Overview
Salary: $150,000 - $215,000, based on experience
Our client is a well established commercial construction firm in the Northeast, known for combining the personal touch of a family run business with the expertise and scale of a much larger company. Their portfolio spans corporate, hospitality, retail, multiunit, and civic projects, and they have built a strong reputation for client satisfaction and steady growth. Their culture blends serious craftsmanship with a team-first environment that values flexibility, growth opportunities, and pride in work.
What You'll Do
- Lead and oversee all estimating and preconstruction activities across the organization.
- Establish estimating standards, procedures, tools, and best practices.
- Manage estimating department staffing, workload, resource allocation, and recruiting efforts.
- Lead the pursuit strategy for major and complex projects.
- Review and approve conceptual budgets, GMPs, negotiated proposals, and final estimates.
- Collaborate with Operations leadership to develop project execution strategies.
- Support business development efforts, client presentations, interviews, and proposal development.
- Develop and maintain relationships with clients, architects, engineers, subcontractors, and suppliers.
- Oversee value engineering, constructability reviews, risk assessments, and logistics planning.
- Provide leadership, coaching, and professional development for Estimators and Senior Estimators.
- Monitor market trends, labor conditions, material pricing, and subcontractor capacity.
- Drive continuous improvement in estimating technology, systems, and processes.
- Participate in strategic planning and contribute to company growth initiatives.
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
- 10+ years of commercial construction estimating experience.
- 5+ years of estimating leadership or management experience.
- Strong experience with negotiated work, conceptual estimating, budgeting, and preconstruction services.
- Experience delivering across various contract delivery methods, including stipulated sum, GMP, and cost plus.
- Proven ability to lead large and complex commercial construction pursuits.
- Strong technical understanding of construction means, methods, scheduling, procurement, and project delivery.
- Demonstrated success leading teams and developing estimating talent.
- Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and relationship building skills.
- Proficiency with estimating software, scheduling software, project management platforms, and construction technology tools.
What You'll Gain
- A leadership seat at the table with Operations, Business Development, and Executive Leadership on every major pursuit.
- The opportunity to build and shape a growing estimating department from the ground up, including hiring, mentoring, and process.
- A leadership role with a well established, growing firm known for steady project flow and a strong reputation in the region.
- 13 paid holidays and five weeks of PTO.
- 401k with company match.
- Full healthcare, vision, and dental coverage.
- Ongoing learning and development training, plus a culture that genuinely celebrates wins, big and small.