Senior Estimating Manager (design-build MEP)

A bit about us:

ENR Top 10 Mechanical Firm

We're one of the country's leading mechanical contractors, delivering HVAC, piping, and mechanical solutions on projects of every size and complexity — from stadiums and hospitals to power plants, manufacturing facilities, concert halls, and classrooms. Operating from multiple regional locations nationwide, we pair the stability, resources, and reach of a national firm with the team culture, creative spirit, and customer loyalty of a local business. We've grown roughly 70% in the past year and have been recognized year after year as a top place to work — a reflection of the flat, highly collaborative culture we've built and the people we keep investing in.

About the role

As Senior Estimating Manager, you will plan, coordinate, and supervise the company's estimating program, providing technical and administrative direction to ensure corporate objectives are met. You'll own the continuous development and improvement of the estimating department — including its protocols, policies, procedures, metrics, historical cost databases, and cost models — and you'll create and implement the department's overall strategy.

Responsibilities

• Establish standardized procedures, methods, and processes for estimating; oversee analyses of past project performance and set estimating standards for all future estimates; assist in oversight of the historical cost database, bid management, and estimating software
• Actively participate in various corporate strategic initiatives as assigned
• Career Development
• Manage the division estimating team — recruiting, training, developing, motivating, and mentoring
• Foster the desired company culture
• Emphasize a strong safety culture at all times
• Provide growth and development opportunities through training and continuing education
• Collaborate with corporate and project management to determine which projects to bid, plus strategies and techniques
• Participate in presentations to corporate management and clients; may be responsible for closing the "sale"
• Initiate and lead the project turnover process, including turnover meetings, job set-up, and pre-planning; assist the project team as necessary
• Provide technical assistance in negotiating contracts, change orders, etc. as required
• Work closely with Superintendents and Foremen; provide job information as necessary
• Develop customer partnerships that generate long-term relationships and ongoing opportunities
• Build mutual trust, respect, and cooperation with clients

Requirements

• 10+ years of mechanical HVAC and piping estimating experience
• 10+ years of knowledge of corporate objectives impacting estimating, estimating strategies and techniques, and construction contracts
• 10+ years using industry-standard estimating and takeoff software
• 5+ years leading, coaching, and mentoring an estimating team
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related technical field preferred