**Description** **Austin Bridge & Road** is currently seeking a **VP of Estimating** to join the team at our corporate headquarters located in **Coppell, Texas** . The VP of estimating will provide leadership, management, and team development within the estimating department. This hands-on role includes leading robust client interaction, strategic project identification, developing highly collaborative business partnerships, and ensuring we submit high-quality estimates and proposals. **Supervisory Responsibilities** + Estimating Manager + Senior Estimator + Estimator + Scheduler **Functional Areas of Responsibility** + Ensure all estimating activities align with one of Austin’s core values: Integrity, with specific emphasis on client and business partner interaction + Work collaboratively with operations while leading and managing the estimating team to drive accountability toward innovative, competitive, and compliant estimates and proposals following robust and clearly defined estimating procedures **Specific Duties and Responsibilities** + Maintain existing relationships and build new relationships within existing and potential clients + Develop win strategies through engagement with estimate kickoff process and estimate review process + Lead the “RFP” process by developing fee proposals, team selection, and attending interviews as needed + Delegate and assign estimates to the team while ensuring estimating team accountability + Ensure all pending estimates are submitted thoroughly, completely, and on-time with high quality and fully compliant forms and submittals + Establish estimating standards for all estimates and oversee analysis of past performance on estimates + Act as the estimating "subject matter expert". Recognize areas of estimating improvements through observation or from recommendations from the team + Engage throughout the preconstruction process as needed to ensure understanding of the project goals, client goals, and drive the estimate strategy throughout the estimating process and review + Cultivate and maintain strong partnerships with diverse subcontractors and vendors partners + Oversee final subcontractor and vendor selections while applying prequalification standards and procedures + Develop and maintain client, subcontractor, and other industry relationships at the appropriate level, reinforcing commitment to continuously address their needs and interests + Actively participate in company-wide initiatives to further key company goals + Ensure profitable project budgets. Responsible for overseeing the estimate hand-off process between preconstruction and operations + Perform other duties as assigned **Requirements:** Education + Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Engineering, or related field. Proven experience may be substituted for a degree. Experience + 10+ years of preconstruction experience for a highway/heavy civil company + Proven track record, strong leadership skills, and experience managing complex projects and estimates more than $100 Million + Transformational leader with demonstrated experience + Demonstrated experience as an innovator + Excellent communicator and an ambassador for the company + Has a thorough knowledge of building systems, current market pricing, and practical application of modern quantification and estimating techniques from conceptual and schematic design through final budgets + Excellent verbal and written communication skills + Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills + Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail + Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines + Strong analytical and problem-solving skills + Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate + Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality + Ability to act decisively and effectively in stressful situations with a sense of urgency + Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite + Ability to lead, develop and manage staff, and positively motivate others to achieve results + Ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization and cross functional departments + Demonstrated ability to make decisions based on sound business reasoning + Ability to manage changing situations effectively + Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position. **Benefits & Compensation** We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan. **We are proud to be a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP)!** To learn more about our employee-ownership structure, please go to https://www.austin-ind.com/our-company/100-employee-owned . **Austin Bridge & Road is an Equal Opportunity Employer.** See the “Know Your Rights” poster available in English (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) and Spanish (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRightsSp\_10\_20.pdf) . See the “Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision” poster available in English (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp\_%20English\_formattedESQA508c.pdf) and Spanish (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp\_formatted\_Spanish2-27-18ESQA508c.pdf) . **About Austin Bridge and Road** A leader in the heavy highway and transportation industry for more than 100 years, Austin Bridge & Road delivers asphalt and concrete services, and builds landmark projects such as complex highway interchanges, tollways, runways, bridges, rail projects, and water/wastewater facilities. To learn more about us, visit https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/bridge-road . **No Third-Party Inquiries Please** This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so ( _i.e._ , payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement). **Accessibility Note** If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs or have accessibility concerns, please contact the **People Services Team** at **(877) 831-1217.** **Qualifications** **Education** **Preferred** + Bachelors or better in Civil Engineering **Experience** **Required** + 10 years: + of preconstruction experience for a highway/heavy civil company