What are the responsibilities and job description for the Preconstruction Engineer Intern position at Blach Construction?
Entry-Level Position Available (Summer 2025)
Title: Preconstruction Engineer Intern
Reports to: Preconstruction Manager
Summary of Position: As a key team member, the Preconstruction Engineer Intern is responsible for working with the Preconstruction team and project teams to ensure the successful execution of the preconstruction stage of projects. During preconstruction, the Blach Preconstruction team leads the effort to set the project up for success during the construction phase, including cost estimating services (value engineering, cost studies, subcontractor procurement) and pre-planning services (constructability reviews, coordination with Blach’s in-house MEP, VD&C, Self-Perform, and Quality teams, and collaboration with the construction project team on early procurement, schedule, phasing, logistics etc). The Preconstruction Engineer Intern will work under the guidance of Blach’s Core Values and provide excellent customer service to all parties involved in the successful execution of Company projects.
Typical Duties:
- Assist the team in performing quantity take-offs and evaluating drawings, specifications, and related documents
- Develop knowledge and awareness of the factors that affect construction costs through work on cost estimates
- Assist with final assembly of estimates for presentation to Owners
- Reach out to subcontractor partners for market input on estimates and cost studies
- Assist in value engineering and cost study efforts
- Prepare Bid Documents for both budgeting exercises and procurement. Assist the team with subcontractor outreach
- Assist the team in scope statement creation, proposal reviews, and post-bid interviews
- Gain an understanding of construction means and methods, sequences, and techniques
- Coordinate constructability reviews and all Blach participants (Superintendent, Quality Manager, Self-Perform, MEP), ensuring deliverables and deadlines are met
- Attend job walks
- Build strong relationships in the subcontractor community
- Participate in project preconstruction meetings as well as internal preconstruction team meetings
- Grow your knowledge in the latest estimating and construction technology, including: Construct Connect, Destini, Togul.ai, Building Connected, Autodesk Build, Bluebeam and Microsoft Excel
Location: Northern California (Bay Area)
Position Status: Summer intern, regular business hours (40 hours a week), non-exempt
Compensation: Blach Construction offers an outstanding compensation package, including a highly competitive base salary, an initial three weeks of paid vacation (growing to four weeks after five years of service), holidays, and sick leave. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) plan with company match, profit-sharing, long-term disability insurance, cash bonuses based on performance, professional development, education assistance, credit union membership, annual wellness stipend, professional affiliations, and many other benefits. The company practices a progressive management style that truly values and appreciates high-quality team members and invests a tremendous amount in their growth and development.
About Blach Construction: Named as the #1 Best Place to Work in the Bay Area in 2019 by the Silicon Valley Business Journal and San Francisco Business Times and one of the Top 100 Best Companies to work for in the United States in 2013 and 2016, Blach Construction is a financially stable, award-winning, mid-sized general building contractor and construction manager headquartered in San Jose with operations throughout the greater Bay Area and Southern California.
Blach offers an outstanding benefits package, which you can read about on the company website, as well as an extensive training and development program for all employees through our own Blach University. The management of the company is dedicated to maintaining a stimulating and exciting work environment where teamwork and excellence are encouraged and supported. For more information, check out the company’s website at www.blach.com.
Contact: If you fit the above description and are looking for an exciting place to kickstart a fulfilling and challenging career, email your resume with a cover letter to Blach’s Human Resources Associate, Morgan Guenther, at morgan.guenther@blach.com.
Blach Construction is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Salary : $20 - $28
