Facility Estimating Manager

Judge Direct Placement
Odessa, TX

The Judge Group is seeking a Facility Estimating Manager with 5+ years of experience estimating pipeline construction or facility projects within the oil and gas industry for projects from 2 million to 35 million dollars.

COMPENSATION: 170k to 210k plus bonus

LOCATION: Onsite position in Odessa, TX

MUST HAVE: BS, in Construction Mgnt, Eng or related (or solid experience estimating in the oil and gas industry

MUST HAVE: Verifiable experience estimating facility, terminal, and industrial projects

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Act as the technical SME for mechanical estimating questions

- Manage expectations and standards for the estimating team

- Mentor, coach, and develop senior, junior, and entry-level mechanical estimators

- Overseeing all mechanical estimating activities for facility-based projects (Piping, Mechanical, Welding, Equipment Setting)

- Ensures estimates are accurate

- Provide technical leadership and quality control to the estimating team

- Support bid strategy and risk management

- Bring all areas of the company together (Estimating, Operations, Project Controls, supply chain, business development) to support bid development

- Lead and manage mechanical estimating efforts for facility projects (Drawings, Specifications, Bid Documents).

- Assign estimating responsibilities

- Manage workload distribution across the estimating team

- Review and approve detailed takeoffs (Piping, Welding, Equipment, Valves, Structural Components, Mechanical Systems)

- Ensure labor build-ups are developed using appropriate production rates

- Provide technical oversight to validate constructability, installation methods, and labor assumptions.

- Support bid strategy development

- Participate in pre-bid meetings

- Oversee estimate summary accuracy

- Support budgetary, FEL, and detailed estimates

- Provide Project Controls

- Manage multiple bids simultaneously

- Perform takeoffs and data entry task

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

- BS, in Construction Mgnt, Eng or related (or solid experience estimating in the oil and gas industry

- AACEI CEP, PMP, ASPE preferred

- Verifiable experience estimating facility, terminal, and industrial projects

- Experience with estimating software (InEight, Navisworks, Bluebeam, etc)

- Advanced Excel experience (Vlookups, Pivot Tables, Cost Models)

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