Moss
Senior Manager, Estimating
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL · Senior · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 23 days ago
Project ManagementSupply ChainLogisticsProcess ImprovementProcurementPerformance ManagementLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationRenewable Energy
About the role
- This leader is accountable for estimating quality, team performance, and effective collaboration throughout the preconstruction lifecycle.
- The ideal candidate brings broad solar estimating experience, strong leadership capabilities, and strong working knowledge of how civil scope integrates with engineering, procurement, construction, and project execution strategy.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop estimating professionals across multiple experience levels; set expectations and build a high-performance culture
- Own performance management and support hiring, interviewing, vetting, and onboarding
- Manage team resource planning and allocation to meet bid schedules and program needs
- Lead estimate reviews and drive risk/opportunity identification and resolution during the bid process
- Oversee bid schedules, assumptions, and durations; validate schedule inputs and escalate conflicts or delays that create bid risk
- Support direction on scope strategy and bid positioning
- RFP document review
- Develop, with support from civil operations, project schedule, objectives, and strategies
- Partner with Operations to strengthen estimating-to-operations handover and buyout readiness, ensuring turnover deliverables meet civil requirements before submission
- Maintain strategic subcontractor/vendor relationships and guide subcontractor pricing strategy, site sequencing, scheduling assumptions, and self-perform considerations alongside Operations
Requirements
- Strong utility-scale solar estimating experience required (EPC, GC, developer)
- Ability to evaluate civil scope, risks, assumptions, and pricing strategy-even if not career civil by background
- Strong understanding of subcontractor procurement, bid analysis/leveling, estimate development, and risk management
Nice to have
- Coach, mentor, and grow estimator capability across levels
- increase capacity strength through development and process improvement
- Contribute and attend as a member of the Estimating Leadership Team driving operational strategy and execution
- Provide leadership and oversight for estimate development for utility-scale solar and energy projects, with primary responsibility for civil estimating outcomes
- Coordinate with Civil Operations team for subcontractor and project execution strategies.
- Review pricing strategy, assumptions, qualifications, alternates, and basis-of-bid decisions
- Oversee bid schedules, assumptions, and durations
- Quantity takeoffs and basis-of-quantity documentation
Company info
- Moss is a family-owned, multi-billion-dollar organization with a national presence and a culture rooted in honoring relationships.
- We offer a unique environment where the scale of our projects meets a "People Always" philosophy.
- We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who want to take ownership of their careers, think beyond the status quo, and contribute to a culture of contagious energy that celebrates both professional excellence and genuine connection.
- Company Overview
- Moss is a national construction leader and a top solar contractor in the United States.
- We specialize in large-scale projects across the country, from landmark high-rises and hospitality to massive solar energy and battery storage installations.
- We are ranked among the top 50 general contractors in the nation, driven by a culture that prioritizes safety, quality, and the professional growth of our people.
- Cultural Alignment
- Embrace opportunities, innovate, and overcome challenges.
- At Moss, each member of the company has the power to think beyond; bringing to the organization ideas, changes, and processes that make our tasks more effective.
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