Civil Estimator – Grading & Site Work (Public Works)

Sun Recruiting, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & dental

Vision & life insurance

Aflac

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation and holidays

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Confidential Search in East San Diego County, CA is seeking an Estimator to price civil grading and site work. You will build bids for earthwork, utilities, paving and concrete, and work with our teams to ensure competitive proposals.

Expect a base salary of $120,000–$150,000 plus full benefits. You will primarily estimate for public and private development projects, with on-site, daily commuting to an East San Diego County office.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of estimating experience in civil grading, earthwork, heavy civil or underground utility construction.
• Experience estimating grading, site development and horizontal civil projects, including large-scale underground utility work.
• Track record of government and public works bidding (prevailing wage, DIR), as well as private development bids.

Responsibilities

• Perform quantity take-offs for earthwork, cut and fill, mass and fine grading, and site development.
• Take off the related underground utilities (sewer, water, storm drain, gas, electric), trenching, shoring, paving and concrete.
• Build cost estimates from labor, equipment and production rates, materials and subcontractor quotes.
• Prepare competitive bids for public agencies, utility owners and private developers, following prevailing wage, DIR and federal/state/local procurement rules.
• Solicit, evaluate and negotiate supplier and subcontractor pricing.
• Attend pre-bid meetings, site walks and bid reviews, and submit proposals on deadline.
• Work with project managers, engineers and field crews on constructability and value engineering.
• Maintain unit costs and the cost database, and support project turnover and change orders.

Skills

Estimating experience

Public works bidding

Software proficiency

Communication

Organization

Education

Civil engineering or construction management background

Tools

HeavyBid

B2W

Bluebeam Revu

PlanSwift

Excel

Job description

Confidential Search in East San Diego County, CA is seeking an Estimator to price civil grading and site work. You will build bids for earthwork, utilities, paving and concrete, and work with our teams to ensure competitive proposals.

Expect a base salary of $120,000–$150,000 plus full benefits. You will primarily estimate for public and private development projects, with on-site, daily commuting to an East San Diego County office.