Heavy Civil Senior Estimator

Posillico Civil, Inc.; West Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Life insurance

FSA

Short- and long-term disability

401(k)

Employee assistance program

Paid time off

Job summary

Posillico Civil, Inc. in West Palm Beach, FL seeks a Senior Estimator to lead full estimating services for heavy civil projects. You will coordinate estimators and support staff, drive bids, and deliver competitive proposals.

You will develop conceptual budgets, value engineering, CPM schedules, and present final bids to clients, targeting 25–50 estimates annually across $5M–$100M projects.

Qualifications

• 4-year civil or mechanical engineering degree or equivalent.
• 10+ years estimating, cost control, and/or engineering experience.
• 5+ years estimating experience in heavy civil construction.
• Ability to estimate all project types and coordinate group work.

Responsibilities

• Bid item setup, data entry, pricing, scheduling and closeout.
• Incorporate historical data with manpower, equipment, materials and subs.
• Provide conceptual budgets and final estimating input.
• Support discipline estimates and review specifications and drawings.
• Attend pre-bid meetings and determine scope of work.
• Lead scope meetings with clients and construction managers.
• Present value engineering and CPM schedules to clients.
• Lead all formal presentations and negotiations with clients.
• Maintain bid files and data backups for estimates.
• Support pricing of extra work items and change orders.
• Assist contracting team during inquiries and evaluations.
• Train and mentor Junior Estimators.

Skills

Proposal writing

Team mentoring

Leadership

Communication

Education

Civil or Mechanical Engineering degree

Tools

Primavera

MS Project

Viewpoint

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

OSHA Training

Job description

Overview

Posillico is Building for Generations.

Posillico is a multi-disciplined and diversified construction company. Along with our Civil /foundation group, Posillico’s business units include Wastewater Division, Environmental Division, Utilities Division, Drilling Division, Paving Division, Posillico Consulting LLC, Posillico Developmental LLC, and Posillico Materials, LLC. These companies give Posillico the unequalled, leveraged experience required to complete complex structural and geotechnical projects successfully in the Tri-State area.

Posillico empowers a "people first, think safety" culture throughout our organization. This "people first" culture has helped to promote and maintain an excellent record of accomplishment. Posillico has an exceptional safety program coupled with proactive employees throughout its management and union staff. We offer all employees an excellent opportunity to be part of our developing business at Posillico, as we set the standards for excellence in the construction industry with our integrated solutions.

Our company mission is to complete all our projects safely, on time, on target and on budget while having a positive impact in the community.

Responsibilities

POSITION SUMMARY:

Senior Estimator will provide and/or coordinate full estimating services specializing in heavy civil construction projects. The Senior Estimator will manage the bid/proposal preparation with a team of estimating staff, including estimators, a support administrator, and the management team. Senior Estimator and team will follow up bid proposals with value engineering alternates, CPM schedules, formal presentations, and final negotiations with clients and construction managers. The Senior Estimator will be expected to bid/manage approximately 25-50 estimates per year, ranging from $5,000,000 to $100,000,000 per estimate.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Bid item and activity setup, summary form data entry, bid pricing, bid closeout, and bid scheduling.
• Review and incorporate historical data from productivity analysis reports and combine manpower, equipment, material quotations, and subcontractor proposals into unit price and man-hour estimate figures.
• Provide complete conceptual budgets and final estimating input on all projects.
• Provide technical support to personnel preparing discipline estimates for assigned bids.
• Review proposal specifications, drawings, attend pre-bid meetings, etc., to determine scope of work and required contents of estimate.
• Prepare for and attend all scope meetings with the clients and construction managers.
• Prepare for and present value engineering and CPM schedules to the clients and construction managers.
• Prepare and lead all formal presentations and final negotiations with clients and construction managers.
• Heavy Bid maintenance (labor, crew, activity, and bid master codebooks).
• Bid to project data transfer (phase codes and cost budgeting) on awarded contracts.
• Ensure all working documents and data are maintained to back-up estimate figures.
• Provide award-related submittals and follow-up information to the clients and construction managers.
• Track awarded contracts as required – may include estimatingThe /pricing extra work items, change orders, and credit.
• Assist the contracting team during preparation of inquiries and final evaluation of submitted bids as required.
• Train and mentor Junior Estimators.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education and experience requirements include: a 4-year civil or mechanical engineering degree or equivalent combination of technical training and/or related experience.
• Must have 10+ years estimating, cost control, and/or engineering experience (at least 5 years estimating) in construction with a focus on heavy civil construction.
• Ability to estimate all types of projects/contracts (unit price; lump sum; FDOT; design-build; etc.), plus the ability to coordinate and supervise group work effort is essential.
• Must have the ability to prepare complex proposals with principal oversight. The incumbent has profit/loss responsibility to the company.

Software skills:

• Microsoft Office applications
• Scheduling software/CPM (including Primavera and MS Project)
• Viewpoint (PM module, SL module, PO module)
• Strong technical and proposal writing skills
• Strong skills with personal digital devices
• Salesforce
• OSHA Training

Reports to: Respective Regional Director

Location: West Palm Beach, FL

Comprehensive benefits offered to eligible employees including

• medical, dental, and vision coverage
• life insurance
• FSA
• short- and long-term disability
• identity theft protection
• 401(k)
• employee assistance program
• paid time off

Equal Employment Opportunity

Posillico Civil, Inc. is committed to maintaining a work environment that promotes teamwork and diversity, and is free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Accordingly, all of its employment-related activities will be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, genetic information, or other legally protected personal characteristic.