Senior Estimator & Bid Process Leader

PremiStar; Bensalem Township (Bucks County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work-life balance

Career growth

Strong leadership

Job summary

PremiStar is seeking a senior estimator leader to oversee and optimize our estimating process across sales, service and project teams. You will manage a team, review bids, validate pricing, and maintain accurate cost estimates to drive profitability.

The role requires 5+ years in construction estimating and a engineering/construction management degree, with strong communication and organizational skills. Office-based with potential for standard site visits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Construction Management or equivalent combinations of technical training and/or related experience.
• 5+ years experience in a construction estimating role, mechanical - preferred.

Responsibilities

• Hold key relationships with GC and Owners and work to expand, develop and build strong relationships
• Develop and work with estimating team to build and foster customer relationships
• Assess risk associated with various RFP and bid requests that are received daily
• Define and continue existing estimating process with the goal to improve over time
• Maintain bookings to match gross profit and labor expectations
• Outgoing proposals meet customer expectations, general conditions and design specifications
• Create a consistent and identical estimating process across sales, service and project departments
• Lead, manage and hold accountable the department's performance and team
• Develop positive relationships with coworkers, management, customers and vendors
• Utilize company technology, methods and forms for a common estimating process
• Review daily bid invites, select appropriate jobs for bid
• Self-perform select bids but work with estimating team for take offs
• Review weekly and monthly scorecards with individuals on the estimating team
• Review estimator take offs, labor, subs, scope of work, prior to bid submission
• Verify follow up on all bid events
• Validate pricing as accurate, current and meets specs for each bid
• Work with sales and service to assure all project bids are tracked and processed through departments
• Perform turnover with project team including all quotes, scopes and documents
• Follow upon post mortem project reviews with project management and finance
• Assist projects and service departments with proposal requests
• Attend walkthroughs when necessary
• Ensure department is led, managed and accountable for performance
• Ensure department receives high quality bid invites
• Work to ensure more owner direct work, negotiated work and high-end user work is developed
• Learn and understand the business, the processes, the customers and the employees
• Work with management team to create an exceptional workplace culture
• Ensure estimates are diligently performed, are accurate and risks are properly identified and costed
• Ensure estimating software and processes are used correctly and regularly maintained for accuracy

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Supervisory skills

Problem solving

Ability to read drawings

Team collaboration

Education

5+ years experience in construction estimating

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Construction Management

Tools

Estimating software

Job description

PremiStar is seeking a senior estimator leader to oversee and optimize our estimating process across sales, service and project teams. You will manage a team, review bids, validate pricing, and maintain accurate cost estimates to drive profitability.

The role requires 5+ years in construction estimating and a engineering/construction management degree, with strong communication and organizational skills. Office-based with potential for standard site visits.