Director of Estimating (Power Delivery)
Location: Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Type: On-site, Full Time
Position Description: A leading company in the power delivery sector is seeking an Estimating Manager. This role involves building electrical substations and constructing or repairing electrical power lines, providing high-quality, efficient service to customers, and ensuring a safe, healthy work environment for employees.
Why Join Us? This is your opportunity to join a high-growth industry company where you will partner with elite industry leaders to drive results and build a successful power delivery business. This could be your career-defining move.
As the Estimating Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the company's bidding strategy, overseeing estimating operations, and ensuring accurate, competitive, and strategic cost estimates for high-impact projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the Estimating Department: Provide leadership to staff, mentor direct reports, and recommend corrective actions if necessary.
- Prepare Cost Estimates: Analyze plans and specifications, perform quantity take-offs, and prepare clear and detailed cost estimates.
- Document Control: Ensure proper document control and distribution for all bid documents and proposals.
- Subcontract Management: Develop subcontract scope for projects, manage the subcontractor RFP process, and qualify and level subcontractors' proposals.
- Customer Interaction: Interact with customers, engineers, and subcontractors to understand and incorporate project objectives, schedules, permits, and costs.
- Project Turnover: Assist with the turnover process by providing proper documentation related to the project and ongoing technical support during the project execution phase.
Requirements:
- B.S. degree in engineering or construction management preferred
- 15+ years of directly related experience (substation, T&D) with at least 3 years in a leadership position
- Knowledge and understanding of various commercial terms and conditions
- Extensive experience in power delivery estimating, with industry practices, legal standards, and market trends
- Effective communication skills
- Ability to process a high volume of work while maintaining attention to detail and quality
Compensation: To provide greater transparency to candidates, we include base pay ranges for all US-based job postings that encompass all potential locations and levels for the open position. Our base pay ranges are set based on the function, discipline, level, and regional location and are benchmarked against companies in the same or similar industry. Final offers may vary based on multiple factors, including education, depth and relevance of work experience, relevant licenses and certifications, and may vary from the amounts listed in the job posting.
Base Pay Range: $170,000 - $220,000 annually.
Benefits:
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Wellness Programs and Awards
- Gym Reimbursement and Weight Loss Benefit
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Training & Development
- Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible Spending Accounts
