Senior Electrical Preconstruction Manager

RQ-0635 Senior Electrical Preconstruction Manager (Open)

Job Description The Senior Electrical Preconstruction Manager provides strategic leadership for all M&E (Mechanical & Electrical) related preconstruction activities across multiple complex building and infrastructure projects. This role sets the technical direction, ensures consistent processes, and drives high quality, predictable M&E outcomes from early concept through handoff to operations. The Senior M&E Preconstruction Manager oversees the M&E Preconstruction Manager(s), estimators, and cross functional partners while serving as the primary leadership interface for M&E scope, cost, risk, and design strategy.

• Develop and validate conceptual and detailed M&E estimates at all design stages, including benchmarking and early conceptual budgets.
• Establish estimating standards, system assumptions, and risk frameworks for mechanical, electrical, and controls scopes.
• Review and approve major vendor and trade partner proposals, ensuring alignment with design intent and identification of hidden scope gaps.
• Lead advanced constructability reviews for complex systems such as MV distribution, UPS architecture, switch gear, central plants, and integrated controls.
• Guide the use of BIM, model‑based quantity extraction, and digital tools to improve accuracy, coordination, and transparency.

• Develop enterprise‑level M&E preconstruction strategies, work plans, and delivery frameworks for use across entire M&E preconstruction team.
• Oversee purchasing plans, bid strategies, and procurement sequencing for major M&E packages.
• Ensure consistent application of best practices across all M&E preconstruction teams.
• Partner with preconstruction and operations teams to align M&E preconstruction schedules, sequencing, and phasing aligned with contractual documents and project delivery strategies.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise‑level processes and standards established by company leadership.

• Serve as the senior M&E representative in client‑facing meetings, executive reviews, and major decision forums.
• Present cost trends, design options, risk scenarios, and recommendations with clarity and strategic insight.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, ensuring confidence in the M&E preconstruction process and alignment with project goals.
• Coach team members on effective communication and storytelling around M&E scope and cost drivers.

• Oversee evaluation of design gaps, scope ambiguities, procurement constraints, and schedule feasibility across all active pursuits.
• Ensure all M&E deliverables—estimates, narratives, design reviews, and handoff packages—are accurate, complete, and aligned with company standards.
• Establish documentation protocols for system decisions, design changes, estimating logic, and risk registers to ensure clean, trusted handoffs to operations.
• Lead cross‑functional risk workshops and drive resolution of major M&E issues before handoff.

• Champion prefabrication, modularization, and alternative delivery methods, integrating them into estimating, planning, and design strategy.
• Identify enterprise‑level opportunities for cost savings, schedule compression, and design optimization through early M&E strategy alignment.
• Provide accurate and timely comparative analysis to evaluate different systems or compare different builds to help owner and design team with data‑driven decision making.
• Seek out emerging technologies, tools, and delivery models to improve M&E preconstruction performance and predictability.

• Lead, mentor, and develop M&E Preconstruction Managers, estimators, and cross‑functional partners.
• Set expectations for performance, accountability, and quality across the M&E preconstruction function.
• Build a culture of systems‑level thinking, disciplined estimating, and proactive risk management.
• Lead resource planning, staffing decisions, and capability development for the M&E preconstruction team.
• Foster the development of significant relationships with our trade partners

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