Role Summary

The Director of Estimating oversees all estimating activities for AES Cleanroom Technology, ensuring accurate, competitive, and timely cost proposals for cleanroom construction projects. This role provides strategic leadership to the estimating team, drives process improvement, manages workload distribution, and collaborates with executive leadership to support growth, profitability, and operational excellence. The Director of Estimating ensures that estimates, proposals, and cost models reflect company standards, historical accuracy, market conditions, and best practices.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop the estimating team, including Estimators and related support roles.
• Oversee the review and analysis of RFPs, assigning responsibilities, setting timelines, and ensuring compliance with deliverables.
• Review all major estimates and proposals for accuracy, completeness, and alignment with corporate strategy and margin expectations.
• Collaborate with corporate officers on contractual requirements, bid strategies, and pricing approaches.
• Support and lead complex quantity takeoffs, scope reviews, and bid evaluations for large or strategic projects.
• Support proposal pursuits and support proposal contributions around clarifications and assumptions, approach, schedule.
• Support and lead estimate and proposal presentations to clients.
• Ensure consistent interpretation and communication of plans, drawings, and specifications across estimating and construction teams.
• Facilitate turnover meetings with Engineering and Construction following project awards to ensure a smooth transition from estimate to execution.
• Oversee the management and improvement of the centralized cost estimating database and historical data library.
• Conduct post-project evaluations comparing estimated costs to actual performance, identifying variances and improvement opportunities.
• Implement best practices, tools, templates, and standardized procedures to increase estimating efficiency and reduce errors.
• Work with Construction and Engineering teams to resolve scope questions, change order pricing, and technical clarifications.
• Monitor workload, pipeline, and upcoming RFP schedules, and provide forecasting and resource planning recommendations.
• Maintain strong relationships with vendors and subcontractors to ensure competitive and reliable pricing.
• Ensure the department meets all internal deadlines and proposal submission requirements.
• Provide regular reporting to executive leadership on bid activity, win/loss performance, estimate accuracy, and market trends.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Ten or more years of estimating experience in construction or engineering; cleanroom or controlled environment experience preferred.
• Three or more years of leadership or team management experience.
• Strong knowledge of architectural, mechanical HVAC, electrical, and general construction concepts.
• Experience with National Estimating Means standards preferred.
• Active involvement in a professional estimating or construction cost association is a plus.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and strategic thinking.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, lead teams, and meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently, make sound decisions, and collaborate effectively across departments.
• Professional, customer-focused, and able to maintain strong internal and external relationships.

AES Clean Technology is a leading design-build construction company specializing in cleanroom environments for the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. We are a growing company focused on innovation, quality, and service. Our headquarters is located in Montgomeryville, PA, with a manufacturing facility in Suwanee, GA, and an innovation facility/warehouse in Manheim, PA. Join our dynamic team and contribute to the success of projects that play a critical role in advancing pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Position Overview:
We are seeking an experienced and highly capable Senior Construction Manager (SCM) to lead the total onsite installation and execution of AES cleanroom systems and turnkey construction projects. The SCM oversees safety, quality, schedule, logistics, subcontractor performance, and field coordination while serving as AES’s senior onsite representative. This role manages complex, multi-phase projects and may oversee multiple job sites simultaneously.

Working closely with the Project Manager and Assistant Project Manager, the SCM ensures full alignment of field execution with project scope, approved submittals, and AES’s standards of excellence. This leader also plays a critical role in mentoring Construction Managers and Assistant Construction Managers, driving consistent performance across AES project sites.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide senior-level leadership and oversight for multiple construction projects, including technically complex installations.
• Develop and implement field execution strategies, logistics plans, and risk mitigation approaches.
• Oversee strict compliance with AES, client, and OSHA safety programs across all assigned sites; ensure proper documentation and enforcement of safety procedures.
• Review and support field-related budgets, change orders, labor tracking, and productivity reporting.
• Support project schedule development; manage field teams and subcontractors against milestones, sequencing, and installation priorities.
• Serve as primary onsite liaison with clients, owners, and key project stakeholders; maintain strong communication and customer satisfaction.
• Mentor, coach, and support Construction Managers and Assistant Construction Managers, promoting consistent execution and professional development.
• Monitor daily progress, resolve escalated field issues, and proactively address technical, logistical, or sequencing challenges.
• Oversee subcontractor performance, enforce contractual obligations, and ensure adherence to AES quality standards.
• Lead project closeout activities, including punch list management, as-built documentation, and turnover requirements.
• Issue weekly detailed status letters to clients and subcontractors summarizing current activities, milestones achieved, and upcoming progress expectations.
• Work with foremen and field teams to coordinate labor, materials, tools, and phased installation sequences for efficient project execution.
• Support the Director and Associate Director of Construction in the development of internal processes, field standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or related field preferred.
• 7+ years of construction management experience, with proven success leading large-scale, multi-trade projects.
• Strong working knowledge of Procore, scheduling software, field productivity tracking, and construction best practices.
• Demonstrated leadership, negotiation, conflict resolution, and client-facing communication skills.
• Ability to travel frequently—approximately 85%—to project sites across the U.S.
• Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record required.

