Preconstruction Executive - Data Centers & Advanced Technology

ABOUT THE ROLE

Lease Crutcher Lewis is seeking an experienced Preconstruction Executive to lead and elevate preconstruction strategy for our Data Center and Advanced Technology work. This client-facing leader understands clients’ priorities, unique values, and the specialized demands of mission-critical facilities, including power, cooling, redundancy, commissioning, long-lead procurement, and phased delivery requirements.

In this role, you will organize Lewis’ efforts to exceed client expectations through cost certainty, schedule optimization, design support, constructability insight, and value-driven decision-making across a variety of project types and delivery methods. You will help position Lewis as a thought leader in solving complex problems while creating alignment, partnership, and cooperation across internal and external teams.

The ideal candidate brings deep commercial construction and preconstruction experience, strong technical fluency in data center or MEP-intensive facility types, and a proven ability to lead through ambiguity, build trusted client relationships, develop high-performing teams, and translate complex design and cost information into clear recommendations.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• You build trust with clients by listening well, understanding their priorities, communicating with transparency, and helping teams make smart decisions around scope, cost, schedule, risk, constructability, procurement, and design evolution.
• You lead preconstruction efforts with clarity, urgency, and technical credibility, especially in mission-critical environments where power, cooling, redundancy, commissioning, and long-lead equipment decisions have significant project impacts.
• You bring an innovative mindset to enhance Lewis’ offerings and deliver unsurpassed value to clients, design partners, trade partners, and internal teams.
• You help teams align around budget continuity, cost certainty, schedule protection, project risk, client drivers, and seamless transition to operations.
• You actively develop people, systems, templates, benchmarks, lessons learned, and best practices that strengthen the DCAT preconstruction function.
• You represent Lewis in the market as a strategic, relationship-oriented leader who differentiates our approach through creative solutions and best-in-class service.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Leadership

• Maintain strategic expertise in evolving construction methodologies, delivery models, and regulatory/code requirements, while developing deep subject-matter leadership in data center and mission-critical facility design—including power and cooling infrastructure, Tier classification standards, and advancing sustainability and energy efficiency practices.
• Participate in industry organizations and events to enhance Lewis’s brand in the market and develop an understanding of market dynamics that affect our services and delivery.
• Differentiate Lewis as industry leaders that provide creative solutions and best in class service to clients and design teams.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to DCAT leadership on market capacity, subcontractor and supplier landscapes, and competitive positioning within the data center sector.

Client Engagement and Business Development

• Actively participate in business development initiatives: provide expertise, innovative insights, and creative ideas that support Lewis’s business development and marketing efforts to win new work.
• Lead and prepare comprehensive presentations for prospective and existing clients, clearly articulating the project approach and value proposition.
• Interface with the client, building trust and maintaining transparent communication regarding our services and their level of satisfaction.

People Leadership and Team Development

• Work with the DCAT Director of Operations to set annual preconstruction budget and manage preconstruction expenses to fall within our annual budget, striving to achieve high levels of client reimbursement.
• Work with People Services to identify needs, recruit, hire and onboard best in class talent for the preconstruction team.
• Mentor and develop the preconstruction team (when assigned to DCAT projects) including estimators, preconstruction managers, project managers on rotation, and SME’s including regular check-ins, goal setting, consistent feedback, and annual performance evaluations.

Preconstruction Systems and Process

• Establish, implement, and continuously refine best practices and operating procedures for all estimating, budgeting, and proposal generation processes.
• Participate with other preconstruction leaders in the