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title: Senior Solar Estimator at Trueline in Minneapolis, MN
description: Trueline is hiring for the Senior Solar Estimator role in Minneapolis, MN. Pays
  $128.2K–$213.8K per year. See the full description and apply.
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| **Company** | Trueline |
| **Location** | Minneapolis, MN |
| **Salary** | $128.2K/yr - $213.8K/yr |
| **Type** | Full Time |
| **Posted** | Nov 13, 2026 |

## Is this job real?

**Ghost job check:** B · Low risk. Probably a real opening.

## Visa sponsorship

- **H-1B:** No H-1B sponsorship on record for Trueline.
- **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Trueline.

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## Description

Trueline is seeking a **Senior Solar Estimator** to join its renewable energy team in Minneapolis, MN. You’ll lead estimates on utility-scale solar projects averaging 300-600 MW, with some topping a gigawatt, and help mentor and grow a talented team of estimators.

This is an add-to-staff role in the company’s largest and fastest-growing energy group, with a clear path to leading a team of your own. Solar experience is a plus. Strong estimators from electrical, renewables, utilities, or large commercial construction will get the training and support to ramp up.

**What You’ll Do as the Senior Solar Estimator:**

- Lead estimating efforts on large, complex, and high-profile utility-scale solar pursuits, from conceptual budgets through final submission
- Prepare conceptual, detailed, and self-perform estimates and cost models
- Plan estimate strategy, pricing, scheduling, and submission, and delegate tasks across the estimating team
- Perform quantity surveys, review trade partner proposals, and select trade partners for bidding and final pricing
- Research tax laws, collective bargaining agreements, and permit requirements that affect pricing
- Write and submit RFIs, and keep the team and trade partners aligned on scope and changes
- Partner with design phase, PV engineering, and leadership, plus other energy groups on multi-technology projects such as data center power supply
- Analyze historical project data to sharpen current estimates
- Support the estimating manager on templates, document control, cost coding, and compliance
- Assist with project scheduling during pursuits
- Train, mentor, and coach estimators, with the plan to lead a team of direct reports, including feedback and performance reviews
- Visit project sites quarterly and attend occasional preconstruction summits

**Must-Haves as the Senior Solar Estimator:**

- 9+ years of construction industry experience
- Significant estimating experience on large, complex projects, ideally 6+ years
- Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Proven ability to lead estimates and manage multiple complex pursuits at once
- Experience mentoring, training, or leading other estimators
- Strong math, cost analysis, and attention to detail
- Proficiency with Excel and Bluebeam
- A curious, systems-minded approach and the humility to learn a new market
- Valid driver’s license
- Ability to work onsite in Minneapolis, MN
- Authorization to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship

**Nice-to-Haves as the Senior Solar Estimator:**

- Utility-scale solar or other renewable energy estimating experience
- Electrical scope estimating experience, including work for an electrical contractor
- Utility, power, or large infrastructure project experience
- Formal people management experience
- Experience with iSqFt, Bid2Win, and Google Earth
- Self-perform estimating experience
- Experience on data center or multi-technology energy projects

**This Role Offers:**

- Base salary of $128,200-$213,800, depending on experience and level
- Eligibility for the company’s incentive plan
- Medical and prescription drug plans with vision coverage at no additional cost, plus a dental plan
- 401(k) with a generous company match
- Paid time off, holidays, and other paid leave
- Employer-paid life, AD&D, and disability insurance
- No-cost mental health support and a concierge service with work-life resources
- Tuition reimbursement, adoption assistance, and a gym membership discount program
- A path to leading your own team of estimators
- Training and support to ramp up on utility-scale solar
- Gigawatt-scale projects tied to some of the country’s largest energy and data center build-outs
- Limited travel, mainly quarterly project site visits

**Trueline and its clients are unabashed equal-opportunity employers committed to a diverse workforce. We welcome smart and ambitious applicants and recruit, refer, hire, place, and promote without regard to race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.**
## Skills

- Construction
- Ramp
- Tax Laws
- Collective Bargaining
- People Management
- Performance Management
- Microsoft Excel
- Cost Coding
- Bluebeam Revu
- Surveys
- Data Centers
- Cost Analysis
- Solar Energy
- Mentoring
- Document Control
- Request for Information (Rfi)
- Build-Outs
- Attention to Detail
- Leadership
- Google Earth
- Concierge Services
- Construction Management
- Budgeting
- Data Center Power Systems
- Cost Modeling
## Benefits

- Financial Aid/Assistance
- Mental Health
- Fitness Centers/Gyms
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off (Pto)
- 401(k) Plans
- Child/Elder Care

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