Junior Estimator for Healthcare & Education Projects

Vaughn Construction; Bryan (TX); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaughn Construction, a regional Texas builder, seeks a junior estimator to verify materials, prepare cost estimates, and develop competitive bids for healthcare, education, and laboratory projects. You will collaborate with trade contractors to ensure scope coverage and accurate pricing.

The role emphasizes teamwork, learning, and applying software tools like Takeoff, MC 2 ICE, and CostOS to deliver precise estimates. A four-year degree or two years of related experience is required.

Qualifications

• Four-year degree in construction, engineering, or related field or minimum two years of equivalent experience.
• Construction internship as an estimator, project engineer, or superintendent preferred.
• Experience with healthcare, higher education, and/or laboratory projects with a commercial general contractor preferred.
• Excellent organizational skills, strong verbal and written communication, attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Reviews the construction documents to understand the scope of work.
• Quantifies and prices project components using On-Screen Takeoff, MC 2 ICE, and CostOS software platforms.
• Documents questions to be clarified by the design team prior to bidding.
• Prepares for, and effectively participates in, internal page flips and estimate reviews.
• Assists in final production of bids, proposals, or milestone preconstruction deliverables.
• Maintains and fosters good subcontractor relationships.
• Ensures good subcontractor participation for all scopes, for which they are responsible, before bid day.
• Obtains pricing from subcontractors and vendors, and effectively communicates with them to ensure scope coverage and estimate accuracy.
• Contributes to subcontractor minority participation goal achievement.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Organizational skills

Education

Construction/Engineering degree

Two years related experience

Tools

On-Screen Takeoff

MC 2 ICE

CostOS

Bluebeam Revu

Job description

Vaughn Construction, a regional Texas builder, seeks a junior estimator to verify materials, prepare cost estimates, and develop competitive bids for healthcare, education, and laboratory projects. You will collaborate with trade contractors to ensure scope coverage and accurate pricing.

The role emphasizes teamwork, learning, and applying software tools like Takeoff, MC 2 ICE, and CostOS to deliver precise estimates. A four-year degree or two years of related experience is required.