Estimator - Heavy Civil Sitework & Utilities

Sunset Valley Construction, LLC • Ellington, CT

10d • $95,000 - $150,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Sunset Valley Construction (SVC), a sitework and underground utilities contractor, is hiring its first full-time Estimator to support growing bid volume and bring consistency, tracking, and clean handoffs to its estimating process. The Estimator will work directly with the owner to carry forward and improve the existing process, focusing on which projects to pursue and on creating estimates that field and project management teams can reliably use. The role is intended to grow into a Senior or Chief Estimator position over the next two years.

Projects may include schools, apartment buildings, roads, subdivisions, infrastructure rebuilds, and warehouses, with project values ranging from $100,000 to $10 million. The Estimator will develop estimates for complete civil and sitework packages, coordinate scopes and pricing, and help explain the cost and quantity basis of bids. The role also involves occasional site visits, pre-bids, and local meetings. When estimating work is caught up, the Estimator may assist with other preconstruction and project coordination activities.

This is a year-round, 40-hour-per-week, on-site role based in Ellington, Connecticut, and is mostly office-based. SVC provides estimating software and AI tools, mentorship and training, equipment for personal use subject to work schedules, travel tickets, PTO, insurance, and a 401(k) match.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of heavy civil estimating experience in sitework, excavation, earthwork, utilities, and/or paving.
• Experience with takeoffs, plans, drawings, specifications, and contracts.
• Comfort estimating moderate to challenging civil/site packages involving excavation, utilities, grading, paving, subcontractor scopes, alternates, and value engineering.
• Ability to manage bid dates and deadlines carefully.
• Interest and aptitude in detailed takeoffs, comparisons, pricing, checks, and organized estimates.
• Ability to work within an owner-built process while identifying improvements to tracking, data, and handoffs.
• Humility and willingness to improve processes or learn from misses with the owner and team, using tracking, historical data, or prior bids where helpful.

Nice To Haves

• Private and public estimating experience.
• Experience with Construct-Connect, Cloudrig, Microsoft Office, or other estimating software for bids, takeoffs, estimates, or relationship-building.
• Experience using a shovel and operating heavy equipment.

Responsibilities

• Seek out and procure projects for SVC to bid on.
• Create estimates that the field and project management teams can trust, receive through clean handoffs, and build from.
• Combine excavation, utilities, grading, paving coordination, subcontractor scopes, alternates, and value engineering into usable civil/site estimates.
• Review project landscapes and complete takeoffs; organize pricing, labor, equipment, and vendor and subcontractor input; and refine calculations with the owner before bid submission.
• Gather vendor and subcontractor input, compare scopes, and maintain the information flow needed to keep the bid process moving.
• Occasionally visit job sites, attend pre-bids, and meet locally with owners and subcontractors.
• Track submitted bids, monitor outcomes, and organize win/loss information to improve future bid decisions.
• Help shape Cloudrig and its built-in AI features to improve consistency, clarity, and efficiency.
• When estimating work is caught up, assist with submittals, scheduling, buyouts, and other project coordination.

Benefits

• Two prepaid Southwest plane tickets annually for travel anywhere in the United States.
• Mentorship and unlimited hands-on and digital training, including leadership development.
• Personal use of SVC equipment, provided it does not interfere with work schedules.
• Generous discretionary PTO.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance after three months, with 75% paid for employees and their immediate family.
• 401(k) plan with a 3% company match after three months.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed