Estimator & Junior PM: Self-Performing Construction Leader

ERGON Construction Inc.; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Two weeks PTO

11 company holidays

Professional development and training

Job summary

Ergon Construction, a self-performing federal contractor, seeks an Estimator/Junior Project Manager to join our project leadership track. You will dissect solicitations, price self-performed labor, and assemble bids to win work, then support submittals, RFIs, and pay applications as the project moves forward.

Under the COO and PM direction, you’ll learn on-site, manage documentation, and advance toward a Project Manager role.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of construction estimating experience, or 5+ years of field experience in the finish trades with demonstrated takeoff and pricing ability.
• High School Diploma or GED.
• Valid Driver's License is required.
• Willingness and ability to travel to project sites as assigned. Travel varies by project: some work is local to the Oklahoma City metro, while other projects require short- or long-term overnight assignments (per diem provided).
• Strong ability to read drawings and specifications, and to find what the documents do not say.
• Organized and precise under deadline: bid day is not movable, and your logs and records become the project record.
• Proficiency with spreadsheets, digital takeoff tools, and construction management software.

Responsibilities

• Perform quantity takeoffs from drawings and specifications, with emphasis on our self-performed interior finishing scopes (Division 09 and adjacent work).
• Build complete cost estimates: labor, material, equipment, and subcontracted scopes, using and maintaining Ergon's historical unit rates; solicit, level, and qualify subcontractor and vendor quotes.
• Read solicitations for scope, risk, and bid requirements; flag conflicts and ambiguities as RFI candidates before bid day; attend pre-bid meetings and site visits and walk existing conditions with field leadership.
• Support bid assembly: bid forms, CLIN schedules, and the cost build-up the team prices from.
• On awarded projects, manage the submittal register and RFI log under PM direction: track, log, chase, and close, keeping answers ahead of the field's need for them. Own document control and meeting records.
• Assist the PM with pay application backup, job cost updates, and quantity takeoffs for change pricing, and feed actual costs back into the unit rates you bid from.
• Spend time on site weekly: walk the work with the Superintendent, learn the trades, and learn the doctrine (progress flows up, baseline flows down). Support closeout: as-builts, warranties, and O&M documentation.

Skills

Read drawings

Bid estimation accuracy

Spreadsheets proficiency

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Degree in construction management/engineering or related field

Tools

Bluebeam

On-Screen Takeoff

Planswift

Procore

Primavera P6

Job description

Ergon Construction, a self-performing federal contractor, seeks an Estimator/Junior Project Manager to join our project leadership track. You will dissect solicitations, price self-performed labor, and assemble bids to win work, then support submittals, RFIs, and pay applications as the project moves forward.

Under the COO and PM direction, you’ll learn on-site, manage documentation, and advance toward a Project Manager role.