Senior Estimator, Self-Perform Civil & Concrete

Prairie Landworks•McPherson, KS

6d•$115,000 - $145,000•Onsite

About The Position

Prairie Landworks is a growing company that believes in doing meaningful work with character and integrity, creating a safe and rewarding place for employees to build a career. They self-perform key parts of their work and take pride in building projects to high standards. The company focuses on keeping projects close to home so employees can return to their families at night. The role of Senior Estimator is crucial for chasing the right work, pricing it accurately, and ensuring bids are grounded in how the work is actually built. The initial focus is on strong estimating judgment, with opportunities to develop systems ownership and grow into a leadership role within preconstruction to support the company's planned growth.

Requirements

Solid estimating experience in heavy civil, industrial, commercial, municipal, concrete, utility, earthwork, foundation, or similar self-performed work.
Ability to lead estimates or readiness to move from participating in estimates to owning more of the bid from start to finish.
Comfortable doing real estimating work, including detailed reviews, takeoffs, coordination, and bid-day decisions.
Understanding that numbers matter, and good estimating depends on production reality, communication, and knowing which jobs are worth chasing.
Ability to bring judgment to work with unknowns, especially regarding scope, risk, client expectations, or schedule.
Willingness to grow into more responsibility around systems, process, mentorship, client conversations, and preconstruction leadership.
Experience using HCSS HeavyBid or another estimating system, or sufficient estimating software experience to learn HeavyBid with support.

Nice To Haves

Experience across civil, GC, and industrial self-performance work.
Exposure to design-build or preconstruction.
Familiarity with Acumatica or other ERP systems.
Experience helping implement or refine estimating systems.
Experience mentoring another estimator or helping bring structure to an estimating process.
Local or regional knowledge in central Kansas.

Responsibilities

Protect margin and support growth by estimating heavy civil, concrete, utility, earthwork, foundation, process piping, and commercial/municipal building projects ranging from $200K to $7M.
Build accurate, competitive bids by handling takeoffs, subcontractor and supplier coordination, site visits, risk review, bid reviews, and timely proposal submission.
Ensure self-perform estimating is tied to field reality by pricing work in a way that crews can actually build.
Support better bid decisions by incorporating estimating judgment, project fit, production reality, and client relationships into the conversation.
Explain scope, risks, approach, and value clearly to clients, partners, or internal leaders to help win work on more than just price.
Grow into more preconstruction responsibility by learning Prairie Landworks' approach to planning, design coordination, preliminary scheduling, value engineering, and project readiness.
Build toward more estimating systems ownership by helping refine HeavyBid setup, workflows, and consistency.
Develop into a stronger estimating leader by sharing structure, mentoring as appropriate, and helping shape the estimating team as the company grows.