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🕒 June 30

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Mears Group, Inc.

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1001 - 5000 employees

🏗️ Construction

⚡ Energy

📡 Telecommunications

Construction • Energy • Telecommunications

Mears Group, Inc. is an industry-leading energy infrastructure solutions provider that specializes in engineering, construction, and maintenance services for the oil and natural gas, electric transmission and distribution, telecommunications, and wastewater industries. With a diverse range of specialties including cathodic protection, pipeline integrity, gas distribution construction, and renewable natural gas, Mears Group leverages its position as a subsidiary of Quanta Services to access a vast pool of skilled workers and specialized equipment, allowing them to deliver comprehensive infrastructure solutions across North America.

📋 Description

• Lead the creation of high‑quality commercial proposals tailored to individual opportunities • Develop cost models from first principles and drive pricing strategy and value engineering • Provide senior leadership with clear commercial analysis, risk positions and recommendations • Partner with internal teams to shape strategic bid decisions and contract risk assessments • Ensure all submissions are compliant, well‑documented and commercially sound • Lead competitive dialogue, clarifications, RFIs and post‑tender negotiations • Oversee commercial review of contracts and legal documentation • Enhance estimating methodologies, tools, templates and documentation standards • Present commercial proposals to Directors and the Senior Management Team • Embed tender assumptions and methodologies into mobilisation and operational teams • Engage with supply chain partners to secure competitive and deliverable pricing • Play a key role in mobilisation of successful tenders, challenging assumptions to drive profitability • Translate estimating assumptions into operational cost monitoring • Analyse outturn performance to inform future bids and build a commercial knowledge base • Lead, mentor and develop the Estimating Team, fostering technical excellence and collaboration. • Identify capability gaps and champion learning, systems improvement and performance management.

🎯 Requirements

• Extensive experience in social housing estimating, including expert knowledge of NHF Schedule of Rates. • Proven ability to develop pricing strategies and deliver value engineering solutions. • Strong track record in post‑tender negotiations and contract award processes. • End‑to‑end tender lifecycle experience, from pricing to mobilisation. • Strong working knowledge of standard forms of contract • Experience presenting commercial proposals at senior leadership level. • Ability to manage multiple bids under demanding deadlines. • Demonstrable leadership experience in building high‑performing teams.

🏖️ Benefits

• Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays • 3 x Life assurance • Family private medical • £6,900 car allowance • Generous Pension Scheme and sick pay • Employee Assistance Programme • Mears Rewards – discount voucher scheme for a host of household name retailers, including supermarkets, offering savings on purchases • Excellent training and development opportunities • Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work! Previous years include, Alton Towers, Drayton Manor etc • Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community for two days per year, in support of our social value commitment