Role Summary

The VDC Engineer will be a member of the VDC team and will be responsible for helping drive successful
project execution using various VDC tools and quality checks, while supporting the design team with
VDC related tasks, and will report directly to the VDC Manager.
The VDC Engineer will work closely with the design and project teams to ensure effective integration,
utilization, and training of VDC tools to enhance project planning, and design. The VDC Engineer may
also support the sales and estimating teams with VDC related tasks and deliverables.

Qualifications: Education and Experience (Required and Preferred)

Required

• Associates Degree in a CAD related field, design, or construction or Bachelor’s Degree in
• Architectural Engineering, Construction Technology or Management, or Engineering Discipline
• 5-7 years’ experience in VDC, BIM, Construction or Engineering position(s)
• Advanced experience in Revit, including an advanced understanding of family creation
• Proficient in the use of Autodesk Construction Cloud tools and model worksharing
• Proficient in Navisworks Manage
• Proficient in Microsoft products (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Teams)
• Ability to travel as needed for projects

Preferred

• Experience working within the design and/or construction fields or familiarity with fabrication
  processes.
• Experience with laser scanning products
• Understanding of field layout technology
• Understanding of MEP systems
• Proficient in Dynamo

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Primary responsibilities will include:
  • Conducting clash detection between the AES models and external design disciplines for
    internal design coordination, as well as external trade coordination
  • Conducting quality control checks on models and project deliverables to verify accuracy
    and alignment to the BIM Execution Plan as well as adherence to internal VDC
    standards.
  • Providing training and support to the design team on VDC tools, processes, and best
    practices
  • Maintaining Revit templates and family libraries
  • Working closely with the estimating team and procurement to ensure model metrics and parameters are aligned with cost data
  • Producing visuals for use in the pursuit phase of projects, including 3D renderings, animated walkthroughs, and Virtual reality compatible models
  • Understanding and implementing client requirements for as-built model data development
• Additional internal responsibilities will include:
  • Identifying and implementing opportunities for efficiency improvements in VDC related design workflows using dynamo script creation or other innovative solutions/applications.
  • Identifying and implementing Revit family library optimizations, including model parameters for:
    • Fabrication data
    • Cost and estimating data
    • Parametric model properties
    • Work-in-place tracking

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Self-motivated and results oriented.
•  Strong facilitation, collaboration, organization, and problem-solving skills
•  Have strong relationship skills, relationship maturity, and the confidence to develop relationships at all levels within an integrated provider setting.
• Allocate time appropriately to manage multiple projects at once
• Properly document and communicate constraints and innovations
• Problem solve and find innovative solutions
• Critical thinking skills

We offer a highly competitive compensation and benefits package, including base salary, performance
bonus, financial and medical benefits, and generous PTO, and a 401(k).

Connect with us and learn more about AES and our Parent Company, WJFS, Inc. Since our founding over 35 years ago, AES Clean Technology has been committed to being the best cleanroom design and build solutions provider in the US, in constant pursuit of improving our products to improve our clients’ ability to create and manufacture life-changing products and therapies. Our clients include brand name national and global leaders in the pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences, medical device, and microelectronics industries. We are headquartered in Montgomeryville, PA in suburban Philadelphia, with our manufacturing plant in Suwanee, Georgia, and soon-to-be-built 100,000 square-foot fully automated plant in Lancaster, PA. The learn more about AES, please visit aesclean.com In 2019, after more than doubling our business in the previous decade, AES was acquired by WJFS, a single family investment firm located in West Chester, PA. WJFS is a well-capitalized, long-term investment firm focused on partnering with business owners and high-performing management teams to build customer- and employee-centric business models that sustain long-term growth, last for generations, and strong enough to weather the ups and downs of shifting business cycles. To learn more about WJFS, please visit wjfsinc.com

Join Our Mission-Critical Manufacturing Team in Suwanee, Georgia

Be part of something that truly matters. At our Suwanee manufacturing facility, you’ll help build the specialized AES modular cleanroom systems that form the backbone of cleanrooms where life-saving medicines and scientific advancements are produced. This isn’t your typical factory job – you’ll be contributing to critical infrastructure that enables breakthrough treatments for patients worldwide. We’re looking for dedicated, hands-on team members who thrive in a fast-paced, physical environment and take pride in precision manufacturing. With comprehensive cross-training opportunities across our production floor, you’ll develop valuable skills while working alongside experienced professionals who’ve been perfecting cleanroom solutions for over three decades. If you’re ready to move, learn, and make a real impact in the fight for better health outcomes, we want to meet you.