Jobs · Manufacturing · Oregon

Pre-Construction Coordinator (41787)

Jacobs · Hillsboro, OR · 5 days ago
Manufacturing$66k–$91k/yrFull-time

The role

Your impact
The Pre-Construction Coordinator supports project readiness activities upstream of construction execution and serves as the bridge between design, planning, logistics, project management, and field execution.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Manage a portfolio of construction projects during the pre-construction phase.
  • Evaluate project readiness and identify schedule, design, material, logistics, or operational constraints prior to field execution.
  • Cook up cross-functional activities between Engineering, Design, Project Management, Procurement, Logistics, and Construction teams.
  • Facilitate structured project handoffs from planning into construction execution.
  • Track project milestones, deliverables, critical path activities, and schedule impacts.
  • Develop and maintain dashboards, reporting tools, and metrics to communicate project status, readiness, and constraints.
  • Identify process improvement opportunities and help standardize planning and readiness workflows across the program.
  • Drive action items to closure while maintaining clear communication with internal and client stakeholders.
  • Support pull planning activities, schedule coordination, and overall project readiness planning.

Qualifications

  • A Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline, Construction Management, Engineering, or a closely related field.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required.
  • Experience with Power BI is strongly preferred.
  • Knowledge of Excel VBA, Power Query, Power Automate, and other business intelligence or automation tools would be considered a significant advantage.
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to evaluate large datasets, identify project risks and constraints, prioritize competing tasks, and drive issues to resolution.
  • Experience supporting semiconductor construction, industrial construction, manufacturing, or large capital projects is highly desirable.
  • Strong communication, customer service, and stakeholder management skills are essential, as this position regularly interfaces with clients, project managers, design teams, suppliers, logistics personnel, construction coordinators, and field leadership.

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