Estimator

HOLT Renewables is searching for a full-time Estimator to support a growing pipeline of renewable projects, including solar, energy storage, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. HOLT Renewables is an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction contractor with a focus on clean electricity infrastructure projects, including solar and energy storage. We deeply understand the legal, engineering, permitting, finance, construction, and operational aspects of the projects we work on. We are a licensed contractor in the states where we operate. To continue our growth trajectory, we're adding talented individuals capable and committed to providing industry-leading design, engineering, and project execution. HOLT Renewables’ mission is to continue to provide high value, high quality, and safe renewable energy power plants to our customers nationwide while providing long-term, stable, and exciting career opportunities for our team members. We are dedicated to delivering outstanding client results as a means of enabling progress toward our mission and goals. We promise you'll be working on projects that support this mission in a work environment that is positive, fast-paced, and challenging. If this sounds rewarding to you, we encourage you to keep reading.

Required Competencies

• Competent in reading and quantifying units in Civil, Architectural, Structural, Electrical, Environmental, and Landscaping Construction drawings.
• Competent in estimating solar, energy storage, electric vehicle charging, and other projects as assigned.
• Capable of managing project estimates from inception to final customer proposal handoff.
• Assist with alternative value engineering estimates.
• Preparing work to be estimated by gathering proposals, blueprints, specifications, and related documents
• Identifying material, labor, and schedule requirements by studying proposals, blueprints, specifications, and related documents
• Computing costs by analyzing material, labor, and schedule requirements
• Resolving discrepancies by collecting and analyzing information
• Maintaining an up-to-date cost database for equipment, materials, labor, and subcontractors
• Competent in understanding supply chain dynamics
• Develop and maintain relationships with subcontractors and material vendors
• Maintaining technical knowledge and proficiency by attending educational workshops and reviewing technical publications
• Working with Sales, Engineering, Procurement, and Construction operations in conducting thorough project post-mortems, including making continuous improvement changes to Company and position-specific standard operating procedures to avoid future issues
• Collaborating and communicating extensively with Sales, Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Operations, as well as customers, architects, and engineers
• Traveling to Project sites to assess and analyze the feasibility of renewable integration
• Collaborating with the Project Sales team to consider customer specifications, aesthetic desires and identified customer pain points
• Collaborating with Engineering Division to consider Project engineering requirements, including state and local codes, industry standards, procurement, installation, budget, schedule, and long-term operation
• Establishing Project design goals and objectives with Sales and Engineering Divisions
• Pricing the Project to achieve Project goals and objectives, including a Project price that is within the Sales Division's budget objectives
• Interfacing, supporting, and collaborating with Engineering Division, Estimating, and Project Management departments
• Collaborating with Construction Operations Division during the Project's installation
• Maintaining knowledge and proficiency with various Estimating tools
  
  

Behavioral Expectations

• Travel 25% of the time for site visits
• Customer focus
• Unrelenting professionalism
• Actively contribute to a culture of collaboration, teamwork, and continuous improvement
• Learn and actively contribute to the improvement or overhaul of company standard operating procedures; If something is not working well, we fix it, led by you
• Problem-solving; all problems are discussed in the context of a proposed solutions
• Report to work on time, ready to work
• Positive attitude
• Set deadlines and meet them
• Perform positional duties efficiently
• Communicate with leadership and other team members on needs/expectations
• Cleanliness of your work area and self
• Abide by all state and federal safety regulations
• Maintain all certification requirements. Submit new certifications before the expiration date
  
  

Compensation

• Competitive salary bonus opportunities available
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off
• 401(k) with discretionary company match and profit share
• Flexible schedule
• Life insurance
• Professional development assistance
  
  

Schedule

• Monday to Friday
  
  

Education

• BS Construction Management (Preferred)
  
  

Experience

• PV Cost Estimating: 3 years (Preferred)
• Commercial or Industrial Electrical Estimating
• General Commercial Construction estimating 3 years (Preferred)
• Procurement of solar equipment, materials, and services: 3 years (Preferred)
• Working knowledge of PVSyst, Helioscope, and AutoCAD
• Experience with PVBid, Accubid, MS Excel, or similar estimating software
  
  

License/Certification

• NABCEP Certification (Preferred)
• TDLR License (Preferred)
  
  

Work Location:

Austin Office/Hybrid