Lead Estimator

Description

• Collaborative Leadership: Manage proposals from start to finish. Promote a positive culture, drive collaboration and excellence, and ensure projects are executed with a focus on process and quality. Contribute to organization-wide initiatives and serve as a resource and collaborator to colleagues across the organization. Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, project managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Process & Compliance: Maintain accurate, complete, and up-to-date project plans, specifications, correspondence and estimating documentation of quantity take-offs and pricing data on projects, subcontractors, and suppliers Adhere to policies and procedures routinely to ensure compliance. Maintain CRM opportunities and project progress consistently and accurately.
• Estimating: Calculate and prepare complete quantity take-offs, material price lists, labor costs, equipment, and other required statistical data to achieve expected ratio of volume awarded to bid volume. Exhibit discretion in reviewing, analyzing, and interpreting bid documents to determine Scope of Work. Perform on and offscreen take-offs. Use independent judgment to formulate and deliver on estimating approach and bid strategy. Prepares all proposal deliverables including bid forms, labor sheets and pre-qualifications. Demonstrate the highest level of integrity and ethics with internal and external stakeholders.
• Team Leadership: May manage and direct the work of others. Manage work assignments leveraging the strengths of staff, training opportunities, and development of a strong and consistent department ensuring outstanding customer service. Foster employee engagement and career growth by providing training opportunities, effective feedback, and guidance and setting clear expectations and accountability.

Requirements

• Ability to prepare all proposal deliverables including bid forms, labor sheets and pre-quals.
• Ability to prioritize and balance competing priorities and projects.
• Experience leading a team (Preferred)
• Proficient in conducting thorough due diligence and risk assessments.
• 10+ years experience in construction industry with strong electrical estimating experience
• Advanced knowledge of estimating techniques, metrics and systems.
• Demonstrates unwavering integrity and ethical standards in interactions with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Do you have the desire, skills, and proven strategy to be part of a winning team?
• Action-oriented with an ability to take on and solve problems.
• Advanced ability in computer systems including Accubid Live Count, BlueBeam, CRM and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Field experience a plus
• Ability to prepare complex proposals with minimal supervision.
• Possesses outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
• Communication: Clearly and concisely convey information and articulate challenges or problems in a courteous, nondiscriminatory, and professional manner. Provide clarification as needed to ensure effective communication and understanding.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to lead complex estimating projects from beginning to end including final cost estimate and transition to operations.
• Capable of working under tight deadlines while managing multiple priorities
• Full working knowledge of estimating systems. Accubid a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree or Associate’s degree in a relevant field or a combination of relevant experience
• Knowledge of local, state, and federal regulations and codes

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance