Commercial HVAC Estimator

Guardian Protection Products; Clearwater (FL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

401(k) with company match

Company Pension Plan

Continuing education

Job summary

Tremco is seeking a Commercial HVAC Estimator/Preconstruction Manager to lead the technical and commercial development of PACS projects before proposals. You will collaborate with sales, engineering, and estimating to ensure feasibility, budget accuracy, and alignment with restoration standards.

You will serve as internal gatekeeper for scope, budget and risk, developing conceptual budgets and ROM estimates while ensuring constructability and proper exclusions; travel up to 50% may be required.

Qualifications

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills preferred.
• Programming experience (VBA, C#, etc.) preferred.
• Mechanical Engineering degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Opportunity Evaluation & Qualification
• Develop clear, defensible AHU restoration scopes including coil replacement and fan array retrofits
• Preconstruction Budgeting: Prepare conceptual budgets and ROM estimates
• Bridge sales and estimating with complete scopes and assumptions
• Proposal Risk Management: Review scope accuracy, budgets and exclusions
• Programmatic Account Support for Healthcare, Universities, labs and research facilities

Skills

Microsoft Office proficiency

Programming (VBA, C#)

Education

Mechanical Engineering degree preferred

Tools

Procore

e-Builder

iAuditor

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION General PurposeThe Commercial HVAC Estimator/Preconstruction Manager leads the technical and commercial development of PACS projects prior to proposal issuance. This role partners with sales, engineering, and estimating to ensure opportunities are feasible, technically sound, and aligned with Pure Air's restoration methodology. The position serves as the internal gatekeeper for scope, budget, and risk-protecting client experience and national account integrity, particularly within healthcare and institutional programs.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Opportunity Evaluation & Qualification
• Conduct first technical review of all sales and national account opportunities
• Assess: Technical feasibility
• Strategic alignment
• Budget realism
• Operational fit
• Determine delivery approach: Restoration
• Retrofit
• Replacement
• Decline/reposition
• Scope Development
• Develop clear, defensible AHU restoration scopes, including: Coil replacement
• Fan array retrofits
• Protective coatings
• Structural repairs
• Drain pans
• Filtration & IAQ improvements
• Collaborate with engineering to ensure best-practice restoration standards
• Preconstruction Budgeting
• Prepare conceptual budgets and ROM estimates
• Validate assumptions related to: Access and phasing
• Infection control (healthcare)
• Operational impacts
• Mechanical system integration
• Estimating Coordination
• Bridge sales and estimating by providing: Complete scopes and assumptions
• Site documentation
• Bid strategy guidance
• Prevent underdeveloped opportunities from entering estimating
• Proposal Risk Management
• Review proposals and budget letters for: Scope accuracy
• Realistic budgets
• Proper exclusions
• Constructability
• Client & Consultant Engagement
• Participate in early discussions with: Facility leaders
• Consulting engineers
• Construction managers
• National account stakeholders
• Position PACS as a technical authority in HVAC restoration
• Programmatic Account Support
• Support national programs across: Healthcare
• Universities, labs, and research facilities
• Automotive manufacturers
• Financial services
• Ensure alignment with program contracting frameworks
• Continuous Improvement
• Develop standardized preconstruction workflows and intake processes
• Implement tools to improve: Scope clarity
• Proposal accuracy
• Estimating efficiency
• Client confidence

Qualifications

• Mechanical Engineering degree preferred
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills preferred
• Programming experience (VBA, C#, etc.) preferred
• Experience with cloud platforms (Procore, e-Builder, iAuditor, etc.) preferred
• Ability to travel up to 50%

Benefits

Tremco offers a variety of benefits to its employees, including but not limited to:

• health insurance
• paid time off
• 401(k) with company match
• Company Pension Plan
• continuing education

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability.