Preconstruction Manager - Indianapolis - Summit

Description

Preconstruction Manager

Design-Build Construction | Industrial | Manufacturing | Processing | Commercial Facilities

Hybrid Remote - Commutable to West Lafayette, IN

Six figure base + performance bonus + full benefits

About Summit EPC

Summit EPC is a privately held design-build EPC firm delivering complex industrial, manufacturing, food processing, agricultural, and specialty commercial facilities across North America.

We offer the scale and technical challenge of large projects without the bureaucracy and burnout common in national construction firms. Our teams operate with ownership, trust, and direct access to decision makers.

We are building long-term leaders, not just filling seats.

About the Role

The Preconstruction Manager leads the front-end strategy, scope definition, and pricing of large, complex design-build projects.

• Early client engagement and programming discussions
• Conceptual estimating and cost modeling
• Guiding design development with constructability insight
• Identifying and mitigating risk before mobilization
• Aligning owner objectives, design intent, and operational realities
• Coordinating clean handoff to project management and field teams

What Makes This Opportunity Different

• Influence project development for better end user solutions before they reach the field
• Direct collaboration with owners and executive stakeholders internally and externally
• Large, technically demanding industrial projects
• Hybrid flexibility with intentional work-life balance
• Accessible leadership and a performance-driven culture
• Clear career growth trajectory in a growing firm

Qualifications

• 5 to 10+ years of career experience in industrial or commercial architecture, engineering, or construction
• Experience driving design development for industrial, manufacturing, processing, distribution, or commercial facilities
• 3 to 5+ years in preconstruction, estimating, engineering or architectural design
• Ground-up project experience for facility project budgets over $10 million in construction value.
• Broad knowledge of building systems and construction trades
• Design-build experience preferred but not required
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field preferred

Hybrid Structure

• Based within approximately two hours of West Lafayette, IN
• Hybrid remote flexibility
• Up to 25% travel for client meetings and site visits

Why Summit

• A leadership seat at the design-build table
• Complex, meaningful industrial projects
• A sustainable pace of work
• Career growth without corporate politics

Opportunity begins with dialogue. If you are seeking a compelling alternative to traditional big-firm construction careers, let's have a conversation.