What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pre-Construction Manager - Scottsdale, AZ or Remote Eligible position at Koch?
Your Job
As a Pre-Construction Manager at DEPCOM Power, you will play a pivotal role in driving value creation through ownership of the pre-construction process. You will maximize project outcomes by ensuring clear transitions between phases, equipping Project Delivery teams with reproducible tools and playbooks, and closing feedback loops so knowledge is captured and reused. You will assist in development and deployment of Project Execution Plans, dashboards, and templates that increase predictability, reduce risk, and accelerate mobilization — creating measurable improvements across cost, schedule, and quality.
This position will be located in Scottsdale, AZ or Remote (U.S. only).
This position is not eligible for VISA sponsorship.
Our Team
Join DEPCOM Power, a leader in renewable energy solutions specializing in utility-scale solar and energy storage projects across the United States. We are a project-centric organization that values innovation, operational rigor, and sustainability. You’ll work with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-performance energy projects that drive long-term value.
What You Will Do
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
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).
As a Pre-Construction Manager at DEPCOM Power, you will play a pivotal role in driving value creation through ownership of the pre-construction process. You will maximize project outcomes by ensuring clear transitions between phases, equipping Project Delivery teams with reproducible tools and playbooks, and closing feedback loops so knowledge is captured and reused. You will assist in development and deployment of Project Execution Plans, dashboards, and templates that increase predictability, reduce risk, and accelerate mobilization — creating measurable improvements across cost, schedule, and quality.
This position will be located in Scottsdale, AZ or Remote (U.S. only).
This position is not eligible for VISA sponsorship.
Our Team
Join DEPCOM Power, a leader in renewable energy solutions specializing in utility-scale solar and energy storage projects across the United States. We are a project-centric organization that values innovation, operational rigor, and sustainability. You’ll work with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-performance energy projects that drive long-term value.
What You Will Do
- Phase coordination and accountability: Lead phase handoffs and own stage-gate process quality across the full project lifecycle to ensure continuity and accountability.
- Project readiness and mobilization: Produce and validate Project Execution Plans (PEPs) and mobilization deliverables (budget fidelity, construction schedule, procurement sequencing, major subcontract scopes, site logistics, and risk register).
- Tools and process development: Build and roll out playbooks, checklists, templates, and automated dashboards (PowerBI) used across projects to improve predictability and decision-making.
- Analytics and reporting: Develop metrics and dashboards that track pre-construction KPIs (estimate variance, time-to-mobilization, stage-gate compliance, key risk indicators) and present actionable insights to leadership.
- Continuous improvement and lessons learned: Capture and institutionalize lessons learned, lead root-cause reviews for early-project issues, and run pilots to test process or tool improvements.
- Commercial and constructability input: Provide execution-focused input to commercial terms, contract allowances, contingency strategy, and subcontractor/supplier sequencing to reduce execution risk.
- Stakeholder influence: Facilitate cross-functional decision-making, clearly document decisions and action owners, and escalate risks when resolution is required.
- Experience in pre-construction, estimating, project engineering, or project planning for medium-to-large construction projects (utility-scale renewables experience strongly preferred)
- Demonstrated experience with stage-gate frameworks and developing Project Execution Plans
- Proven ability to translate commercial and technical inputs into executable plans
- Field experience on utility-scale solar and/or energy storage projects (construction or commissioning exposure preferred)
- Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline; PMP or equivalent certification
- Hands-on experience with Primavera P6, MS Project, Procore (or similar construction management platforms)
- Implementing process improvements or tools adopted across multiple projects.
- Experience managing multiple projects concurrently (typical project sizes :50–300 MW)
- Willing to travel up to 20–30% for site visits and supplier/partner meetings
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
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).