Senior Manager, Estimation

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October 23

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174 Power Global

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Energy • Enterprise • Sustainability

174 Power Global is a U. S. -based developer specializing in renewable energy projects, including solar power, energy storage, and green hydrogen. The company partners with landowners, investors, and communities to build highly productive, grid-scale projects throughout North America. Since its inception, 174 Power Global has signed nearly 6. 3 gigawatts (GW) of power purchase agreements and has more than 8 GW of additional projects in development. The company is supported by its parent company, Hanwha Group, a South Korean conglomerate, which provides extensive resources and financial stability. 174 Power Global is recognized for its expertise, integrity, and commitment to investing in the communities where its projects are located.

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2017

⚡ Energy

🏢 Enterprise

📋 Description

• 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. • Upon initial project screening and evaluation, develop conceptual/parametric cost estimates based on engineering input, historical cost data, and current market trends. • As projects matures 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. • 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.

🎯 Requirements

• 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.