Senior Manager, Estimation

COMPANY OVERVIEW 174 Power Global (174 PG), headquartered in Irvine, California, is an affiliate company of the Hanwha Group, a FORTUNE Global 500 firm among the eight largest business enterprises in South Korea. With approximately eighty professionals engaged in all aspects of development, execution, financing, and operations, 174 PG designs, builds, and manages utility-scale solar power plant and battery energy storage solutions. The company provides a decade of global leadership in solar PV to North America, combining best-of-world technology, processes, and partnerships to deliver customized solar PV and energy storage solutions to its customers. With proven capabilities across the solar and energy storage value chain, 174 Power Global minimizes uncertainty and risk, and helps customers achieve a higher return on their renewable and storage technology investments. POSITION OVERVIEW The Senior Manager, Estimation for 174 Power Global will lead cost estimation oversight across the nation for Utility-Scale Solar and BESS projects. This position reports to the Senior Director, Project Control, or another senior management personnel that the CEO of the Company may designate. This opportunity requires flexibility to support travel to multiple projects in various geographical regions, with an expectation to travel up to 30% of the year. The employee may be required to perform other job-related duties as requested by management. All duties will be assigned in accordance with applicable laws and company policies. Responsibilities This role requires both directly performing and managing external resources to perform the duties listed below in the US; Develop and progressively elaborate on capital expenditure estimates for project execution costs (engineering, procurement, and construction) for Solar and BESS projects under development through preconstruction. This includes the following: Upon initial project screening and evaluation, develop conceptual/parametric cost estimates based on engineering input, historical cost data, and current market trends As projects mature through key milestones, develop master project scopes of work and perform more detailed analyses of CapEx costs. Once scopes of work require services to execute the work, prepare solicitation packages, statements of work and specification packages for external party solicitation (affiliate companies, Contractors/EPC\'s, Consultants etc). Manage Contractor/EPC solicitation processes in collaboration with Procurement, PMO, Development, and Finance/Planning teams. Normalize, tender external responses to solicitations against modeled estimates and master scopes of work. Provide recommendations to the Company on how to proceed with capex execution, particularly EPC / Design / Construction services. Support contract management, project management teams in negotiating 3rd party contracts. Support business development and deal teams by executing estimating tasks noted above, as well as providing initial engineering/constructability reviews: Site evaluation, Review of project documents including site and environmental studies Identify mitigation to potential project risks to determine the feasibility of the project. Develop due diligence memos with recommendations on how to reduce both technical and business risk Assist the business development and deal teams in preparing sales and offer documents to project sellers and other parties as required. Conduct site visits as necessary to perform constructability diligence on behalf of the engineering, project management and construction management teams. Develop and maintain internal project cost databases, extracting past project cost data in support of developing future cost estimates Develop and maintain external cost databases and market trends in support of forecasting risk and refining future cost estimates. Assists Engineering, Project Controls, and PM/CM team in researching, assessing, and analyzing 3rd party EPC/Contractor capabilities as required by assessing construction production rates, project management capabilities, and engineering / preconstruction capabilities. Incorporate known capabilities and limits especially from affiliate partners into future project planning. Confirm equipment specifications including bill of materials / bill of quantities for the Balance of System scopes, especially ones developed by 3rd parties. Support Procurement Team in their assessment, solicitation, and recommendations of key material equipment procurement. Perform other duties and special projects, as assigned by Company Management. QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, AND COMPETENCIES Bachelor\'s degree in engineering, statistics, finance, economics, or construction. Minimum of 5-10 years of any combination of the following: Utility Solar estimating Utility BESS estimating Substation / HV estimating Solid experience and knowledge with renewable energy construction practices, particularly with utility scale Solar and BESS projects. Willingness to travel domestically and internationally, up to 30% Solid experience with construction cost estimating practices, including familiarity with how to perform conceptual/parametric estimating, bid tendering, detailed quantity estimating, and change order estimating. Ability to understand and estimate the following: Civil construction Mechanical construction Electrical construction Emphasis on DC cabling, MV cabling, Single access PV racking, High voltage and interconnection Good understanding of Critical Path Scheduling concepts, including familiarity with scheduling tools like MS Project, Primavera P6, Smartsheet, or equivalent Demonstrated track record of delivering results. Ability to interact with senior-level management internally and externally Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Office Suite and estimating platforms Familiarity with data management / data analytics practices very helpful. Past project management, construction management, or project execution experience a plus. High degree of professionalism and conduct at all times Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present and explain complex information clearly Demonstrated customer focus and strong communication skills Demonstrated ability to influence at all levels of the organization Data-based decision-making, results oriented Critical and strategic thinking skills Prior estimation software such as Heavy Bid, AccuBid, Inteli Bid or others a plus Compensation $140,000 to $180,000 Salary Additional Attention external recruitment firms, we will not accept any unsolicited resumes at this time. Please do not contact any internal member of our company to discuss the position or to solicit candidates. 174 Power Global provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. Get notified about new Senior Manager jobs in

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