Estimator

Personna Employment Solutions; Yakima (WA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Personna Employment Solutions seeks an experienced Estimator to support structural steel, miscellaneous metals, fencing, gates, and specialty construction projects. You will translate drawings and bid documents into accurate quantities, labor, material, and equipment costs, while assessing risks and proposing value engineering.

The role covers go/no-go decisions, RFIs, and competitive proposals, with emphasis on accurate cost breakdowns for management review.

Qualifications

• Experience in estimating structural steel, fencing, gates, and specialty metals.
• Ability to read drawings and bid documents and translate them into quantities and costs.
• Understanding of labor, material, equipment, and subcontractor pricing for complex scopes.

Responsibilities

• Review drawings, specs, addenda, and bid documents to determine scope.
• Perform detailed quantity takeoffs for structural steel, decking, fencing, gates, and related components.
• Develop labor, material, equipment, freight, and subcontractor estimates.
• Interpret structural, architectural, civil, site, electrical, and specialty drawings.
• Solicit and evaluate pricing from suppliers, fabricators, vendors, and subcontracts.
• Identify scope gaps, schedule conflicts, and site-access issues as risks.
• Participate in go/no-go decisions and assess project profitability and risk.
• Develop RFIs, exclusions, assumptions, and value-engineering opportunities.
• Prepare competitive proposals and cost breakdowns for management review.
• Support project buyout and turnover to project management and field operations.
• Maintain historical pricing and vendor data to improve accuracy.

Skills

Quantities takeoffs

Reading drawings

Estimating software

Communication

Bid preparation

Costing

Contract management

Tools

Bluebeam Revu

Excel

AutoCAD

PlanSwift

Procore

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Estimator to support structural steel, miscellaneous metals, commercial fencing, automated gates and entry systems, and specialty construction projects.

This is not a general construction estimating role. The ideal candidate understands how steel and specialty-metal scopes are actually built and can translate drawings, specifications, bid documents, and site conditions into accurate quantities, labor assumptions, material requirements, equipment needs, subcontractor scopes, and competitive pricing.

Projects may include structural steel erection, metal decking, miscellaneous metals, commercial and high-security fencing, swing and cantilever gates, automated gate operators, access-control systems, anti-vehicle applications, PEMBs, and federal, industrial, infrastructure, and commercial work.

Key Responsibilities

• Review drawings, specifications, addenda, and bid documents to determine complete project scope.
• Perform detailed quantity takeoffs for structural steel, decking, miscellaneous metals, fencing, gates, operators, access-control systems, foundations, hardware, and related components.
• Develop labor, material, equipment, freight, mobilization, travel, subcontractor, and indirect cost estimates.
• Interpret structural, architectural, civil, site, electrical, and specialty drawings.
• Solicit and evaluate pricing from steel suppliers, fabricators, fencing suppliers, equipment vendors, subcontractors, and manufacturers.
• Identify scope gaps, constructability concerns, schedule conflicts, site-access issues, and other project risks.
• Participate in go/no-go decisions and evaluate project fit, profitability, manpower requirements, and risk versus reward.
• Develop RFIs, exclusions, assumptions, alternates, and value-engineering opportunities.
• Prepare competitive proposals and detailed cost breakdowns for management review.
• Support project buyout and turnover to project management and field operations following award.
• Maintain historical pricing, production rates, vendor information, and project-cost data to improve future estimating accuracy.

Preferred Background

• 3+ years of estimating, preconstruction, project management, detailing, fabrication, or related construction experience preferred.
• Experience with structural steel, steel erection, metal fabrication, miscellaneous metals, fencing, automated gates, access control, or specialty construction strongly preferred.
• Strong ability to read construction drawings, specifications, details, and bid documents.
• Experience performing detailed material and labor takeoffs.
• Understanding of steel erection, welding, bolting, rigging, equipment, crew productivity, and field installation.
• Familiarity with fencing systems, gate operators, access controls, foundations, and associated hardware is highly valuable.
• Experience evaluating supplier, fabricator, subcontractor, and vendor quotations.
• Strong understanding of labor, materials, equipment, mobilization, overhead, margin, and project risk.
• Experience with commercial, industrial, infrastructure, public works, or federal construction is a plus.

Technology

Experience with Bluebeam Revu and Microsoft Excel is highly desirable. Experience with Procore, Tekla, AutoCAD, SDS/2, PlanSwift, On-Screen Takeoff, or similar estimating, detailing, or construction-management platforms is also valuable.

Highly Relevant Backgrounds

Structural Steel | Steel Erection | Metal Fabrication | Miscellaneous Metals | Commercial Fencing | Automated Gates | Access Control | Security Fencing | Ironwork | PEMBs | Metal Decking | Federal Construction | Industrial Construction | Specialty Contracting

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.