Remote Lead Estimator HV Substations & BESS

Triwill Group; United States; Remote; USD 142,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Triwill Group is seeking a Lead Estimator for High Voltage/BESS projects to prepare cost estimates for renewable energy and utility substations, including battery storage. The role demands coordinating a team of estimators, analyzing RFPs, and ensuring timely, accurate, and competitive bids across EPC and Bid-Build scopes.

The position supports remote work with travel as required, leveraging heavyBid, Blue Beam, and standard MS Office tools to deliver comprehensive cost estimates and schedules.

Qualifications

• Leads and handles multiple complex project estimate assignments concurrently under minimal supervision, using standardized tools and processes to prepare accurate, competitive, and timely estimates of project cost and schedule.
• Reviews and understands the content of all Requests for Proposals (RFP) documents to determine project scopes of work and required pricing elements for inclusion within the estimate.
• Leads a team of contributing estimators for respective SOWs to prepare accurate, competitive, and timely estimates for Bid-Build and EPC construction RFPs.
• Collaborates with Preconstruction Manager for engineering support services and deliverables as a basis of estimate.
• Receives, prioritizes, and distributes quote requests to vendors and subcontractors; analyzes responses for accuracy, completeness, and efficacy per request and project schedule milestones.
• Completes take-offs to calculate estimate quantities and units of work for substation EPC self-perform substation construction scopes of work up to 500kV electrical systems.
• Quantifies resources and production rates for utility grade substations for power generation and distribution, BESS, solar, and wind energy self-perform construction cost estimation.
• Gathers details and maintains current market data to accurately estimate construction, material, and soft costs associated with project construction.
• Determines impacts to estimates based on local labor requirements, current commodity pricing, and client’s project specifications.
• Identifies project risks and records in Risk Register.
• Collaborates with Preconstruction Manager to align estimated resources and duration represented in the project estimate to achieve client-defined milestones identified within the project schedule.
• Reviews all estimate entries for accuracy. Analyzes multi-discipline estimated costs related to client RFP information, design, and costs to complete the estimate.
• Attends work regularly and punctually, as scheduled or expected.
• Complies with Employee Handbook, Code of Conduct, and Company Policies & Procedures.
• Recognizes and recommends alternative designs and scope definitions that support consistency, standardization, and cost competitiveness.
• Provides indicative budgets per client requests before RFP issuance.
• Creates project estimate-related bid proposal documents to meet RFP submittal requirements, such as Statement of Value (SOV,) client-provided technical forms, and Assumptions Clarifications Exclusions (ACE) documents.
• Presents project scope, identifying risks and cost estimates for Operations and Executive reviews.
• Collaborates with Proposal Strategist and Preconstruction Manager to assemble final RFP response during the bidding process.
• Assists in compiling historical cost data for projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multiple complex project estimate assignments for substations and HV/BESS projects.
• Review RFPs to determine scope and pricing elements for inclusion in estimates.
• Direct a team of estimators for specific SOWs to prepare timely, competitive bids for Bid-Build and EPC projects.
• Coordinate with Preconstruction Manager for engineering support and deliverables as a basis of estimate.
• Distribute quote requests to vendors/subs; assess responses for accuracy and timeliness.
• Perform quantity take-offs for substation scopes up to 500kV and quantify resources for BESS and renewable projects.
• Keep market data current to estimate construction, material, and soft costs.
• Assess impacts of labor, commodity pricing, and client specs on estimates.

Skills

Estimating Substations

Team Leadership

Bid Proposals

Project Management

Education

Associate’s Degree in Engineering/Construction Management

Tools

HCSS HeavyBid

Blue Beam/Adobe

Excel

SharePoint

Job description

Triwill Group is seeking a Lead Estimator for High Voltage/BESS projects to prepare cost estimates for renewable energy and utility substations, including battery storage. The role demands coordinating a team of estimators, analyzing RFPs, and ensuring timely, accurate, and competitive bids across EPC and Bid-Build scopes.

The position supports remote work with travel as required, leveraging heavyBid, Blue Beam, and standard MS Office tools to deliver comprehensive cost estimates and schedules.