Senior Estimator (74346)

The Senior Estimator is responsible for leading complex estimating efforts, supporting strategic bid opportunities, and ensuring estimates are complete, accurate, competitive, and aligned with branch margin goals. This role serves as a technical leader within the estimating team, provides guidance to less experienced estimators, and partners closely with sales, operations, vendors, and customers throughout the bid process.

Key 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/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 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 work product, sharing pricing knowledge, and reinforcing branch estimating standards.
• Analyze bid results, historical performance, and estimate-to-actual variance to improve future estimating accuracy.