Senior Civil Estimator – Heavy Highway & Structures

Clean Energy & Infrastructure Services; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

William Charles Construction, a MasTec Company, is seeking a Senior Estimator with extensive heavy civil estimating experience. You will prepare cost estimates for heavy highway projects, earthwork, underground work, and PCC paving, with involvement in bids and pre-bid activities.

The role supports multiple Illinois and Indiana offices, requiring site visits and collaboration with clients and engineers. A degree in civil/structural engineering or construction management is required, along with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil/Structural Engineering or Construction Management.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in heavy civil estimating.
• Extensive experience with earthwork and underground is required; PCC paving and concrete knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Review, analyze and interpret contract documents for complete understanding of the work and owner deliverables to provide accurate, detailed cost estimates.
• Review opportunity pursuits and develop preliminary budget estimate and itemized summary for go/no-go evaluation.
• Identify critical issues and develop risk exposure summary with associated cost impacts
• Provide creative and innovative thinking to analyze and develop strategy and value engineering solutions.
• Effective communication and interaction with clients, engineers, subcontractors and suppliers
• Perform and review quantity takeoff comparisons to provide evaluation for accuracy and acceptance
• Work with scheduling staff and Operations to develop accurate and precise bid schedules
• Present complete and accurate estimates to ensure confidence in decision making.
• Company representation at pre-bids and site visits

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil/Structural Engineering or Construction Management

5+ years of heavy civil estimating experience

Tools

Bid2Win

Primavera P6

Bluebeam

AutoCAD

Job description

William Charles Construction, a MasTec Company, is seeking a Senior Estimator with extensive heavy civil estimating experience. You will prepare cost estimates for heavy highway projects, earthwork, underground work, and PCC paving, with involvement in bids and pre-bid activities.

The role supports multiple Illinois and Indiana offices, requiring site visits and collaboration with clients and engineers. A degree in civil/structural engineering or construction management is required, along with