Director of Estimating - Electrical Construction - Dallas-Fort Worth

Director of Estimating – Electrical Construction – Dallas‑Fort Worth As the Director of Estimating, you will provide executive leadership and strategic direction for the company's entire estimating function, ensuring the accuracy and competitiveness of all project bids and budgets. Responsibilities: Establish and govern the strategic direction, standards, procedures, and best practices for the company-wide estimating department. Provide executive oversight of the estimating process for all complex and large-scale projects, conducting final-stage reviews of high-value estimates and bid proposals before executive approval. Develop and maintain robust estimating models, tools, and processes to minimize risk and maximize bid accuracy and efficiency. Identify and proactively manage major risk issues within estimates, quantifying their potential financial impact and presenting mitigation strategies to senior leadership. Drive continuous improvement initiatives using methodologies such as LEAN to optimize departmental efficiency, processes, and overall resource utilization. Create and manage the annual financial budget for the Estimating Department, ensuring optimal resource allocation and operational effectiveness. Hold a key responsibility in supporting company-wide financial goals by ensuring bid competitiveness and high estimate accuracy. Maintain and communicate authoritative data on construction and material cost trends, providing critical insights that affect long-term project planning and financial forecasting. Cultivate and maintain effective, long-term relationships with key clients, designers, major subcontractors, and suppliers, positioning the company as a leader in cost certainty and transparency. Lead, mentor, coach, and manage the Estimating Department staff, fostering a culture of high performance, accuracy, and professional development. Provide actionable, regular performance feedback and guidance to all team members, aiding in career progression and skill enhancement. Assign executive responsibilities and coordinate the overall workload and resource management across multiple estimating teams and projects. Ensure consistent and documented information flow between the Estimating, Project Management, and Senior Leadership teams. Champion the Company's mission, vision, and values, including exercising sound and ethical business practices. Review and approve high-level project documents, including general conditions, schedules, hoisting plans, site logistics, and scopes of work, ensuring alignment with organizational strategy and risk profile. Direct the creation of comprehensive bid packages, detailed budgets, and high-level project estimates for complex projects. Ensure compliance with new and changing company policies, materials, technologies, techniques, and safety practices. Qualifications: 10-12+ years of progressive experience in electrical construction, specializing in estimating, common code requirements, design/build estimating, and preconstruction for large-scale commercial construction projects. Expert capability to read, interpret, and analyze complex financial documents, electrical bids, contracts, plans, drawings, blueprints, and project specifications. Expertise in utilizing advanced computerized estimating systems and software, coupled with exceptional conceptual estimating skills for critical early-stage project feasibility and budgeting. Possesses extensive training and experience in formal project management practices, ensuring a thorough understanding of the entire project life cycle and its cost implications. In-depth training and practical experience with LEAN methodologies or other continuous improvement applications, demonstrating a strong process orientation to drive efficiency. If this role is of interest please reach out to View email address on click.appcast.io for a confidential call or apply directly via the link above. #J-18808-Ljbffr Gryphon Oakwood