Preconstruction Engineer
About the job
- A bachelor's degree in construction management or a related construction or engineering field is required.
- Two to five years of experience in construction management, preconstruction, or estimating is required.
- Outstanding communication and time management skills are required.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and scheduling software is required.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment is required.
- Willingness to relocate is required.
- Substance abuse testing and a background screening are conditions of employment.
- Read and understand construction design documents and specifications.
- Perform construction cost estimates and quantity surveys for various scopes of work.
- Manage cost and design issues throughout project phases.
- Coordinate and manage trades, with exposure to building information modeling processes.
- Oversee all purchasing required to support projects, including scope coordination, proposal evaluation, trade negotiations, and contracting.
About the company
Holder Construction manages commercial building projects for owners in corporate, aviation, data and telecom, higher education, public assembly, and science markets. During planning, it reviews constructability, coordinates design decisions, estimates costs, and aligns scope and schedules with owners and designers. It organizes procurement and trade-partner work and manages construction through construction-management or design-build delivery, while technical specialists support system testing before handover. Project owners buy construction services from Holder, with its teams coordinating planning and building work. Founded in 1960, it is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Atlanta, GA
Founded
1960
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Repeat clients support continuity: Holder says returning customers account for more than 90% of its work.
- Training connects with craft jobs: Holder's five-week college boot camps include employment commitments from trade partners.
- Career paths cross functions: Holder describes an employee moving from trade-responsible engineering into project scheduling.
What critics are saying
- Project changes add coordination work: ENR's October 2026 report describes three redesigns at Holder's CloudHQ LC3 project.
- Craft labor faces competing demand: 58% of contractors in AGC's September 2026 survey reported data-center work intensified hiring competition.
- Candidates get fewer financial details: Holder is privately held, while Turner publicly reports its annual construction volume.
What makes Holder Construction unique
- Data centers are a specialty: Holder reports delivering more than 6.4 gigawatts of US capacity, leading general contractors.
- Holder controls some work directly: its own teams build structural concrete, modular walls and site-safety systems.
- Virtual planning reaches job sites: Holder's in-house team coordinates work using models, laser scans, drones and virtual inspections.
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