Electrical Preconstruction Manager

About the role

AECOM Hunt has an exciting opportunity for a Electrical Preconstruction Manager to join our team of professionals in Dallas, TX.

Job Duties

• Participate in electrical preconstruction planning for multiple large projects through bid/award and into early mobilization.
• Develop initial and phased master schedules (critical path, milestone, look-ahead) integrating design milestones, procurement lead times, long-lead items, site logistics, and commissioning.
• Produce and validate conceptual and detailed cost plans in coordination with estimators; identify cost drivers and opportunities for value engineering.
• Assess constructability and develop mitigation plans for site constraints, phasing, MEP coordination and specialized systems typical to sports, healthcare, aviation, and education.
• Create procurement strategies for long-lead and electrical specialty packages; coordinate prequalification and scope definition for specialty trades.
• Prepare and present preconstruction reports, owner briefings, and recommendation memos to senior leadership and owners.
• Support value-engineering recommendations, and detailed electrical constructability and coordination plans that enable successful project delivery.

Qualifications

• BS Engineering/Construction Management and 6 years of relevant construction experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 6 years of preconstruction, planning, or project engineering experience on large commercial/institutional projects with significant electrical scope; experience in sports, healthcare, aviation, or higher-education projects strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to develop CPM schedules (Primavera P6, Microsoft Project) and electrical cost models.
• Strong understanding of electrical systems: medium/high-voltage distribution, switchgear, transformers, generators, UPS, ATS, MCCs, lighting systems, emergency/standby power, low-voltage systems (BAS, fire alarm, security, AV), grounding/earthing, and arc-flash considerations.
• Proven experience managing long-lead electrical procurement and specialty trade scope definition; familiarity with utility coordination and service upgrade processes.
• Experience with electrical one-line diagrams, load calculations, fault current/coordination studies, and commissioning/acceptance testing.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to present electrical strategies to owners and executive leadership.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; proficient in risk identification and mitigation for electrical systems.
• Proficiency with MS Office; experience with BIM coordination tools (Revit, Navisworks) and electrical modeling/estimating software is highly desirable.

Additional Information

• This position does not include sponsorship for United States work authorization now or in the future.
• Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.
• This position is not hybrid nor remote.