Senior Estimator

Calqulate•San Diego, CA

66d•Onsite

About The Position

This is the senior estimating seat at a contractor that bids regulated dry utility work in a competitive market. The role owns the numbers behind the bids: reading the scope, pricing it accurately, and standing behind it. The role sits close to operations, and you will lead a small estimating team while staying hands-on with the estimates yourself.

Requirements

Eight or more years in project estimating with responsibility that has grown over that time.
Hands-on experience estimating utility infrastructure construction.
Dry utility strongly preferred.
Fluent in commercial estimating software such as B2W, Accubid or HCSS.
Comfortable in Excel, MS Project and P6 scheduling.
Able to read plans, specifications and bid documents and pull a clean scope out of them.
Strong on contract, cost and risk management.
A clear writer. Proposals, reports and presentations are part of the job.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's in engineering, construction management or finance preferred.
Equivalent field experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

Lead a team of three to five estimators.
Break down client RFPs and scopes of work and turn them into complete, defensible cost estimates.
Run quantity take-offs and build project schedules from plans and specifications.
Join pre-bid meetings, internal bid strategy sessions and site walks to catch what the drawings do not show.
Define subcontractor and supplier packages and pressure-test their pricing.
Build and maintain a pricing database for subs and suppliers.
Assemble bid proposal packages to client requirements and carry them through internal approval.
Maintain unit pricing that supports blanket contract work.
Review final estimates with operations before anything is formally quoted.
Compare actual costs against budget and feed what you learn back into the next estimate.
Support project managers through hand-off, resource planning and change orders.