Estimating Manager

$100000 - $155000 per year | Elmwood Place, OH | On-site | Permanent

We are on the hunt for a dynamic and experienced Permanent Estimating Manager to join our robust team in the Construction industry. The successful candidate will be a key player in our organization, responsible for managing and coordinating all estimating activities. With a keen eye for detail, the Estimating Manager will be instrumental in ensuring the successful delivery of projects by providing accurate cost estimates and risk assessments.

This role is ideal for a strategic thinker with excellent analytical skills and a solid background in lump sum and T&M estimating, scaffolding insulation, refractory, risk analysis, and contract estimating.

• Competitive Compensation:
  Salary range] based on experience and qualifications, plus potential performance-based bonuses.
• Comprehensive Benefits:
  Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, subject to company offerings.
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) plan with employer match, if offered.
• Paid Time Off:
  Vacation, PTO, and paid holidays, based on company policy.
• Leadership Opportunity:
  Play a key role in industrial construction estimating, project execution, and business growth.
• Meaningful Project Exposure:
  Oversee complex industrial bids and projects involving scaffolding, insulation, refractory, fireproofing, and coatings.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  
  Work closely with operations, project management, executive leadership, customers, suppliers, and subcontractors.
• Professional Growth:
  Help improve estimating processes, forecasting models, cost databases, and project profitability.

• Lead the preparation, review, and submission of accurate, competitive cost estimates for industrial construction projects.
• Develop lump sum, time-and-materials (T&M), and all-inclusive proposals across scaffolding, insulation, refractory, fireproofing, and coatings divisions.
• Analyze bid specifications, drawings, scope documents, customer requirements, and project schedules.
• Perform and review quantity takeoffs and calculate labor, materials, equipment, subcontractor, and other project costs.
• Develop detailed project budgets, forecasts, cost models, and job-cost tracking processes.
• Conduct risk assessments and use historical project cost data to improve estimating accuracy and bid strategy.
• Obtain, validate, and incorporate supplier and subcontractor pricing into project estimates.
• Lead bid reviews with executive leadership, customers, and other stakeholders.
• Prepare contract estimates, commercial proposals, supporting documentation, and project cost reports.
• Oversee multiple industrial construction projects, monitoring budgets, schedules, production, and profitability.
• Coordinate with project managers, engineers, field supervisors, and operations personnel to ensure accurate scope interpretation and project execution.
• Maintain and develop customer relationships, support new business development, and identify future project opportunities.
• Manage, mentor, and train estimators and project personnel.
• Maintain and improve historical cost databases, estimating procedures, and forecasting tools.
• Monitor jobsite safety, project progress, labor productivity, and schedule performance as required.
• Collaborate with senior leadership on estimating strategy, budgeting, forecasting, and business performance.

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in industrial construction estimating, project management, or a closely related field.
• Strong background in industrial construction services, preferably scaffolding, insulation, refractory, fireproofing, and industrial coatings.
• Demonstrated experience preparing and reviewing lump sum and time-and-materials (T&M) estimates and proposals.
• Experience with labor, material, equipment, subcontractor pricing, quantity takeoffs, and project cost analysis.
• Proven ability to develop project budgets, forecasts, job-cost reports, and cost-control strategies.
• Experience managing multiple industrial construction projects, preferably with values of $5 million or more.
• Strong understanding of contract estimating, proposal development, scope review, and commercial risk assessment.
• Experience reviewing historical project costs and using cost data to improve estimating accuracy.
• Experience leading or mentoring estimating teams and coordinating across multiple locations or departments.
• Demonstrated…