SENIOR ESTIMATOR

Heavy Civil Transportation

Company: United Infrastructure Group, Inc.

Location: Charlotte, NC or Raleigh, NC

Employment Type: Full Time

Experience: Minimum 7 years

Position Summary

United Infrastructure Group is seeking a Senior Estimator with at least seven years of heavy-civil construction experience to lead transportation infrastructure estimates throughout North Carolina.

The Senior Estimator will manage assigned pursuits from initial review through bid submission and post-award handoff. The position requires experience with heavy-highway and bridge construction, crew-based cost development, construction means and methods, scheduling, subcontractor/vendor quote coordination, risk evaluation and DOT requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead complete estimates from pursuit review through final bid submission.

• Review plans, specifications, addenda, contracts and other bid documents to identify scope gaps, discrepancies and contractual risks.

• Manage and review quantity takeoffs and develop crew-based labor, equipment, material and production costs.

• Establish bid items, work activities and estimate breakdown structures using Bid2Win.

• Develop project execution plans, preliminary schedules, phasing, staging, access and major means-and-methods assumptions.

• Evaluate constructability, geotechnical conditions, utility conflicts, environmental restrictions, maintenance of traffic and other factors affecting cost or production.

• Develop value-engineering alternatives and incorporate appropriate risk mitigation, allowances and contingencies.

• Analyze subcontractor and supplier proposals for scope, qualifications, exclusions and commercial risk.

• Use historical cost, productivity and equipment data to validate estimating assumptions.

• Coordinate with operations to confirm crews, production rates, equipment, logistics and sequencing.

• Participate in site visits, pre-bid meetings, plan reviews, bid-strategy meetings and management reviews.

• Prepare bid forms, pricing schedules, clarifications, qualifications and other proposal documents.

• Maintain current knowledge of client specifications, bid procedures and market conditions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum seven years of progressively responsible heavy-civil construction experience, including demonstrated responsibility for complete project estimates.

• Experience estimating heavy-highway, bridge or transportation infrastructure projects.

• Experience with Bid2Win, HCSS HeavyBid or an equivalent crew-based construction estimating system.

• Strong knowledge of heavy-civil means and methods, equipment, labor productivity and sequencing.

• Experience developing self-perform estimates and evaluating subcontractor and supplier pricing.

• Ability to interpret construction plans, specifications, geotechnical information, contracts and DOT special provisions.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and electronic quantity-takeoff software.

• Strong analytical, organizational and communication skills.

• Ability to manage multiple pursuits and meet fixed bid deadlines.

• Ability to travel within the Carolinas as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience estimating NCDOT or SCDOT projects.

• Field or project-management experience on heavy-civil transportation projects.

• Experience with design-build, CMGC or progressive design-build delivery.

• Experience with AGTEK, Bluebeam, Primavera P6 or similar takeoff, modeling and scheduling software.

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, construction management or a related discipline, or equivalent heavy-civil construction experience.

• Experience mentoring junior estimators and project engineers.