision.

Flexible Solutions Whether you need stand-alone engineering, construction services, or a fully integrated solution, we've got you covered. We offer a full suite of project delivery methods, including Design-Build (DB) and Engineer-Procure-Construct (EPC). This flexibility allows us to adapt to your unique requirements, ensuring a project delivery approach that maximizes efficiency and value.

The Preconstruction Project Manager supports all project development activities for PPS power delivery pursuits, with a primary focus on high-voltage substations, switchyards, and associated transmission scope. This role provides end-to-end technical leadership, serving as a central point of alignment between engineering, estimating, procurement, and scheduling in the development of pursuit deliverables.

The Preconstruction Project Manager supports the pursuit strategy and drives scope definition, execution planning, and risk management for the project. This position plays a critical role in schedule development, early procurement planning, early works strategy, and the successful transition from bid to execution.

Success in this role is measured by clarity of scope, efficient team coordination, schedule accuracy, strength of risk management, and the ability to support quality proposals that meet the client’s technical requirements and expectations.

Key Responsibilities Pursuit Coordination Drive technical project development for assigned pursuits from initial intake through bid submission and award

Serve as a primary coordination point across the internal estimating, engineering, procurement, and scheduling teams

Establish timelines to drive alignment and accountability in coordination with estimating, engineering, procurement, and construction to support successful pursuit outcomes

Scope Definition and Risk Management Support detailed reviews of RFPs, technical requirements, drawings, and specifications

Identify scope gaps, technical risks, commercial exposure, and execution constraints

Drive the development and review of assumptions, clarifications, and exclusions to clearly define the company’s risk position

Facilitate constructability and value engineering discussions with engineering and execution teams

Schedule and Execution Planning Partner with schedulers to validate engineering, procurement, and construction logic for project schedules

Lead development of project execution plans in coordination with project management, estimating, procurement, and construction

Lead development of LNTP scopes, early work packages, and cancellation schedules

Maintain alignment between bid schedules, LNTP schedules, and execution schedules

Procurement and Vendor Strategy Support procurement planning for critical and long-lead equipment

Assist in vendor scope clarification and proposal evaluation

Support review of vendor proposals for technical compliance, scope alignment, and risk Consult with procurement to develop mitigation strategies related to lead times, escalation, and availability

Transition to Execution Lead LNTP handoff meetings to ensure project teams fully understand scope, risks, assumptions, and constraints

Ensure team project development decisions, commitments, and risk positions are clearly documented and communicated

Support early execution planning to enable a smooth and controlled project startup

Continuous Improvement and Standards In coordination with the proposal team, capture lessons learned from wins and losses and incorporate them into future pursuits

Support development and refinement of PPS SOPs, templates, and tools

Promote consistency, quality, and accountability across all project development deliverables

Required Qualifications 2-5 years of experience in power delivery engineering or project development
10 years of experience with high-voltage substations, switchyards, or transmission line projects

Strong understanding of EPC and design-build delivery models

Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive alignment

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