Estimator – Modular Buildings
About The Position
The Estimator calculates comprehensive material requirements, labor configurations, and external vendor inputs to build structured pricing models for client project opportunities. This role ensures that bids balance market competitiveness with structural viability and healthy profit margin frameworks. The Estimator is accountable for producing precise, market-competitive, and structurally accurate material and labor cost estimates for custom modular PDC buildings. This role ensures all incoming client RFQs (Requests for Quote) are thoroughly analyzed to protect the division’s gross profit margins while establishing the financial baselines that Project Managers and the GM use upon project award.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, or equivalent industrial pre-bid calculation tenure.
- 4+ years of cost estimation experience in heavy industrial manufacturing, commercial construction, or multi-trade electrical environments.
- Advanced expertise in utilizing data analytics tools and building complex costing matrices inside Microsoft Excel.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience calculating values for high-voltage power components, custom metal buildings, or heavy structural assemblies.
- Working knowledge of procurement platforms or cost estimation software systems.
Responsibilities
- Analyze customer-issued structural specifications, architectural prints, and electrical one-line diagrams to calculate comprehensive material take-offs for structural steel, interior/exterior sheet metal panels, insulation, and HVAC systems.
- Collaborate with the Construction Superintendent and trade Foremen to calculate the exact shop labor hours required for structural welding, sheet metal forming, assembly, painting, and electrical integration.
- Secure and negotiate competitive pricing from vendors for long-lead specialized components—such as heavy electrical switchgear, MCCs, transformers, and regional shipping permits for oversized yard loads.
- Partner directly with the Structural and Electrical Designers during the pre-bid phase to evaluate design-for-manufacturability (DFM) hurdles and identify cost-saving layout alternatives.
- Identify potential commercial risks, complex custom component lead times, and structural compliance gaps; present final margin calculations and formal bid proposals to the General Manager for executive sign-off.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
