Preconstruction Project Manager

Join Our High-Performing Team

Have you led preconstruction efforts for complex commercial, industrial, infrastructure, or multifamily projects? Do you enjoy turning early design concepts into accurate budgets, practical schedules, and executable project plans? Are you energized by collaborating with owners, architects, engineers, trade partners, and operations teams?

Are you looking to join a high-performing team that values ownership, collaboration, and delivering exceptional customer experiences? If the answer is, "Yes!" then we have an exciting opportunity for you.

A Day In The Life

• Lead the preconstruction process from pursuit and feasibility through contract execution and project handoff.
• Develop conceptual, schematic, design development, and detailed estimates.
• Review drawings, specifications, site information, and project requirements to identify scope gaps, risks, and opportunities.
• Coordinate with owners, architects, engineers, consultants, project executives, and operations teams throughout design development.
• Develop bid packages, solicit proposals, and manage subcontractor and vendor outreach.
• Level bids, analyze scope, clarify exclusions, and support subcontractor selection and procurement.
• Maintain project budgets, cost models, estimate reconciliations, and historical cost information.
• Evaluate constructability, sequencing, procurement requirements, long-lead items, and schedule impacts.
• Lead value engineering and cost-saving discussions while protecting the owner's design intent and project objectives.
• Prepare and present estimates, budgets, schedules, proposals, and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies related to cost, schedule, design, procurement, and permitting.
• Support contract, GMP, buyout, and project-start activities as needed.
• Coordinate a clear and complete transition from preconstruction to the project execution team.

Necessary Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, civil engineering, architecture, engineering, or a related field.
• Five or more years of experience in preconstruction, estimating, project management, or a related construction role.
• Experience with conceptual estimating, scope development, subcontractor procurement, and budget reconciliation.
• Strong communication, organization, analytical, and relationship-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple pursuits or projects concurrently.
• Proficiency with estimating, takeoff, scheduling, and project management software; experience with tools such as Bluebeam, Procore, or comparable platforms is preferred.

What We Can Offer You

We are dedicated to the well-being of our associates and are proud to be consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work. Our compensation and benefits package not only supports our associates and their families but benefits local communities and communities around the world.

• Industry-leading performance-based bonus program
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Traditional and Roth 401k
• Tuition reimbursement for associates
• Scholarship for associates' children up to $28,000 per child
• 1-month paid sabbatical after every five years of employment, plus $5,000 for travel
• 1-week paid volunteer leave each year
• 100% charitable match
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
• Paid parental leave
• Typical base compensation for the Project Manager role is between $84,000.00 and $160,000.00. Candidates with extensive experience may exceed this range. In addition to base salary, the role is eligible to receive discretionary bonus compensation based on individual and company performance.

At ARCO, our first core value is to treat people fairly and do the right thing. We are committed to building and sustaining a culture that supports diversity and inclusion. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. From recruiting, training, and hiring practices to selecting our subcontractors, we understand that diversity of all those involved in the construction process enhances our ability to deliver the best solutions to our customers. We hire the best and the brightest from across the country – constructing a team of experts in architecture, design, engineering, project management, and business services.

This represents typical base compensation for the role. Candidates with extensive experience may exceed this range. In addition to base salary, the role is eligible to receive discretionary bonus compensation based on individual and company performance.

Pay Range $80,000 —$160,000 USD

We are proud to be one of the fastest-growing, privately-owned companies in America, celebrating over 30 years of experience as design-build experts. We have completed over 7,500 design-build projects nationwide. We ranked #9 on ENR's Design-Build Firms list and #34 on ENR's Top 400 Contractors list of 2026. Most importantly, our clients like us, trust us, and want to do business with us. We are looking for people with the same enthusiasm, passion, and respect for the hard work that brought us to where we are today. Are you a person who can make a difference at ARCO? If the answer is "Yes!" we look forward to meeting you.

ARCO does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies without pre-approval from ARCO's Human Resources team. Pre-approval is required before any external candidate can be submitted. ARCO will not be responsible for fees related to unsolicited resumes and for candidates who are sent directly to our hiring managers. Agencies must have a fully executed vendor agreement in place as well as written approval to submit candidates from an ARCO TA Manager for a specific position before submitting candidates.

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