Estimator - Structural Steel, Fencing & Gates

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

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.