Concrete Paving Estimator

Emery Sapp & Sons; Columbia (AL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Emery Sapp & Sons is seeking a Concrete Paving Estimator to develop competitive estimates for concrete paving projects, including highways, municipal roads, and intersections. You will review plans, perform quantity takeoffs, and prepare production-based cost estimates for crews and equipment.

Collaborating with field operations and subcontractors, you will help shape bid strategies, market pricing decisions, and project turnover while ensuring accurate production assumptions across projects.

Qualifications

• Experience with heavy highway concrete paving.
• Ability to develop production-based cost estimates.
• Familiarity with paving specifications and standards.
• Strong collaboration with operations and subcontractors.

Responsibilities

• Review paving plans, specifications, and bid requirements.
• Complete detailed quantity takeoffs for pavement, curb and gutter, barriers, sidewalks, and miscellaneous concrete items.
• Develop production-based cost estimates for paving crews and equipment.
• Coordinate pricing for concrete materials, trucking, and subcontractors.
• Analyze constructability, sequencing, and production risks.
• Assist with bid strategy, estimate reviews, and project turnover.
• Collaborate with operations teams to ensure accurate production assumptions.

Skills

Quantity takeoffs

Cost estimating

Bid coordination

Concrete paving knowledge

Job description

The Concrete Paving Estimator is responsible for developing competitive estimates for concrete paving projects, including highways, municipal roads, intersections, paving rehabilitation, and related concrete construction work.

Key Responsibilities

• Review paving plans, specifications, and bid requirements.
• Complete detailed quantity takeoffs for pavement, curb and gutter, barriers, sidewalks, and miscellaneous concrete items.
• Develop production-based cost estimates for paving crews and equipment.
• Coordinate pricing for concrete materials, trucking, and subcontractors.
• Analyze constructability, sequencing, and production risks.
• Assist with bid strategy, estimate reviews, and project turnover.
• Collaborate with operations teams to ensure accurate production assumptions.

Preferred Experience

• Heavy highway concrete paving experience.
• Understanding of paving operations, slip-form paving, and concrete production.
• Familiarity with MoDOT & KDOT paving specifications.
• Experience estimating self-performed concrete work.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)