Chief Estimator

About the role

The Chief Estimator role within Teichert's Energy and Utilities Group is responsible for planning, organizing, and managing the estimating function. This includes procuring profitable work, providing technical and administrative direction, initiating and maintaining client liaisons, managing the bid process, supporting contract negotiations, and developing new business opportunities in underground construction projects.

Responsibilities

• Accurately prepares estimates based on proposal specifications and drawings.
• Determines required contents of estimates and evaluates historical data to project unit and man-hour figures.
• Manages staffing and corresponding costs, balancing short and long-term needs for people (skills/manpower).
• Coaches to maximize performance, accountability, and motivation of workforce while maintaining morale.
• Ensures the Estimating activities remain focused on long-range priorities, customer feedback, and continuously strives to improve day-to-day processes and practices.
• Prepares estimating workforce for evolving business needs.
• Facilitates collaboration across area offices and builds consistency across estimating practices and procedures, business development, resources, and materials, and company performance.
• Ensures policies, procedures, and standards are adhered to and protects the company’s interests.
• Assists in the preparation of studies, materials, and methods, recommendations, and cost estimates.
• Manages internal administrative organization and documentation, including project logs, files, records, and reports pertaining to Estimating function.
• Provides management direction to Estimating staff; motivates employees to function as a cohesive unit; oversees regularly planned meetings; develops employees by evaluating performance, providing coaching, training, and mentoring opportunities.
• Assists in achieving a zero injury culture through supporting safety programs and actively participating in appropriate safety meetings and training sessions to maintain a safe, healthy work environment and meet corporate safety standards.
• Assists in the development of, and implements, plans for future business and professional growth in Construction by staying abreast of and evaluating trends in the industry.
• Works closely with Business Development and Customers to identify trends and evaluate market surveys.
• May assist in the preparation of studies, materials, and methods, recommendations, and cost estimates.
• Facilitates collaboration across area offices and builds consistency across estimating practices and procedures, business development, resources, and materials, and company performance.
• Ensures policies, procedures, and standards are adhered to and protects the company’s interests.
• Prepares estimating workforce for evolving business needs.
• Manages staffing and corresponding costs, balancing short and long-term needs for people (skills/manpower).
• Coaches to maximize performance, accountability, and motivation of workforce while maintaining morale.
• Models innovative/effective management practices.
• Establishes, promotes, and protects Teichert’s values including diversity, teamwork, fair work environment, and respect of others.
• Maintains a “team” spirit within the business unit.
• Works and cooperates with other disciplines (across company lines) to ensure maximum and best use of resources.
• Safeguards confidential and proprietary information and avoids conflicts-of-interest.
• Keeps up-to-date with industry practices, processes, standards, technology, equipment methods, cost control, schedules, etc., and their impact on project activities.
• Ensures estimating function supports company goals and policies through effective management and administration.
• Determines strategies, techniques, and types of projects to bid on; evaluates and communicates risks throughout the bid process; participates in presentations with corporate management and clients; and may be responsible for closing the “sale” and coordinating with field personnel to schedule work.
• Ensures bid process is effective and efficient. Specifically, provides guidance and technical expertise in managing the bid schedules and selection process; assigns and reviews work of subordinates and checks for accuracy and completeness; provides technical support in negotiating contracts, and change orders; reviews all final estimates prior to formal presentation; ensures interpretations of all external codes, regulations, and specifications, and ensures job estimates are completed on time.
• Assists in achieving a zero injury culture through supporting safety programs and actively participating in appropriate safety meetings and training sessions to maintain a safe, healthy work environment and meet corporate safety standards.
• Manages internal administrative organization and documentation, including project logs, files, records and reports pertaining to Estimating function.
• May include bids, cost estimates, state and federal regulations and codes, etc.; ensures written and up-to-date estimating guidelines, manuals, and policies and procedures.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field, or equivalent combination of technical training and related experience.
• Minimum of ten years’ experience in the construction or engineering industry with progressive experience in underground construction.
• Minimum five years’ experience supervising others.
• Strong experience in bidding underground projects; preferably both “wet” and “dry” utilities.
• Successful completion of pre-employment drug, alcohol, and background investigation.
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Ability to preserve confidential and proprietary information and successfully avoid conflicts-of-interest.
• Knowledge of HCSS, Primavera P6.
• Thorough knowledge of construction contracts/law.
• Strong working knowledge of collective bargaining agreements, personnel issues, and EEO.
• Thorough understanding of corporate and industry practices, processes, standards, technology, equipment methods, cost control, schedules, etc., and their impact on project activities.
• Thorough knowledge of company’s Standard Operating Policies and Procedures.
• Travel is required.

Competencies

• Relationship Management: Builds and maintains positive working relationships with external clients.
• Technical competence in construction.
• Business Acumen.
• Communications.
• Organization and Management.
• People Management.
• People Development.
• Technology: Microsoft Office, estimating, and project management software.
• Equipment Used: Personal computer, telephone, pagers, company vehicle, personal protective equipment.
• Physical Demands & Work Environment: Sitting for long periods of time working at the computer or driving to job sites; walking on uneven ground, climbing, bending, stooping, crawling in confined or enclosed spaces; some lifting of materials and equipment up to 50 lbs.; close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus; may work long hours during peak seasons; typical office environment with adequate temperatures and lighting, low levels of noise; exposed to the conditions of job sites which can include loud noise, dust, fumes, and extreme weather conditions prevalent at the time; may work various shifts or hours, including early mornings, dusk or evenings.

Pay

Base Salary Range: $220,000.00 - $280,000.00

Schedule

Not specified