Director, Estimating

November 27, 2024

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Pivot Energy

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Solar PV Design-Build • Corporate Renewables Planning & Procurement • Solar PPAs and Leasing • Community Solar • Energy Storage

51 - 200 employees

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Description

• Pivot Energy is in an exciting growth period, rapidly expanding both commercial and community-scale solar and energy storage pipelines across the US. • The Director, Estimating is a new position with tremendous growth potential that will collaborate across multiple departments to develop a best-in-class estimating team. • Responsible for creating timely and accurate estimates for Pivot Energy’s renewable energy projects. • Incorporating knowledge of safety standards and construction best practices for solar PV rooftop, carport, ground mount, and battery storage projects. • Day-to-day management and strategic growth of the Estimating team. • Candidate must be highly collaborative and excited to create new and refine existing processes.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in estimating, design, and/or construction management of community-scale solar and energy storage systems • Ability to understand technical documentation related to renewable energy projects such as engineering drawings and specifications of solar PV systems, interconnection agreements, facilities studies, permitting documents, local codes and regulations, and civil and electrical construction specifications • Experience evaluating subcontractor bid packages • Self-motivated and able to work both individually and/or in a collaborative team environment with minimal guidance • Exceptional communication, teamwork, and interpersonal skills • High degree of proficiency with estimating software • Ability to prioritize tasks and manage complex evaluation processes for a significant number of projects while anticipating project requirements across different development scopes and markets. • Must have a constant sense of urgency and an “action-oriented” mentality with comfort operating in undefined spaces, and a desire to create systems to standardize undefined processes.

Benefits

• Excellent health/dental/vision insurance benefits with up to 100% of premiums covered by the company • Four weeks of vacation plus employment milestone bonus vacations • Company paid life insurance and short- & long-term disability coverage • Generous parental leave • 401(k) matching (after vesting period) • Work from home stipend for new employees • Public transit reimbursement • PTO for volunteering in the community • Charitable donation matching up to $500/year • Professional development and educational reimbursements