Chief Estimator - Heavy Highway Construction

GeoStabilization International • Philadelphia, PA

9h • Onsite

About The Position

GeoStabilization International (GSI), Access Limited, and RoadGuard together form a leading infrastructure solutions platform dedicated to protecting people and strengthening critical infrastructure across North America and New Zealand. GSI is the premier geohazard mitigation firm specializing in emergency slope stabilization, landslide repair, grouting, and micropiles through innovative design-build delivery. Access Limited brings over a century of steep-slope expertise and operates North America’s largest fleet of spider excavators, delivering complex rockfall and geotechnical solutions in the most challenging environments. RoadGuard, founded in 2024, unites industry-leading roadway safety companies providing guardrail, bridge railing, highway signage, fencing, and specialty fabrication services. Across all our businesses, we are driven by innovation, extreme ownership, technical excellence, and a relentless commitment to measurable results that improve safety and infrastructure resilience. We are seeking a Senior Estimating Manager for our RoadGuard division who brings the judgment, and leadership capacity to elevate the competitiveness and precision of our preconstruction function across guardrail, highway signage and structures, and commercial/industrial fencing divisions. This is a role for a strategic, analytical, and elite problem solver who can build a high-performance estimating team while personally shaping the way we model cost, manage risk, and price for profitable growth. A successful Senior Estimating Manager at RoadGuard is not simply a technical estimator, they are leaders capable of supporting business development, influencing division strategy, and enabling field operations to execute at a high margin.

Requirements

• 10+ years of estimating experience in heavy civil construction or specialties such as guardrail, structural signage, or industrial fencing.
• Proven success leading or managing an estimating function.
• Deep fluency in DOT specifications, public works bidding, and government contract structures.
• Proficiency with estimating tools (HCSS HeavyBid, Bluebeam, OST, Excel).
• Strong analytical strength, communication clarity, and negotiation ability.
• Extreme attention to detail, organizational discipline, and reliability.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with design-build, alternative delivery, or negotiated work.
• Familiarity with steel structures, concrete, and fabrication.
• Ability to see constructability issues early and identify cost or schedule risks.
• A strategic thinker who elevates team performance and enhances market competitiveness.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and develop a high-density estimating team with strong expectations around accuracy, speed, and operational partnership.
• Establish standardized estimating processes, cost models, and submission templates that improve repeatability and scalability across divisions.
• Partner with executive leadership on market positioning, pricing strategy, and targeted pursuit guidance.
• Analyze historical performance data to improve cost forecasting, competitive strategy, and win rates.
• Oversee the review of bid invitations, specs, and drawings to determine true scope, schedule needs, risks, and value opportunities.
• Lead and personally contribute to detailed cost estimates across labor, materials, equipment, and subcontractor scopes for guardrail, signage, and fencing projects.
• Drive rigorous takeoff processes, ensuring precision and clarity in quantity and risk interpretation.
• Manage bid calendars, ensuring zero misses, high-quality submissions, and clear competitive positioning.
• Conduct bid reviews, lead clarifications, and represent the company in negotiations with DOTs, public agencies, GCs, and owners.
• Ensure seamless handoff to Project Managers and Operations with accurate scopes, schedules, and assumptions.
• Partner tightly with engineering, operations, and field leadership to challenge assumptions, identify value engineering opportunities, and increase constructability.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, subcontractors, and agencies to improve pricing intelligence and early visibility into market changes.
• Represent the company confidently in pre-bid meetings, industry events, and site walks.
• Own the development, maintenance, and accuracy of internal cost databases, production rates, and unit pricing.
• Track cost trends and provide analysis to operations and finance to support smarter pricing and execution strategies.
• Oversee prequalification submissions and ensure compliance with all DOT and public works procurement requirements.

Benefits

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled
• Mental health benefits
• 401(k) plan to help save for your future including company match
• In addition to 7 observed holidays, salaried team members have flexible paid time off
• Paid parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree