Director of Estimating

Description

The Director of Estimating oversees all estimating activities for AES Cleanroom Technology, ensuring accurate, competitive, and timely cost proposals for cleanroom construction projects. This role provides strategic leadership to the estimating team, drives process improvement, manages workload distribution, and collaborates with executive leadership to support growth, profitability, and operational excellence. The Director of Estimating ensures that estimates, proposals, and cost models reflect company standards, historical accuracy, market conditions, and best practices.

• Monitor workload, pipeline, and upcoming RFP schedules, and provide forecasting and resource planning recommendations.
• Maintain strong relationships with vendors and subcontractors to ensure competitive and reliable pricing.
• Review all major estimates and proposals for accuracy, completeness, and alignment with corporate strategy and margin expectations.
• Oversee the management and improvement of the centralized cost estimating database and historical data library.
• Support proposal pursuits and support proposal contributions around clarifications and assumptions, approach, and schedule.
• Ensure the department meets all internal deadlines and proposal submission requirements.
• Facilitate turnover meetings with Engineering and Construction following project awards to ensure a smooth transition from estimate to execution.
• Support and lead estimate and proposal presentations to clients.
• Collaborate with corporate officers on contractual requirements, bid strategies, and pricing approaches.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the estimating team, including Estimators and related support roles.
• Work with Construction and Engineering teams to resolve scope questions, change order pricing, and technical clarifications.
• Oversee the review and analysis of RFPs, assigning responsibilities, setting timelines, and ensuring compliance with deliverables.
• Implement best practices, tools, templates, and standardized procedures to increase estimating efficiency and reduce errors.
• Provide regular reporting to executive leadership on bid activity, win/loss performance, estimate accuracy, and market trends.
• Support and lead complex quantity takeoffs, scope reviews, and bid evaluations for large or strategic projects.
• Conduct post-project evaluations comparing estimated costs to actual performance, identifying variances and improvement opportunities.
• Ensure consistent interpretation and communication of plans, drawings, and specifications across estimating and construction teams.

Requirements

• Professional, customer-focused, and able to maintain strong internal and external relationships.
• Experience with National Estimating Means standards preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, lead teams, and meet deadlines.
• Strong knowledge of architectural, mechanical HVAC, electrical, and general construction concepts.
• Ten or more years of estimating experience in construction or engineering; cleanroom or controlled environment experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Three or more years of leadership or team management experience.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and strategic thinking.
• Ability to work independently, make sound decisions, and collaborate effectively across departments.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance