Senior Estimator - Power Generation

PMjobs; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance available

Job summary

PMjobs is seeking a Senior Estimator to lead power generation estimates from concept through detailed price quotes on projects ranging from $5M to $100M+. This on-site role is based in Birmingham, AL, with limited hybrid options and a collaborative team environment.

You will handle multi-discipline estimating (mechanical, piping, electrical/E&I), develop labor and productivity assumptions, and manage vendor quotes while aligning with operations on constructability and bid strategy.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of heavy industrial estimating experience.
• Power generation estimating experience. Combined-cycle is preferred; gas-fired, simple-cycle, cogeneration/CHP or HRSG work also counts.
• Multi-discipline estimating ability (mechanical, piping, electrical/E&I).
• Proficiency in Timberline/Sage Estimating, MC2, WinEst or similar.

Responsibilities

• Running quantity takeoffs across mechanical, piping, electrical, structural steel and civil scopes.
• Pricing heavy equipment installation: turbines, HRSGs, boilers, condensers, pumps and BOP.
• Developing labor productivity and crew assumptions for self-perform craft.
• Gathering and leveling vendor and subcontractor quotes.
• Working with operations on constructability, risk and bid strategy.

Skills

Power generation estimating

Combined-cycle experience

Multi-discipline estimating

Self-perform contractor background

Tools

Timberline/Sage Estimating

MC2

WinEst

Job description

Senior Estimator – Power Generation

Immediate Need: Senior Estimator for Combined-Cycle and Gas-Fired Power Work

Details

Location: Birmingham, AL (on-site; limited hybrid)

Industry: Heavy Industrial Construction – Power Generation

Employment Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire

Job Description

Our client is a large, self-perform heavy industrial contractor building power generation, pulp & paper, metals and chemical facilities. Its power group is growing, and the estimating team needs an experienced estimator to add technical depth.

Position Summary

The Senior Estimator builds conceptual through detailed estimates for power projects of $5M to $100M+. You will price the work the way it is actually built in the field.

What You Will Be Doing

• Running quantity takeoffs across mechanical, piping, electrical, structural steel and civil scopes.
• Pricing heavy equipment installation: turbines, HRSGs, boilers, condensers, pumps and BOP.
• Developing labor productivity and crew assumptions for self-perform craft.
• Gathering and leveling vendor and subcontractor quotes.
• Working with operations on constructability, risk and bid strategy.

Required Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of heavy industrial estimating experience.
• Power generation estimating experience. Combined-cycle is preferred; gas-fired, simple-cycle, cogeneration/CHP or HRSG work also counts.
• Multi-discipline estimating ability (mechanical, piping, electrical/E&I).
• Proficiency in Timberline/Sage Estimating, MC2, WinEst or similar.

Preferred Qualifications

• Full combined-cycle plant estimates (CT, HRSG, steam turbine and BOP).
• Pulp & paper, metals or chemical estimating.
• Self-perform contractor background.

Not a fit: Renewables-only (solar/wind) estimators are not the target for this search.

Compensation

• Relocation assistance available.

Work Environment

Roughly 70–80% in the office, on a collaborative team that works closely with operations and project leadership.