Prefabrication Lead

ACCIONA is a global company, leading in the development of regenerative infrastructure that creates a positive impact on society. Our workforce consists of more than 65,000 professionals, present in more than 40 countries across the five continents, all contributing in our mission to design a better planet. Are you a passionate individual who wants to make a difference, promote sustainable development, and find solutions to the biggest global challenges including climate change, overpopulation, and water scarcity? Come and join us in building the infrastructure our planet needs to achieve a sustainable future.

Acciona offers a competitive salary, relocation assistance where relocation is required and approved, 401(k) retirement plan, medical, dental, vision, life, short and long-term disability benefits, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, and more. 

The Prefabrication Lead is a technical and commercial expert who ensures project feasibility across cost, technical solutions, schedule, and host building integration. Supported by a technical team and specialized consultants, this role works in close coordination with the client, their PMCs, designers, architects, and the building's general contractor.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Project Management
• Serve as the primary technical and commercial liaison for clients, designers, consultants, and Project Management Companies (PMCs) across multiple projects during the Prefabrication Stage.
• Lead and mentor one or multiple multidisciplinary technical teams across several concurrent projects.
• Coordinate daily operations with a technical back office based mainly in Spain.
• Maintain schedule flexibility to accommodate time zone differences (US/Spain).
• Ensure seamless workflow and communication between remote and local teams.

Subcontractor Management & Procurement
• Lead the dialogue, briefing, and technical negotiations with subcontractors, specialists, vendors and consultants, ensuring win-win outcomes and risk mitigation.
• Drive the sourcing and onboarding of new specialized vendors, suppliers, and experts globally.
• Evaluate subcontractor capabilities to ensure they meet the high-quality standards of museum fitouts.
• Stay abreast of global trends in prefabrication, advanced materials, and off-site manufacturing to continuously elevate the company's competitive edge.

Budget Control & Value Engineering
• Preparation and structuring of comprehensive, detailed Bills of Quantities (BoQ) that accurately map full project scopes and provide reliable financial baselines.
• Direct the global procurement strategy. Negotiate, analyze, and benchmark complex commercial quotes from premium local and international.
• Propose, evaluate, and defend strategic technical and commercial alternatives (e.g., advanced materials, off-site construction methodologies, and specialized technical solutions) to optimize project costs without compromising design intent or high-end quality standards.Apply value engineering to simplify designs without losing impact.
• Conduct rigorous, proactive cost benchmarking throughout all iterative design stages to ensure continuous budget accuracy, integrate financial metrics into the master project plan, and secure design intent.

Technical Collaboration & Design Support
• Resolve technical challenges during the early design stages.
• Deliver top-end technical guidance to clients and internal design teams during concept phases to guarantee feasibility, offering deep expertise in specialized domains such as set/scenographic design, architectural graphics, complex museum lighting, and integrated AV/hardware systems.
Collaborate closely with designers to refine structural concepts.
• Adjust technical solutions to meet strict budget constraints.
• Balance creative vision with practical manufacturing methods.
• Program and verify that complex prefabricated elements can be seamlessly manufactured, transported, and assembled within established international construction schedules.
• Plan and lead high-stakes collaborative workshops with clients and stakeholders to review, negotiate, and approve value engineering initiatives and cost-saving alternatives.

Building Integration & Facility Management
• Define technical interfaces between exhibition content and the host building to ensure design intent is respected, enable easy long-term maintenance and operations, and deliver an optimal
visitor experience.
• Coordinate integration of all needs, including: logistics, accesses, freight elevator dimensions, door clearance, load-bearing floor limits, and other structural constraints, electrical, data, mechanical, HVAC, technical rooms, etc.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive Technical Interface Matrix (TIM) defining all the requirements and the responsible teams for definition, approval, and execution.
• Develop the tasks listed above in accordance with all applicable codes and regulations, engaging any necessary specialists and consultants. Obtain all necessary legal certificates, permits, etc.

• Proven experience in exhibition production, museum fit-outs, or high-end scenic construction.
• Track record of managing multiple complex projects and teams simultaneously.
• Strong negotiation skills and experience managing subcontractors and technical specialists.
• Strong background in technical design, estimation, and value engineering.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and remote team management skills.
• Flexibility to work across international time zones.
• Fluency in English; proficiency or fluency in Spanish is highly advantageous.

ACCIONA has been given the Top Employer 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025 certification in US, as well as the Top Employers North America 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025 seal, which certifies the company's commitment to excellence in human resources management and those who focus on putting their people first through their exceptional HR policies. As a company that values diversity as a source of talent, we work to foster an inclusive environment that promotes respect, belonging and engagement so that all people can participate on an equal opportunity basis. We invite everyone to apply regardless of origin, circumstances, background or condition.