Senior Commercial Estimator – Overhead Doors & Gates

Orion Placement; San Diego (CA); Sur place; USD 60 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Signing or relocation bonus

Commission on gross margin revenue

Health insurance

Retirement plan with 3% company match

Dental and vision

Résumé du poste

Confidential Employer in San Diego, CA, is seeking a senior commercial estimator to own the estimating function from bid intake to turnover. You will review plans, determine scope, obtain vendor pricing, and build cost estimates for doors and gates systems.

You will implement repeatable processes, manage bids, collaborate with contractors and vendors, and enjoy a commission on margins along with a $10,000 signing or relocation bonus. This on-site role offers growth within a growing team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial estimating experience required.
• 10+ years preferred.
• Direct overhead door estimating experience in the commercial door/gate industry is required.
• Ability to read commercial plans, specs, schedules, addenda, and bid documents.
• Experience obtaining vendor pricing and developing labor and material estimates.
• Strong understanding of risk, exclusions and proposal preparation.

Responsabilités

• Own commercial estimating from bid intake through proposal, award, and project handoff.
• Review plans, specifications, schedules, addenda, RFIs, and bid documents to identify the complete project scope.
• Perform takeoffs and estimate sectional overhead doors, rolling steel and coiling doors, fire‑rated doors, security shutters, high‑speed doors, dock equipment, operators, and related systems.
• Obtain manufacturer and vendor pricing and build accurate labor and material costs.
• Prepare complete commercial proposals with clear inclusions, exclusions, clarifications, and work-by-others language.
• Identify estimating risks, scope gaps, specification conflicts, and potential cost exposure before bids are submitted.
• Manage multiple active bids, deadlines, and follow‑up activities through award.
• Work directly with general contractors, builders, facility managers, manufacturers, and vendors.
• Support vendor negotiations and project buyout while protecting estimated margins.
• Create repeatable estimating processes, bid calendars, pricing databases, labor‑hour standards, and proposal templates.
• Partner with Project Management during turnover and compare actual project costs against estimates to improve future pricing.

Connaissances

Commercial estimating

Bid management

Reading plans & specs

Vendor pricing

Estimating software

Outils

Estimating software

Spreadsheets

Digital takeoff tools

Description du poste

Confidential Employer in San Diego, CA, is seeking a senior commercial estimator to own the estimating function from bid intake to turnover. You will review plans, determine scope, obtain vendor pricing, and build cost estimates for doors and gates systems.

You will implement repeatable processes, manage bids, collaborate with contractors and vendors, and enjoy a commission on margins along with a $10,000 signing or relocation bonus. This on-site role offers growth within a growing team.