Senior Estimator

Command Performance Constructors; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary commensurate with经验

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Year-end performance bonuses

Direct access to ownership

Job summary

Command Performance Constructors, Inc. in Long Beach, CA seeks a Senior Estimator to lead commercial estimating, preconstruction, and business development. You will own estimates from takeoff to proposal, manage client relationships, and mentor junior estimators.

Reporting to the owner, you will set pricing strategy, ensure accuracy against drawings and specs, and drive growth by expanding bid opportunities across Southern California.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of civil estimating and takeoff experience across site concrete, asphalt paving, earthwork, underground utilities, and roadwork.
• Advanced command of construction means, methods, and equipment capabilities.
• Track record of winning work and Southern California relationships that open doors.
• Experience leading estimators while still producing your own estimates.
• Proficiency with estimating software, Microsoft Office, and Adobe Acrobat; RS Means a plus.
• Valid driver’s license, willingness to travel to job walks across California, and ability to pass a background check for access to federal installations.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial estimates end to end, including takeoffs, cost analysis, scheduling, and proposal development on projects from $100K to $10M.
• Review and verify bids from junior estimators against drawings, standards, and specifications before submission.
• Improve competitiveness via value engineering, alternative means and methods, and smarter equipment strategy.
• Present estimates and lead bid reviews with clients and senior management.
• Grow the pipeline by building client, subcontractor, and supplier relationships to appear on more bid lists.
• Report on bids and sales pipeline in weekly leadership meetings.
• Hand off wins to field operations with clear scope, schedule, and means and methods, then support preconstruction.
• Mentor the estimating staff and improve the systems behind them.

Skills

Leadership

Client relationship management

Mentoring

Cost analysis

Bid strategy

Education

B.S. in Civil Engineering

Construction Management

Tools

RS Means

Estimating software

Microsoft Office

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

Command Performance Constructors, Inc. (CPC) · Long Beach, CA · Full-Time

Own the number

CPC is an 8(a) graduate, A-licensed general contractor with three generations of family history in heavy civil. Since 1996 we've put up more than 3,000 projects across Southern California — site concrete, asphalt paving, grading, demolition, and underground utilities — for military, industrial, and commercial clients. We're financially strong, we like hard problems, and we don't stop short of superb.

We're hiring a Senior Estimator to lead commercial estimating, preconstruction, and business development.

Why this seat

You’ll lead estimating for CPC's commercial division and report directly to the owner — no layers, no committee. You'll set the pricing strategy, own the client relationships, and be the final signature on what goes out the door. You'll also be the senior technical eye on our junior estimators' work, and the person who makes them better.

If you're tired of your estimates disappearing into someone else's process, this is a different job.

What you'll do

• Lead commercial estimates end to end — takeoffs, cost analysis, schedule, and proposal development on projects from $100K to $10M.
• Review and verify bids from junior estimators, checking accuracy against the latest drawings, standards, and specifications before anything is submitted.
• Sharpen how we compete through value engineering, alternative means and methods, and smarter equipment strategy.
• Present estimates and lead bid reviews with clients and senior management.
• Grow the pipeline by building client, subcontractor, and supplier relationships that put us on more bid lists.
• Report on bids and sales pipeline in weekly leadership meetings.
• Hand off wins cleanly to field operations with clear scope, schedule, and means and methods — then support the team through preconstruction.
• Mentor the estimating staff and improve the systems behind them.

What you bring

• 10+ years of civil estimating and takeoff experience — site concrete, asphalt paving, earthwork, underground utilities, and roadwork.
• Advanced command of construction means, methods, and equipment capabilities.
• A track record of winning work, plus Southern California relationships that open doors.
• Experience leading estimators while still producing your own estimates.
• Proficiency with estimating software, Microsoft Office, and Adobe Acrobat. RS Means a plus.
• B.S. in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent experience.
• Valid driver's license, willingness to travel to job walks across California, and ability to pass a background check for access to federal installations.

What we offer

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Year-end performance bonuses for merit
• Direct access to ownership and real influence over how the company grows