Senior Estimator (Vertical Construction)

Trueline • Lisbon, MD

2d • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Estimator - General Contracting to join the team in Maryland. This is a hands-on opportunity to become the company's primary dedicated estimator, take ownership of complete GC estimates, and help build a more formal preconstruction function as the business continues to grow.

Requirements

• Strong commercial General Contractor estimating experience
• Ability to independently produce complete estimates without relying on a Chief Estimator
• Strong understanding of construction means, methods, sequencing, scopes, and pricing
• Experience soliciting and leveling subcontractor bids
• Ability to manage multiple bids and deadlines simultaneously
• Strong Excel skills
• Hands-on takeoff and estimating capability
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Ability to work autonomously in a smaller contractor environment
• Comfort working in an organization where every process may not already be formalized
• Willingness to challenge and improve existing processes constructively
• Ability to work primarily onsite in Woodbine, Maryland

Nice To Haves

• 7-15+ years of GC estimating or preconstruction experience
• Maryland, DC, or Northern Virginia market experience
• Existing local subcontractor relationships
• Government or federal estimating experience
• Davis-Bacon or prevailing wage experience
• Commercial tenant improvement experience
• Commercial fit-out experience
• Occupied renovation experience
• Historic renovation experience
• Higher education or institutional construction experience
• Secure facility experience
• Healthcare experience
• Gaming or hospitality construction experience
• Sacred-space or church construction experience
• Design-build experience
• Negotiated work experience
• Conceptual budgeting experience
• Experience improving estimating systems or processes
• Structural steel or miscellaneous metals estimating exposure
• Vista Viewpoint experience
• ProContractor experience
• Bluebeam experience

Responsibilities

• Own General Contracting estimates from early budgeting through final bid
• Develop conceptual, schematic, design-development, negotiated, GMP, and hard-bid estimates
• Perform detailed quantity takeoffs and pricing
• Review drawings, specifications, contracts, addenda, and bid documents
• Solicit, review, level, and negotiate subcontractor and vendor proposals
• Develop clear scopes, assumptions, exclusions, and clarifications
• Evaluate labor, materials, equipment, subcontractor costs, and general conditions
• Identify scope gaps, constructability concerns, project risks, and value-engineering opportunities
• Support bid strategy and go/no-go decisions
• Participate in project turnover from preconstruction to Operations after award
• Maintain and improve historical pricing and cost information
• Build repeatable estimating workflows and standards
• Improve estimating consistency, accuracy, and internal communication
• Develop and maintain cost databases
• Conduct bid post-mortems and evaluate estimating performance
• Recommend improvements to estimating technology and process
• Help establish stronger preconstruction meetings and handoff procedures
• Build and maintain strong subcontractor and supplier relationships throughout Maryland, DC, and Virginia
• Expand the company's trade-partner network
• Maintain awareness of local pricing, market conditions, and subcontractor capacity
• Support smaller metal fabrication estimates during lighter GC bid periods when appropriate
• Contribute to light business-development and market outreach as needed
• Help determine future estimating and preconstruction staffing needs as the department grows

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus opportunity
• Senior-level discretionary bonuses have historically ranged approximately $5,000-$20,000 depending on contribution and performance
• Medical insurance with approximately 80% of employee-only premium currently paid by the company
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• PTO with flexibility for senior hires
• Professional hires often start around three weeks of PTO
• Situational work-from-home flexibility
• Potential car allowance or company vehicle under consideration
• Direct access to executive leadership
• High level of autonomy and visibility
• Opportunity to become the company's primary dedicated estimator
• Ability to shape estimating and preconstruction processes
• Opportunity to influence technology selection and workflow
• Potential to build and eventually lead a larger estimating team
• Established family-owned company with strong recurring client relationships
• Small-company environment with meaningful impact and limited bureaucracy

What This Job Offers

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