Senior Construction Cost Estimator - On-Site OKC (9/80)

Long Wave Inc.; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Li

Paid Time Off

9/80 Schedule with every other Friday

Job summary

Long Wave Inc. seeks a Construction Cost Analyst / Estimator with DoD project experience to deliver detailed estimates and field-backed cost data for infrastructure construction, including tower, RF, fiber, electrical, grounding, and civil scopes.

You will work under the Director of Field Operations to support bid strategy and serve proposal teams. The role requires strong Excel and scheduling tools knowledge, extensive takeoff skills, and the ability to manage multiple estimates to meet fixed

Qualifications

• Seven or more years of progressive estimating, field engineering, cost engineering, project controls, or construction analysis experience.
• Experience in communications infrastructure, telecommunications, tower construction, electrical, civil, utility, industrial, or federal construction.
• Demonstrated ability to perform detailed takeoffs and develop labor, equipment, material, subcontractor, and indirect-cost estimates.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and strong working knowledge of Microsoft Project or equivalent scheduling tools.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, statements of work, contract documents, and technical requirements.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and technical-writing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent estimates and meet fixed proposal deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Prepare detailed quantity takeoffs from drawings, specifications, statements of work, site information, and field observations.
• Develop labor, equipment, material, subcontractor, travel, logistics, and indirect-cost inputs for review by the Director of Field Operations.
• Prepare estimate workbooks, Basis of Estimate documentation, assumptions, clarifications, exclusions, scope narratives, and bid-risk summaries.
• Conduct constructability reviews and identify scope gaps, conflicts, access constraints, long-lead items, outage requirements, and execution risks.
• Participate in pre-bid meetings, site walks, technical reviews, proposal handoffs, and gate reviews.
• Support change-order pricing, independent cost checks, field-directed work analysis, and estimate-at-completion reviews.
• Maintain organized estimate files, vendor quotations, subcontractor proposals, supporting calculations, and audit-ready documentation.
• Provide timely status reporting on active estimates, pricing gaps, quote coverage, and outstanding technical inputs.

Skills

Excel

Microsoft Project

Drawings

Analytical

Project controls

Technical writing

Estimating

Tools

Bluebeam Revu

Gov. Eagle

Primavera P6

AutoCAD

Agtek

Procore

HeavyBid

Sage Estimating

Job description

Long Wave Inc. seeks a Construction Cost Analyst / Estimator with DoD project experience to deliver detailed estimates and field-backed cost data for infrastructure construction, including tower, RF, fiber, electrical, grounding, and civil scopes.

You will work under the Director of Field Operations to support bid strategy and serve proposal teams. The role requires strong Excel and scheduling tools knowledge, extensive takeoff skills, and the ability to manage multiple estimates to meet fixed