Drywall Estimator: SPW & Cost Optimization Lead

mydpr; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

DPR Construction in Dallas, TX seeks a cost estimator for Self-Perform Work (SPW). The role involves preparing detailed SPW cost estimates across multiple trades, and evaluating drawings, models, and specifications to ensure quantities and risks are accurate.

The estimator collaborates with project teams, field leaders, and procurement to align estimates with execution plans and market conditions, supporting value engineering and constructability discussions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.
• 4–6 years of experience in estimating, preconstruction, or cost analysis for self-perform or construction projects.
• Certifications and Licenses: None required.

Responsibilities

• Prepares comprehensive SPW cost estimates, integrating material, labor, equipment, and production data for multiple scopes.
• Analyzes drawings, models, and specifications to validate quantities, identify risks, and confirm scope completeness.
• Collaborates with field leaders, engineers, and project teams to verify production rates and align estimates with execution plans.
• Coordinates with procurement teams to evaluate vendor and supplier pricing for SPW materials and equipment, levelling supplier and trade partner bids for SPW work, ensuring that all proposals are consistent with project assumptions and identifying any variances.
• Develops variance analyses and cost studies to support value engineering and constructability discussions.
• Coordinates with scheduling and operations teams to ensure SPW scope aligns with phasing, access, and sequencing plans, and maintain historical cost and production data to support continuous improvement in estimating accuracy.
• Communicates estimate assumptions, findings, and recommendations clearly to project stakeholders, and identify SPW related risk.

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or related field

Job description

DPR Construction in Dallas, TX seeks a cost estimator for Self-Perform Work (SPW). The role involves preparing detailed SPW cost estimates across multiple trades, and evaluating drawings, models, and specifications to ensure quantities and risks are accurate.

The estimator collaborates with project teams, field leaders, and procurement to align estimates with execution plans and market conditions, supporting value engineering and constructability discussions.