Preconstruction Lead

At DEPCOM, we achieve long-term value by delivering profitable projects and services that create mutual benefit for our customers, partners, and team members. Our approach is grounded in Principle Based Management, ensuring every team member understands and maximizes their contribution through the Five Dimensions: Vision, Virtue and Talents, Knowledge, Comparative Advantage, and Motivation.

As Preconstruction Lead, you will drive project success by aligning your work with our project vision, leveraging your unique strengths, and collaborating across teams to deliver superior results in safety, schedule, cost, and quality.

What You Will Do

• Vision:
• • Consistently align your decisions and actions with the project vision and DEPCOM's long-term objectives, ensuring your work delivers durable value for all stakeholders.
• Virtue and Talents:
• • Demonstrate integrity, stewardship, and a commitment to continuous improvement. Foster a culture of accountability and teamwork, setting a positive example for others.
• Knowledge:
• • Lead and oversee the Estimating RFQ process from start to finish, applying sound judgment, data analysis, and lessons learned to improve accuracy and reliability in cost estimates.
  • Facilitate value engineering discussions, bringing together internal and external stakeholders to optimize project design and schedules, maximizing margin capture.
• Comparative Advantage:
• • Collaborate across teams, leveraging each person's unique strengths and expertise to maximize project outcomes. Proactively identify and remove barriers to effective teamwork and decision-making.
  • Take ownership of your role and its impact on the overall project, ensuring your efforts support the success of the entire team.
• Motivation:
• • Proactively solve problems and drive process improvements to secure highly competitive subcontractor pricing. Encourage innovation and initiative, supporting others in pursuing work they excel at and are passionate about.

• Key Outcomes:
• • Deliver accurate, unified estimates that support project goals.
  • Foster a shared understanding of responsibilities, expectations, and decision rights within the team.
  • Continuously seek opportunities to improve processes and results, adapting as project needs and team capabilities evolve.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience estimating solar projects of utility scale
• Deep understanding of the Estimating RFQ process, cost analysis, and value engineering.
• Proficiency in construction management software and data analysis tools.
• Demonstrated ability to align work with organizational vision and long-term project goals.
• Experience contributing to strategies that drive durable value for stakeholders.
• Strong integrity, accountability, and commitment to safety and quality.
• Proven leadership and collaboration skills, fostering a positive team culture .

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Demonstrated ability to align work with organizational vision and long-term project goals.
• Experience contributing to strategies that drive durable value for stakeholders.
• Track record of learning, adapting, and applying new knowledge to improve results.
• Ability to identify and remove barriers to effective teamwork and decision-making.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills with internal and external stakeholders.

For this role, we anticipate paying $115,000- $135,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

As a Koch Engineered Solutions company, DEPCOM Power is a leading energy solutions partner for the utility solar and broader energy industries, providing project development support, engineering, procurement and construction, energy storage, repowering and operations and maintenance services. Our highly skilled team of conventional and renewable power industry experts work to deliver the lowest cost of energy and the highest rate of return.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here , aquí , or tu ).