Preconstruction Manager

At Hensel Phelps, we don’t just build projects—we build careers, communities, and a culture of excellence. As an employee-owned company, every person here plays a vital role in shaping our success and future. Guided by our core values of Ownership, Integrity, Builder mindset, Diversity, and Community, we combine cutting‑edge technology with hands‑on expertise to deliver landmark projects across the nation. When you join Hensel Phelps, you join a team that values your growth, empowers your ideas, and invests in your journey.

Together, we create an environment where innovation thrives, safety is paramount, and every individual has the opportunity to make a lasting impact.

This role's responsibility is to lead preconstruction activities that establish the foundation for successful project execution. The role oversees design coordination, estimating, budgeting, scheduling, procurement strategy, and early project planning, while serving as the primary liaison among owners, designers, trade partners, and internal teams. This position ensures alignment of project scope, budget, and schedule, works closely with the Project Manager and Project Superintendent to support a smooth transition into construction, and provides subject matter expertise in design development, constructability, cost planning, and procurement strategy.

• Coordinate preconstruction planning, budgeting and scheduling activities for assigned projects.
• Develop and maintain preconstruction schedules that identify key design, estimating, procurement and decision milestones.
• Prepare, update, and reconcile cost estimates from concept through final design documents to support alignment with project budgets.
• Support development of GMPs, lump sum proposals, and estimate iterations, including budget reconciliation and variance analysis.
• Facilitate coordination among owners, designers, trade partners, VDC, and internal teams to support design development, constructability and cost efficiency.
• Conduct constructability, scope, and value analysis reviews to identify cost, schedule and design optimization opportunities.
• Communicate project status, design impacts, budget updates and schedule considerations to project stakeholders.
• Support procurement planning and trade partner engagement, including scope development, bid coordination, proposal review and scope clarification.
• Identify and communicate preconstruction risks related to scope, budget, schedule, design and support development of mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate permitting and approval activities with project teams and authorities having jurisdiction to support timely project progression.
• Prepare and maintain preconstruction deliverables, including cost models, scope matrices, design review logs and related project documentation.
• Facilitate project turnover from preconstruction to construction by documenting assumptions, decisions, risks and outstanding items for the project team.
• Represent the company in preconstruction presentations, owner meetings and design coordination meetings.
• Provide technical preconstruction support during early construction phases to help resolve discrepancies and maintain continuity with project assumptions and design intent.

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of progressive preconstruction, estimating, or related project delivery experience.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence outcomes without direct authority.
• Strong communication, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with preconstruction/estimating tools and scheduling fundamentals.

Moderate Work. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force…