diff --git a/contrib/intel/jenkins/Jenkinsfile b/contrib/intel/jenkins/Jenkinsfile
index 4a7cce17058..3849c18f2cb 100644
--- a/contrib/intel/jenkins/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/contrib/intel/jenkins/Jenkinsfile
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ def run_ci(stage_name, config_name) {
      """
 }
 
+def build_ci(config_name) {
+  sh """source ${CI_LOCATION}/${env.CI_MODULE}/venv/bin/activate;\
+        python run.py \
+        --output=${env.CUSTOM_WORKSPACE}/pre-build \
+        --job=${config_name}
+     """
+}
+
 def gather_logs(cluster, key, dest, source) {
   def address = "${env.USER}@${cluster}"
 
@@ -441,7 +449,7 @@ pipeline {
           steps {
             script {
               dir (CI_LOCATION) {
-                run_ci("pre-build", "pr_build_water.json")
+                build_ci("pr_build_water.json")
               }
             }
           }
@@ -450,7 +458,7 @@ pipeline {
           steps {
             script {
               dir (CI_LOCATION) {
-                run_ci("pre-build", "pr_build_grass.json")
+                build_ci("pr_build_grass.json")
               }
             }
           }
@@ -459,7 +467,7 @@ pipeline {
           steps {
             script {
               dir (CI_LOCATION) {
-                run_ci("pre-build", "pr_build_electric.json")
+                build_ci("pr_build_electric.json")
               }
             }
           }
@@ -468,7 +476,7 @@ pipeline {
           steps {
             script {
               dir (CI_LOCATION) {
-                run_ci("pre-build", "pr_build_cyndaquil.json")
+                build_ci("pr_build_cyndaquil.json")
               }
             }
           }
@@ -477,7 +485,7 @@ pipeline {
           steps {
             script {
               dir (CI_LOCATION) {
-                run_ci("pre-build", "pr_build_quilava.json")
+                build_ci("pr_build_quilava.json")
               }
             }
           }
@@ -499,7 +507,7 @@ pipeline {
               }
               bootstrap_ci()
               dir (CI_LOCATION) {
-                run_ci("pre-build", "pr_build_daos.json")
+                build_ci("pr_build_daos.json")
               }
             }
           }
@@ -522,7 +530,7 @@ pipeline {
               }
               bootstrap_ci()
               dir (CI_LOCATION) {
-                run_ci("pre-build", "pr_build_fire.json")
+                build_ci("pr_build_fire.json")
               }
             }
           }
@@ -536,7 +544,7 @@ pipeline {
           steps {
             script {
               dir (CI_LOCATION) {
-                run_ci("pre-build", "pr_build_shmem_water.json")
+                build_ci("pr_build_shmem_water.json")
               }
             }
           }
@@ -545,7 +553,7 @@ pipeline {
           steps {
             script {
               dir (CI_LOCATION) {
-                run_ci("pre-build", "pr_build_shmem_grass.json")
+                build_ci("pr_build_shmem_grass.json")
               }
             }
           }
@@ -554,7 +562,7 @@ pipeline {
           steps {
             script {
               dir (CI_LOCATION) {
-                run_ci("pre-build", "pr_build_ompi_water.json")
+                build_ci("pr_build_ompi_water.json")
               }
             }
           }
@@ -563,7 +571,7 @@ pipeline {
           steps {
             script {
               dir (CI_LOCATION) {
-                run_ci("pre-build", "pr_build_ompi_grass.json")
+                build_ci("pr_build_ompi_grass.json")
               }
             }
           }