Vice President Estimating

Description

• Engage throughout the preconstruction process as needed to ensure understanding of the project goals, client goals, and drive the estimate strategy throughout the estimating process and review
• Cultivate and maintain strong partnerships with diverse subcontractors and vendors partners
• Ensure profitable project budgets. Responsible for overseeing the estimate hand-off process between preconstruction and operations
• Ensure all pending estimates are submitted thoroughly, completely, and on-time with high quality and fully compliant forms and submittals
• Work collaboratively with operations while leading and managing the estimating team to drive accountability toward innovative, competitive, and compliant estimates and proposals following robust and clearly defined estimating procedures
• Develop win strategies through engagement with estimate kickoff process and estimate review process
• Maintain existing relationships and build new relationships within existing and potential clients
• Lead the “RFP” process by developing fee proposals, team selection, and attending interviews as needed
• Establish estimating standards for all estimates and oversee analysis of past performance on estimates
• Actively participate in company-wide initiatives to further key company goals
• Develop and maintain client, subcontractor, and other industry relationships at the appropriate level, reinforcing commitment to continuously address their needs and interests
• Oversee final subcontractor and vendor selections while applying prequalification standards and procedures
• Act as the estimating "subject matter expert". Recognize areas of estimating improvements through observation or from recommendations from the team
• Ensure all estimating activities align with one of Austin’s core values: Integrity, with specific emphasis on client and business partner interaction
• Delegate and assign estimates to the team while ensuring estimating team accountability

Requirements

See the “Know Your Rights” poster available in English and Spanish.

• Proven track record, strong leadership skills, and experience managing complex projects and estimates more than $100 Million
• Ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization and cross functional departments
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage changing situations effectively
• Demonstrated ability to make decisions based on sound business reasoning
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Engineering, or related field. Proven experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate
• 10+ years of preconstruction experience for a highway/heavy civil company
• Ability to act decisively and effectively in stressful situations with a sense of urgency
• Transformational leader with demonstrated experience
• Demonstrated experience as an innovator
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Bridge & Road is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.
• Excellent communicator and an ambassador for the company
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Has a thorough knowledge of building systems, current market pricing, and practical application of modern quantification and estimating techniques from conceptual and schematic design through final budgets
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to lead, develop and manage staff, and positively motivate others to achieve results
• Senior Estimator
• Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines

Benefits

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan. We are proud to be a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP)! To learn more about our employee-ownership structure, please go to https://www.austin-ind.com/our-company/100-employee-owned.

This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (i.e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance