Manager, Preconstruction - East
Manager, Preconstruction - East
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13-07-2025
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Monthly Salary
$ 75000 - 130000
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Posted on :
13-07-2025
Job Description
Location Preferences:
Baltimore MD preferred
Chicago IL; Denver CO; or remote on the East Coast will be considered
ROLE OVERVIEW
We are seeking an experienced Preconstruction Manager to help support our efforts in solar preconstruction and project execution. The Preconstruction Manager will be instrumental in the pre-subcontract award phase ensuring that projects are well-planned feasible and aligned with our sustainability goals. This role requires a combination of technical expertise project management skills and a thorough understanding of the solar energy industry.
- Ensure that feasibility criteria are met for potential solar projects prior to Preconstruction engagement. Review project risk status of development items that may impact construction costs and develop strategies for risk mitigation.
- Work closely with various internal teams to evaluate and understand site conditions client goals and other essential deal elements. Review drawings and specifications and have a clear understanding of the scope of work and schedule expectations.
- Produce cost estimates and establish budgets for PV and battery storage projects that highlight key assumptions exclusions and other deal elements. Analyze cost drivers identify cost-saving opportunities and ensure budgets align with project objectives.
- Procurement coordination: Collaborate with Pivots procurement team to ensure equipment costs are accurately incorporated into the project budget.
- Cost Tracking and Reporting: Monitor project costs throughout the preconstruction phase. Provide regular cost-tracking reports and updates to senior management.
- Coordinate subcontractor engagement prequalification and review of subcontractor financials with the CFO.
- Create and publish subcontractor RFQs and RFPs.
- Coordinate subcontractor RFP sharing with prospective subcontractor partners to ensure that subcontractor bids are delivered on time and on budget.
- Manage engagement with subcontractor partners during the preconstruction phase including regular communications with subcontractors regarding project scope costs and schedule. This includes coordinating descope meetings with subcontractors to review bid sheets ensure the accuracy of costs/contingency and eliminate scope gaps.
- Participate in internal estimate review meetings subcontractor selection process and constructability reviews.
- Manage RFI process including value engineering feedback/alternates to improve project economics.
- Coordinate with the Preconstruction Team and Project Management on subcontractor selection.
- In collaboration with Legal subcontractor partners and other Preconstruction team members review and provide comments on master subcontract agreements and other contracts to ensure alignment with the owner contract documents.
- Support the Preconstruction team with preconstruction deliverables and preconstruction timeline optimization.
- Additional responsibilities as required.
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES
- Minimum 3 years of experience in estimating cost analysis and/or project management of commercial solar energy systems
- Minimum 3 years of experience in contract review & management
- Ability to understand technical documentation related to renewable energy projects such as site drawings and specifications interconnection agreements facilities studies permitting documents local codes and regulations civil and electrical construction specifications
- Experience evaluating subcontractor bid packages
- Must be self-motivated and be able to work both individually and/or in a collaborative team environment with minimal guidance
- Must have strong organizational capacity to simultaneously manage multiple opportunities with competing deadlines and be able to quickly adapt to changes and shift priorities
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
PREFERRED COMPETENCIES
- Preference for at least 5 years of experience in the solar industry
- Experience in DG/Small Utility scale estimating design installation and/or construction management
- Experience or familiarity with various estimating tools and software i.e. Procore Bluebeam etc.
$75000 - $130000 a year
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
The base salary range for this position is $75000 - $130000 depending on relevant experience along with eligibility for the companys substantial bonus plan with a target bonus of 30% of annual salary (prorated in the first year based on start date).Compensation will be based on factors such as location level job-related knowledge skills and experience.
Pivot Energy is dedicated to providing a great work experience for all employees placing an emphasis on company culture and a focus on our people. To that end Pivot offers an outstanding benefits package that includes:
Excellent health/dental/vision insurance benefits with up to 100% of premiums covered by the company
Four weeks of vacation plus employment milestone bonus vacations
Company paid life insurance and short- & long-term disability coverage
Generous parental leave
401(k) matching
Home Office set-up stipend for new employees
Public transit reimbursement
PTO for volunteering in the community
Charitable donation matching up to $500/year
Professional development and educational reimbursements
A complete list of all the benefits Pivot offers may be provided upon request.
Recruitment Agency Notice:
We appreciate your interest in partnering with us; however we are not seeking recruitment agency support for this role.
ABOUT PIVOT
Pivot Energy is a national renewable energy provider that develops finances builds owns and manages solar and energy storage projects that help decarbonize our nations electricity increase equitable access to clean energy for local communities and provide real cost-savings to American businesses and
families.
We are fiercely dedicated to accelerating the rapid transition taking place in the energy industry to a more decentralized and cleaner approach to power generation. We are committed to positively contributing to the local communities and people we serve with more than clean energy. We believe global warming poses an existential threat to our planet and that we have a responsibility to help mitigate the threat. Our portfolio includes projects that reduce energy burden for income-limited families create workforce pathways for under-represented groups within the solar industry and include robust community investment opportunities.
As a Certified B Corporation and one of Denvers Best Places to Work we believe that company success is driven by a healthy environment thriving society and workplace where all individuals are respected. We evaluate every internal decision on environmental social and governance (ESG) factors to determine if our actions will result in a net positive impact on the community our employees customers shareholders and the more in our annual ESG Report.
At Pivot our core values guide our work internally and externally:
Impact We hold ourselves accountable to having a measurable impact on our people communities and the planet
Balance Put family first; work hard/have fun
Determination Find ways to be successful no matter how difficult the challenge
Professionalism Impress everyone we touch be a team player
Honesty Be truthful and transparent externally and internally
Kindness Create an environment where kindness empathy and vulnerability are embraced
DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION and JUSTICE STATEMENT
At Pivot we are proactively developing and maintaining an inclusive culture rooted in mutual respect that supports a workforce of different generations races gender identities sexual orientations ability statuses religions and cultures to work collaboratively together for greater impact. We seek to build a team that invests in relationship building celebrates each others successes and makes space for the unique contributions and working styles people bring into Pivot.
Pivot invests in company-wide trainings assessments and programs to advance internal inclusion and equity practices such as employee allyship building cross-cultural communications and equitable hiring and management protocols to increasingly recognize bias and ensure mutual respect and belonging.
EEO STATEMENT
Pivot Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce. We actively work to cultivate an inclusive culture that welcomes empowers and enables equitable career growth for employees regardless of background.
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Manager
Employment Type
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