Pre Construction Manager II - HBS Mission Critical

Lenexa, 8345 Lenexa Drive, Lenexa, Kansas, United States of America

Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 7:00 AM

At Henderson, we’re about more than just buildings
We’re about the people, experiences, and potential found inside. We’re a company of problem-solvers and innovators known for our technical excellence and ability to come up with out-of-the-box solutions. We love the process of bringing buildings to life. And we’re changing the industry by integrating the building design and construction process.

As an ESOP, each of our employee-owners is an essential part of our mission to lead the industry in innovation, sustainability, and client experience. With a vision to build a better world, Team Henderson has a people-first culture and diverse portfolio of world-class facilities.

It’s What We Do

We provide total building system design services across multiple high-growth markets for industry leaders. You’ll get to use your talent to work on projects for some of the biggest names in mission-critical, higher education, sports, healthcare, grocery, restaurant, and retail within the sectors we serve in business, community, grocery, health, retail, & venue.

It’s How We’re Different

We’re about more than just buildings. We’re about you. You, and the hundreds of passionate employee-owners who make us who we are. We’ve always been committed to providing an inclusive workplace where people can bring their full self to work and helps people reach their full potential – both as professionals and individuals. Together, we dream up innovative solutions for industry-wide problems, design spaces that become landmarks, and toast the good life at our happy hours.

Take a peek into what makes us different here:

Position Summary: The Pre-Construction Manager II oversees the planning and conceptual design of a project, typically through the bidding process where the project is transferred to the construction team. The employee assesses facilities and develops reports regarding existing conditions and recommendations. They also assist the engineering team in designing solutions to fit client and facility needs. As the facility assessor, and point of contact for the design team, they must be able to take detailed field notes with special consideration to all relevant trade components.

Upon moving from design to construction, they assist managers in establishing a budget and schedule to coordinate and track the progress of the construction. They are responsible for writing up and pricing assessments and proposals for the approval of the Manager of Preconstruction. The employee may mentor or train less-experienced employees. Internal and external client relationship expectations need to be understood and acted on respectfully and professionally.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leads assessment teams.
• Performs on-site investigations on facility issues and troubleshoots solutions.
• Resolves issues that impact timing or budget up to and including the project bid date.
• Documents observations, issues, and potential solutions.
• Generates conceptual design schematics and calculations to present solutions for design team.
• Informs estimators of the scope to formulate budgets to complete projects.
• Assists construction managers in the planning, design and construction of a project.
• Informs project team of complexity, critical path items and other considerations in establishing the budget and schedule for projects.
• Analyzes problems and develops resolutions.
• Develops appropriate documentation to coordinate the construction process.
• Provides technical assistance and support to all members of the HBS staff.
• Mentors and trains junior members of the pre-construction team.
• Coordinates performance criteria, long lead items and complexities of logistics with engineers.
• Develops equipment purchase specifications, distributes to equipment vendors, and reviews submitted equipment.
• Recommends equipment to owners/clients.
• Provides consistency in quality control with the engineering design team on HBS projects.
• Provides oversight and reviews construction documents, including drawings and specifications for new buildings and renovations to existing…