Senior Estimator

Job Overview:

We are looking for an experienced Senior Estimator to support the preconstruction and estimating operations of a U.S.-based commercial construction company.

This is a senior-level construction estimating role focused primarily on full-cycle estimating, while also contributing to trade partner development and AI-enabled process improvement. The successful candidate will take ownership of estimating work from bid intake and document review through quantity takeoffs, pricing, subcontractor solicitation, bid leveling, estimate assembly, and internal review.

The ideal candidate is a construction professional with strong estimating judgment, mathematical accuracy, excellent attention to detail, and the confidence to communicate directly with U.S.-based subcontractors and trade partners.

Job Details:

- Work set up: Work from Home

- Schedule: Monday to Friday | 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Central Time | 9:00 PM-6:00 AM Manila Time

- Holiday: Will follow US holiday calendar

Responsibilities:

Estimating & Preconstruction – 70%

- Manage assigned projects through the full-cycle estimating process, from bid intake through internal review and handoff.

- Review invitations to bid, drawings, specifications, addenda, bid forms, schedules, alternates, allowances, and submission requirements.

- Maintain organized bid documentation, including bid calendars, document registers, addenda logs, and estimate status trackers.

- Read and interpret architectural, structural, civil, MEP, specialty, and vendor documents and translate project requirements into scopes, quantities, and cost components.

- Identify scope gaps, drawing conflicts, missing information, constructability concerns, long-lead items, and other project risks.

- Perform detailed and auditable quantity takeoffs using consistent measurement methods, plan references, units, assemblies, waste factors, and revision controls.

- Develop labor, material, equipment, subcontractor, general conditions, permits, freight, taxes, escalation, allowances, and contingency components as applicable.

- Prepare trade-specific scopes and solicit competitive bids from qualified subcontractors and suppliers.

- Analyze and level subcontractor proposals by reviewing inclusions, exclusions, qualifications, alternates, unit rates, schedules, lead times, and commercial risks.

- Prepare clear assumptions, clarifications, exclusions, RFIs, and risk items for management review.

- Develop a clear Basis of Estimate documenting the project basis, scope, methodology, pricing, quotes, assumptions, allowances, exclusions, and risks.

- Reconcile quantities, formulas, units, extensions, markups, and estimate totals and perform thorough quality checks before review.

- Support conceptual, schematic, budget, negotiated, hard-bid, change-order, and value-engineering estimates as applicable.

- Prepare estimates for internal review and clearly communicate the cost rationale, assumptions, and outstanding risks.

- Support the conversion of awarded estimates into useful turnover information for project execution and procurement.

- Capture bid results and estimate-to-actual feedback to improve future estimating accuracy.

Trade Partner Development – 20%

- Build and maintain a strong network of qualified subcontractors and suppliers across relevant markets.

- Identify potential trade partners based on trade specialty, geography, project type, capacity, and project requirements.

- Conduct professional outbound calls and email outreach to U.S.-based subcontractors and suppliers.

- Introduce qualified trade partners to bidding opportunities and maintain ongoing professional relationships.

- Learn each trade partner's capabilities, service areas, capacity, and project preferences.

- Prepare targeted invitations to bid rather than relying on mass outreach.

- Maintain accurate relationship records, including contact history, bidding participation, quote quality, and follow-up actions.

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