Preconstruction Manager - Foundations - Michels Power, Inc.

• Drilled Shafts
• Ground Improvement Systems

Power Foundations | Transmission Foundations | Substation Foundations | Design-Build | Preconstruction

Location: Nationwide
- Project-Based
Employment Type: Full-Time
Travel: Approximately 25-50% Travel Required

The most successful projects are built long before construction starts. Accurate estimating, strategic procurement planning, schedule development, risk assessment, and early collaboration are critical to delivering safe, profitable, and successful projects.

As a Preconstruction Manager
- Power Foundations
, you will lead preconstruction efforts supporting complex transmission, substation, renewable energy, and power infrastructure foundation projects across North America. You will play a critical role in evaluating opportunities, developing project execution strategies, managing preconstruction activities, and partnering with customers, engineering teams, operations, procurement, and construction personnel to position projects for success.

Michels Power, Inc. supports America's electrical and communication backbone by delivering comprehensive overhead and underground construction services for 69 kV to 765 kV electric utility systems and fiber networks
. As one of the largest private power utility electrical contractors in the United States, Michels Power combines experienced project leadership, highly skilled field resources, and one of the industry's premier equipment fleets to successfully execute complex power delivery projects across North America.

Our teams design, build, and maintain critical infrastructure including transmission lines, distribution systems, electrical substations, renewable energy facilities, battery energy storage systems (BESS), communication systems, structure foundations, heavy civil infrastructure, and horizontal directional drilling (HDD) projects. We provide comprehensive project oversight from planning and scheduling through procurement, construction, quality assurance, commissioning, and project closeout.

Leveraging engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) delivery capabilities, Michels Power is proud to be a member of the Michels Family of Companies.

As a Preconstruction Manager
- Power Foundations
, you will manage the preconstruction phase of foundation construction projects and serve as a key link between business development, estimating, procurement, and operations teams.

You will lead project planning efforts including scope development, estimating, budgeting, scheduling, procurement planning, risk assessment, constructability reviews, and design coordination. Working closely with customers, design professionals, suppliers, and internal stakeholders, you will help develop competitive and executable project solutions that support both customer goals and company objectives.

Success requires strong estimating and project management experience, a strategic mindset, excellent communication skills, and the ability to effectively manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously.

• Lead preconstruction activities for power foundation projects from opportunity identification through project turnover.
• Manage project scope definition, budgeting, estimating, schedule development, procurement planning, and risk analysis activities.
• Coordinate with operations, procurement, and estimating teams to develop executable project plans.
• Support customer relationships and serve as a key point of contact during the preconstruction phase.
• Drive collaboration between internal and external stakeholders to achieve successful project outcomes.
• Promote a strong culture of safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Lead the preconstruction planning process for transmission, substation, renewable energy, and power foundation projects.
• Develop project budgets, cost estimates, schedules, execution plans, and risk assessments.
• Prepare accurate and competitive cost estimates that account for labor, material, equipment, subcontractor, and indirect costs.
• Coordinate design activities and support Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflows when applicable.
• Partner with operations teams to evaluate constructability, execution strategies, resource requirements, and schedule assumptions.
• Collaborate with procurement personnel to develop procurement strategies and support long-lead material planning.
• Manage…