Pre-Construction Manager, IKE
About The Position
The Pre-Construction Manager owns site selection, design coordination, and permitting for IKE deployments in an assigned region. The role identifies candidate locations, evaluates whether they can be built, and advances sites through design to approved permits ready for construction. Civil engineering partners prepare SCIPs, designs, and permit submissions. The Pre-Construction Manager directs this work and is accountable for its results, including selecting sites, reviewing drawings and deliverables, resolving issues before submission, managing permitting schedules, and working with city agencies as needed. The role requires a combination of engineering and permitting knowledge with project management judgment, including the ability to assess buildability, direct A&E firms, identify drawing-set issues, and navigate agency discussions. The Project Manager owns the overall site budget, forecast, and go-live date. The Pre-Construction Manager owns the work needed to make each site permit-ready and keeps the Project Manager informed about progress and schedule risks. The role also contributes to developing and continuously improving siting and permitting processes, standards, templates, and tools, and involves travel to assigned markets according to business needs.
Requirements
- At least 5 years across engineering, permitting, and project management in construction, infrastructure, telecom, utility, or similar deployment work.
- Direct experience permitting in the public right-of-way, including encroachment permits and DOT coordination.
- Experience evaluating sites for constructability and making site selection decisions.
- Ability to read civil construction drawings well enough to identify deficiencies before submission.
- Demonstrated experience managing A&E or Civil Engineering firms as vendors, including scope, schedule, and quality.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience working directly with municipal agencies and property owners.
- Experience with SiteTracker, Salesforce, or a similar project tracking system.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to travel according to business needs.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with small cell, fiber, digital signage, transit, or streetscape infrastructure in the public right-of-way.
- Working knowledge of utility make-ready and service coordination.
- Experience with GIS or desktop feasibility tooling.
- Experience building a process rather than inheriting one.
- PMP certification or equivalent.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
Responsibilities
- Identify candidate locations in assigned markets, evaluate their constructability, and select sites to pursue.
- Assess power sources, right-of-way ownership, corridor and historic district conflicts, sidewalk and ADA clearance, spacing, and active moratoriums before committing to a site.
- Work with property owners, agencies, and community stakeholders to secure required site approvals.
- Direct Civil Engineering partners in completing SCIPs, batching field work by market, and reviewing returned packages for quality and accuracy.
- Direct Civil Engineering partners through construction documents, managing scope, standards, and dates, and reviewing drawings before they leave IKE.
- Own permitting from submission through approval, controlling the queue, sequencing, agency comments, resubmissions, and escalation while partners file permits on IKE’s behalf.
- Build and maintain relationships with plan reviewers, DOT staff, and right-of-way administrators in assigned markets.
- Maintain jurisdiction playbooks covering requirements, contacts, review timelines, fees, and common rejection reasons.
- Establish and maintain market- and jurisdiction-specific siting and permitting checklists, ensuring required feasibility criteria, documentation, approvals, design requirements, and pre-submission conditions are verified before submission.
- Track Civil Engineering partner performance on cycle time, first-pass approval, and quality, and escalate performance issues.
- Report status into the Project Manager’s schedule, commit to dates, and flag schedule jeopardy early.
- Partner with the Utility Specialist so power identification and coordination proceed in parallel with design and permitting.
- Hand off each site as permit-ready, with complete documentation and accurate data in SiteTracker.
- Contribute to building the function, including processes, templates, standards, and tooling.
- Support development and continuous improvement of the siting and permitting process, focusing on reducing cycle times, eliminating unnecessary handoffs, and identifying efficient paths to permit approval in each market.
- Develop and implement market-specific strategies, process shortcuts, and best practices to accelerate permitting while maintaining quality, compliance, and required approvals.
- Travel to assigned markets according to business needs for site evaluation, jurisdiction meetings, and agency relationships.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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