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Civil Estimator

2 months ago

Charlotte, United States Specialized Recruiting Group - Charlotte, NC Full time

The Specialized Recruiting Group is hiring a Senior Civil Estimator for a grading and excavation contractor client of ours in Charlotte. Please see full job details below:


Primary function of an Estimator:

Assist in bid preparation and proposal submission, in order to acquire new projects that meet the goals of the Heavy Civil business plan. Be a productive member of the Estimating Team.


Typical duties include but are not limited to:

Pre Bid Process

  • Review and understand project bid documents including plans, specifications, all related addenda and other relative correspondence as it relates to the area of your assigned estimate.
  • Attend Pre-Bid meetings as required to gather all pertinent information related to a project, including notes and photos.
  • Visit project sites to ascertain any local and project specific information that is needed to prepare a bid.
  • Solicit participation from all required vendors and subcontractors and follow up to ensure timely delivery of quotes.
  • Perform all necessary quantity take-offs for your assigned bid items and/or scopes of work.
  • Assemble the estimate for your assigned bid items and/or scope of work.
  • Understand the relationship between all bid items, scopes of work, and/or trade divisions.
  • Estimate and enter labor, material, subcontract, and construction equipment costs for your estimate.
  • Provide the bid sponsor/estimate lead with questions and clarifications in need of resolution in order to properly prepare your detailed estimate.
  • Prepare for and attend all required plan reviews conducted by the bid sponsor/estimate lead.
  • Prepare and attend all Bid Reviews conducted by the bid sponsor and attended by invited management.
  • Prepare for Bid Day.
  • Take extra measures to ensure quality and accuracy of quantity takeoffs and cost estimates.
  • Be prepared to assist the Design-Build Bid sponsor/lead with estimates based on less that 100 percent documents relying on experience and subcontractor/vendor relationships.

Bid Process

  • Maintain a Vendor/Subcontractor database with the firms that we engage with for all scopes.
  • React to and coordinate with other estimators and the bid sponsor regarding issues discovered during the bid process.
  • Prepare comparisons as required to evaluate all vendors and subs.
  • Prepare comparisons to evaluate and compare subcontractors' bids to Crowder's self performance of a portion of the project.
  • Provide the bid sponsor/estimate lead with bid day support including your best estimate.
  • Provide the bid sponsor/estimate lead with the information required to complete our bid documents on bid day.
  • Support efforts to obtain Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) participation in our bids.
  • Obtain prequalification information from subcontractors.

Post Bid Process

  • On projects that we expect award, provide all estimate information to the estimating coordinator in preparation for a hand-off meeting.
  • Prepare for and attend hand-off meetings to transfer information to the project teams.
  • Respond to questions from the management teams as they begin the projects.
  • Be prepared to assist project teams in a value engineering process.
  • Receive and react to all feedback from the management teams as it relates estimate errors, vendors, and subcontractors.
  • Be prepared to assist project management teams in any major change orders.
  • Archive any information as required to be useful in future estimates.
  • Build and maintain relationships with subcontractors and vendors.
  • Visit ongoing projects to see the construction and relate that experience to future estimates.
  • Attend all weekly estimating meetings to coordinates efforts with the estimating team.
  • Train other estimators and be prepared to receive training from other estimators.


Skills, Knowledge, Qualifications & Experience:


  • 4-year engineering degree, construction management degree, or equivalent combinations of technical training and/or related experience.
  • 5 to 7 years of estimating, engineering or similar experience related to heavy civil construction.
  • Knowledge of means and methods related to heavy civil construction, approach grading, drainage, and scheduling.
  • General knowledge of estimating techniques, cost control, and material pricing required.
  • Ability to formulate and calculate mathematical expressions to obtain the desired quantity measurement and cost information.
  • Read and understand engineering drawings, specifications and bid documents.
  • Computer Skills to include HCSS Heavy Bid, Bluebeam, Excel, Outlook, Word, Primavera P6.
  • Good communication skills and people management skills to effectively work within a team of estimators and managers to complete complex estimates and bid proposals.
  • Possess technical construction awareness regarding available products, means and methods.
  • Must be proactive and possess time management and multi-tasking skills to complete multiple estimates and proposals at a time.
  • Ability to track job costs and maintain cost databases used for basis of estimates.
  • Must be able analyze all aspects of assigned bids including subcontractor scope/pricing and labor productivity for self-performed work.
  • Must be able to offer insight regarding project schedule for matters relating to site work construction.
  • Knowledgeable in available construction equipment and able to utilize resources to maintain a database of equipment rental rates.
  • Safety-minded in all aspects of work including building budgets in estimates for safety related means and methods.