Estimator

RockBridge Search & Recruitment; Lehi (UT); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

RockBridge Search & Recruitment in Lehi, UT is seeking an experienced Estimator who treats preconstruction as a high-stakes puzzle, where every decimal matters and every bid is carefully tuned. You will translate drawings into grounded, buildable projections, dissect plans, build cost estimates, and collaborate with PMs, engineers, subs, and vendors to protect margins and deliver profitable outcomes.

This on-site role offers a base salary of $95,000–$125,000 with room to grow into senior

Qualifications

• Ability to read drawings and mentally model the jobsite in 3D.
• Strong intuition for budget overruns and cost creep.
• Detail-oriented with focus on essential details.
• Fluency in cost breakdowns, scope definitions, and subcontractor negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Dissect plans, specs, and drawings to identify costs and risks.
• Build detailed cost estimates that anticipate and defend against chaos.
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Hunt down pricing data, labor costs, and material rates.
• Identify risks before they materialize.
• Turn uncertain concepts into buildable, profitable plans.

Skills

Reading drawings

Budget management

Cost breakdowns

Subcontractor negotiations

Estimating software knowledge

Forecasting

Job description

Some people see numbers. You see stories made of steel, concrete, timelines, and tiny invisible financial landmines that only reveal themselves after the shovel hits dirt.

We’re looking for an Estimator who treats preconstruction like a high-stakes puzzle box where every piece matters, every decimal has a personality, and every bid is a carefully tuned instrument in a much larger construction orchestra ?????????

This is not a back-office checkbox role. This is where projects are quietly born.

???? What You’ll Actually Be Doing (Besides “Estimating”)

You’ll be the translator between blueprints and reality, turning architectural ambition into grounded, buildable, financially sound projections.

You will:

• Dissect plans, specs, and drawings like a detective reading a mystery novel where the culprit is always “unexpected cost creep”
• Build detailed cost estimates that don’t just guess, but anticipate, predict, and quietly outsmart chaos
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, subcontractors, and vendors like a conductor tuning a very opinionated orchestra
• Hunt down pricing data, labor rates, material costs, and scope gaps like a budget archaeologist in the ruins of “it should be cheaper than that”
• Identify risks before they grow teeth
• Turn “this might work” into “this is buildable, profitable, and defensible”

???? What You Bring to the Table

We’re not looking for someone who just plugs numbers into software and hopes for the best.

We want someone who:

• Can read drawings and immediately start mentally constructing the jobsite in 3D
• Has a suspiciously good intuition for where budgets tend to… wander off
• Knows construction means details, and details mean survival
• Is fluent in cost breakdowns, scope definitions, and subcontractor negotiations
• Enjoys the strange satisfaction of catching an error before it becomes expensive lore
• Can balance precision with speed when deadlines start tapping their watch impatiently

Bonus points if you’ve ever said, “That number feels off,” and turned out to be absolutely correct.

????? The Environment You’ll Step Into

Lehi isn’t just growing. It’s evolving at full sprint.

You’ll be part of a team that:

• Moves fast but doesn’t break things that cost millions to fix later
• Values sharp thinking over noisy guessing
• Treats preconstruction like the strategic engine of the entire build process
• Knows that a great estimator doesn’t just protect margins… they quietly create them
• $95,000 – $125,000 base salary (based on experience and capability)
• Opportunity to work on meaningful, high-impact construction projects in a booming region
• A team that respects precision, ownership, and a healthy skepticism of “ballpark numbers”
• Room to grow into senior estimating or preconstruction leadership pathways

???? Why This Role Has Teeth (In a Good Way)

• Finding hidden costs before they become visible problems
• Being the person everyone trusts when the numbers have to be right
• Working at the intersection of logic, construction, and strategy

…then this role will feel less like a job and more like a craft you get better at every single week.