Job Description
The Director of Pre-Construction leads the strategic planning, commercial management, and team leadership for all pre-construction activities of renewable energy projects, ensuring seamless project handoffs, risk mitigation, and alignment with company goals in a fast-paced urban environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership and oversight for all pre-construction commercial activities, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and efficient project delivery.
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team including Procurement and Pre-construction Managers, fostering high performance and accountability.
- Develop, implement, and refine commercial processes, workflows, and standard agreements to support project scalability and risk mitigation.
- Identify, vet, and onboard strategic vendors and contractors, maintaining a comprehensive database of qualified partners.
- Negotiate and execute contracts for major equipment, field services, and consultants, ensuring warranties and long-term agreements are aligned with project needs.
- Ensure all commercial agreements are fully synchronized in scope, schedule, and cost to de-risk projects and ensure budget certainty.
- Lead constructability reviews and value engineering exercises to optimize project cost, schedule, and warranties.
- Manage landlord lease obligations, tracking milestones and ensuring compliance throughout pre-construction.
- Develop and manage the master project schedule, integrating design, permitting, procurement, and pre-construction milestones.
- Oversee pre-construction budgets, cash flow projections, and prepare documentation for capital expenditure approvals.
- Systematically compile and deliver comprehensive project handoff packages to the Construction team, ensuring clarity and completeness.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
- A minimum of 10-15 years of progressive experience in construction, with a significant focus on pre-construction, procurement, estimating, and commercial management.
- At least 5 years of experience in a direct leadership role, with a proven ability to manage, mentor, and develop a high-performing commercial team.
- Expertise in managing all commercial facets of pre-construction, including strategic sourcing, vendor prequalification, major equipment procurement, contractor bidding and evaluation, and complex contract negotiation and execution.
- Proven ability to operate at a strategic level and communicate effectively with all stakeholders, from C-suite executives, financial partners, and investment committees to other department directors, direct reports, and external counterparties.
- Strong financial acumen and experience developing and managing multi-million dollar procurement and construction budgets.
- Proficiency in advanced scheduling software such as Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and construction project management platforms like Procore and Kahua.
- Work from the company's headquarters in Brooklyn, NY five days a week (full-time, in-office position).
Benefits & Perks
Base salary range of $200,000 - $250,000 per year
Significant annual performance-based bonus
Health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) plan
Lifetime Fitness corporate membership
Monthly commuter stipend
Learning and education stipend
Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) policy
Full-time, in-office work environment in Brooklyn, NY
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