Estimating Manager

We are seeking an experienced Estimating Manager to lead estimating and preconstruction efforts across a diverse portfolio of industrial construction, maintenance, fabrication, and turnaround work. In this highly visible leadership role, you will drive bid strategy, estimate accuracy, risk identification, pricing, and proposal development—while ensuring a smooth transition of awarded projects from estimating into operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the estimating function for industrial construction, maintenance, turnaround, and fabrication opportunities—from small capital projects to large, multidisciplinary scopes.
• Manage the full estimating and bid lifecycle, from opportunity review through proposal submission and project award.
• Review drawings, specifications, bid documents, scopes of work, schedules, and client requirements to build complete estimates.
• Develop and oversee detailed estimates covering labor, materials, equipment, subcontractors, fabrication, transportation, indirect costs, and execution requirements.
• Prepare and review quantity takeoffs, labor productivity assumptions, crew compositions, equipment needs, material pricing, and subcontractor scopes.
• Estimate multidisciplinary scopes including mechanical piping, equipment installation, structural steel, heavy civil, fabrication, and related industrial services.
• Support estimating for plant maintenance, shutdowns, turnarounds, brownfield modifications, and capital construction projects.
• Develop bid strategies, execution assumptions, clarifications, exclusions, contingencies, and risk assessments.
• Lead bid/no-bid evaluations and provide recommendations on risk, resources, schedule, and commercial viability.
• Solicit and evaluate pricing from subcontractors, vendors, fabricators, and material suppliers; review proposals for completeness, scope alignment, terms, and gaps.
• Participate in pre-bid meetings, site visits, job walks, scope reviews, and client discussions.
• Coordinate with operations and project management to validate manpower, productivity, equipment utilization, sequencing, and schedules.
• Partner with procurement to secure competitive material and subcontractor pricing.
• Develop conceptual, budgetary, and detailed estimates based on available engineering and project information.
• Maintain and analyze historical cost and productivity data; track estimate performance vs. actuals and incorporate lessons learned into standards.
• Support change-order pricing, additional work requests, RFPs, and scope modifications on active projects.
• Lead project turnover from estimating to project management and field operations, communicating scope, assumptions, risks, exclusions, and execution strategy.
• Recruit, mentor, and manage estimators; review estimates for accuracy and completeness.
• Manage multiple concurrent bids and ensure proposals are accurate and delivered on deadline.
• Collaborate with business development and leadership to evaluate opportunities and support strategic growth initiatives.
• Maintain focus on safety, constructability, quality, schedule, and profitability throughout the estimating process.

Requirements

• 10+ years of estimating, project controls, project management, or construction experience within industrial construction or heavy industrial services
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, or a related field (or equivalent industrial construction experience)
• 5+ years of direct estimating experience (strongly preferred)
• Previous leadership or estimating management experience (preferred)
• Strong knowledge of industrial mechanical construction and field execution
• Demonstrated experience estimating mechanical piping and equipment installation
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, P&IDs, isometrics, specifications, bid packages, and construction documents
• Experience performing and reviewing detailed quantity takeoffs
• Strong knowledge of material pricing, subcontractor procurement, and vendor solicitation
• Experience developing conceptual, budgetary, and detailed construction estimates
• Strong understanding of cost structures, indirect costs, overhead, contingency, risk, and margin
• Experience supporting change orders and evaluating scope changes
• Ability to manage multiple estimates and deadlines simultaneously
• Strong analytical, organizational, negotiation, and decision-making skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with clients, vendors, subcontractors, operations teams, and executive leadership
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and estimating-related software
• Ability to travel to project sites, client facilities, and pre-bid meetings as required
• Experience estimating work in refineries, petrochemical plants, chemical facilities, terminals, midstream facilities, manufacturing plants, or other heavy-industrial operations
• Strong mechanical estimating background involving piping fabrication and installation, vessels, skids, modules, equipment setting, and structural steel
• Experience with turnarounds, shutdowns, maintenance contracts, and small-to-large capital construction projects
• Familiarity with heavy civil scopes (foundations, concrete, excavation, site work)
• Knowledge of ASME/API-related industrial construction and fabrication requirements