Senior Commercial Estimator – Ground-Up & Value Engineering

Smartsearchonline; Bellflower (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly Phone Allowance

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) with Company Matching

Paid Time Off

Section 125 Plan and Flexible Spending

Job summary

Smartsearchonline is seeking an experienced Estimator for our Bellflower, CA office. The role involves preparing accurate cost estimates for commercial construction projects from concept to construction documents, interpreting drawings, and developing pricing for labor, materials, and subcontractors.

The candidate will manage multiple estimates under tight deadlines. The ideal candidate has 5–7 years of estimating experience in commercial construction, a related bachelor's degree, and

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of verifiable experience estimating commercial construction projects preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• Strong ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, details, project manuals, and other construction documents.
• Experience performing detailed quantity takeoffs and developing labor, material, and equipment estimates.
• Knowledge of conceptual estimating, hard bids, negotiated bids, budgets, general conditions, general requirements, and value engineering.
• Familiarity with both conceptual and self-perform estimating.

Responsibilities

• Prepare cost estimates from preliminary information through completed construction documents, including conceptual, schematic design, design development, and construction document estimates.
• Review and interpret construction drawings, specifications, addenda, project manuals, and other bid documents to develop a thorough understanding of the scope of work.
• Perform detailed quantity takeoffs for materials, labor, equipment, and other project requirements.
• Develop labor and material pricing using current market rates, supplier pricing, subcontractor input, and historical cost information.
• Prepare estimates for preconstruction, hard bids, negotiated bids, design-build projects, budgets, general conditions, general requirements, and value-engineering exercises.
• Prepare and maintain estimates using company estimating software and established estimating procedures.
• Develop detailed scope sheets and control estimates for assigned trades.
• Evaluate project scope for completeness and identify potential scope gaps, constructability concerns, and cost impacts.
• Identify and evaluate value-engineering opportunities and alternative construction methods or materials.

Skills

Estimating

Quantity takeoffs

Cost analysis

Bid preparation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, or related field

Tools

Bluebeam

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Estimating software

Job description

Smartsearchonline is seeking an experienced Estimator for our Bellflower, CA office. The role involves preparing accurate cost estimates for commercial construction projects from concept to construction documents, interpreting drawings, and developing pricing for labor, materials, and subcontractors.

The candidate will manage multiple estimates under tight deadlines. The ideal candidate has 5–7 years of estimating experience in commercial construction, a related bachelor's degree, and