Senior Estimator

Valcourt • Hyattsville, MD

6d • $1 - $1 • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Estimator leads complex estimating efforts, supports strategic bid opportunities, and ensures estimates are complete, accurate, competitive, and aligned with branch margin goals. The role serves as a technical leader within the estimating team, provides guidance to less experienced estimators, and partners with sales, operations, vendors, and customers throughout the bid process. It is an advanced estimating role that typically requires significant estimating experience and demonstrated success leading complex or high-value bids. The position represents the highest technical estimating level below Pre-Construction Manager and is expected to operate with limited oversight.

This job description is not intended to cover every activity, duty, or responsibility required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements

• Must be eligible to work in the United States.
• Significant estimating experience and demonstrated success leading complex or high-value bids.
• Strong understanding of production rates, labor modeling, material systems, vendor and subcontractor pricing, and project risk evaluation.
• Ability to independently lead bid strategy, support client-facing discussions, mentor less experienced team members, and contribute to estimating process improvement.
• Ability to operate with limited oversight.

Responsibilities

• Lead estimating efforts for assigned high-value, complex, or strategic opportunities.
• Review plans, specifications, addenda, and scope documents to identify project requirements, risks, exclusions, and clarifications.
• Perform detailed quantity takeoffs, cost modeling, labor analysis, and vendor or subcontractor quote reviews.
• Develop complete bid packages, proposals, alternates, value engineering options, and internal estimate review materials.
• Partner with sales and operations to validate constructability, production assumptions, schedule impacts, and the project execution approach.
• Support customer meetings, scope reviews, bid presentations, and post-bid negotiations as needed.
• Mentor Estimators, Junior Estimators, and Takeoff Specialists by reviewing their work, sharing pricing knowledge, and reinforcing branch estimating standards.
• Analyze bid results, historical performance, and estimate-to-actual variance to improve future estimating accuracy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior