Estimating and Proposal Engineer

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🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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Integrated Water Services

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51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

Consulting • Logistics • Manufacturing

Integrated Water Services is a leading provider of water and wastewater treatment solutions. Specializing in cutting-edge technologies such as Membrane Bioreactor Solutions and BluBox Modular MBR Systems, they offer services ranging from emergency wastewater treatment to comprehensive project management and site development. Serving residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal clients, Integrated Water Services focuses on delivering holistic solutions that meet the needs of all stakeholders involved in public and private sector projects.

📋 Description

• Develop cost estimates for standard products, custom equipment, nonstandard components, installation, and construction • Issue supplier and subcontractor RFQs; compare bids and document lead times, freight, quote validity, and escalation assumptions • Perform quantity takeoffs from drawings, P&IDs, and technical specifications • Estimate labor, subcontractor, equipment rental, site work, mobilization, startup, and commissioning costs • Apply contingency, escalation, warranty reserve, and risk allowances • Maintain and improve standard cost information with Product Management and Purchasing • Assemble customer-ready proposals and RFP responses covering equipment, installation, and construction scope • Develop scope narratives, inclusions, exclusions, clarifications, and assumptions • Provide Regional Sales with cost bases for pricing and margin decisions • Recommend value-engineering options and alternates • Maintain opportunity, estimate, and proposal records in Salesforce • Collaborate with Project Managers on constructability, schedule, and installation strategy • Lead estimate handoffs at project award • Compare estimated and actual costs at project closeout, document root causes, and apply lessons learned • Support change-order pricing after award • Review RFPs and customer terms for commercial risks • Coordinate flagged contractual terms with legal counsel • Identify public-project funding and compliance requirements and incorporate related costs into estimates • Review public-bid forms, specifications, submittal requirements, and supplier compliance documentation

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, Environmental, or Construction Engineering; Construction Management; or equivalent professional experience • Five or more years of experience in cost estimating, proposal engineering, or technical sales support • At least three years of experience estimating equipment together with installation or construction scope • Ability to interpret drawings, P&IDs, and specifications and perform detailed quantity takeoffs • Familiarity with relevant CSI MasterFormat divisions, including process interconnections, process gas and liquid handling, and water and wastewater equipment • Experience soliciting, evaluating, and managing supplier and subcontractor bids • Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, controls, and instrumentation installation methods and labor productivity • Understanding of water and wastewater treatment processes, such as membrane bioreactors, packaged systems, aeration, mixing, and control platforms • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency with Salesforce and Microsoft Office • Clear technical writing skills for scope narratives, assumptions, exclusions, and commercial clarifications • Comfort using AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, or Claude, with judgment to verify outputs • Preferred: experience with public-works bidding and funding compliance, including AIS, BABA, Davis-Bacon, and SRF-funded projects • Preferred: experience with design-build or GMP contracting • Preferred: familiarity with HCSS HeavyBid, Trimble, ProEst, Sage Estimating, or Salesforce CPQ • Preferred: experience developing proposals across multiple product lines or business units • Preferred: AACE CCP, CEP, or ASPE CPE certification • Preferred: experience in a fast-growing or acquisitive organization • Valid driver’s license • Ability to access active construction and treatment-plant sites while wearing required PPE

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote position • Approximately 15%–25% travel • Periodic team sessions at Veyra’s Austin headquarters