Senior Estimator - Commercial Construction

POWERHOUSE RETAIL SERVICES LLC; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

POWERHOUSE RETAIL SERVICES LLC is seeking a Senior Estimator to manage the Estimating Department, oversee bid preparation, and guide cost projections for materials, labor, and program management across retail projects.

The role emphasizes leadership, process development, and mentorship to ensure accurate, timely submittals, while coordinating with subcontractors, architects, and engineers to mitigate risk and improve bid quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent experience/training.
• At least four (4) years’ experience estimating commercial, retail, multi-family projects.
• Must possess strong leadership qualities and organizational skills.
• Must possess strong time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and assign opportunities utilizing established systems and processes.
• Lead and execute the estimating efforts for the organization that align with Company objectives.
• Identify risks and opportunities related to pricing strategy and propose solutions.
• Analyze complex projects and divide work into functional stages for multiple estimators/teams.
• Develop systems and processes to improve efficiency and accuracy of the estimating team and processes.
• Supervise team members, negotiate with subcontractors, architects, engineers, and construction managers.
• Lead the estimating team to produce comprehensive proposals including program management plans and bid documents.

Skills

Leadership

Time management

Written & verbal communication

Detail-oriented

Team coaching

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Estimating software

Project management software

Job description

Description

The Senior Estimator is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Estimating Department with the focus of managing assignments and schedules to ensure that all proposals include accurate projected execution costs including materials, labor and program management for all project requirements. This position’s goal is to mitigate risk, ensure timely and accurate submittal of proposals, and oversee departmental schedule. This position also assists in developing guidelines and processes as well as talent development and mentorship.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage and Assign opportunities utilizing established systems and processes.
• Maintain team and talent balance while considering factors such as priority deadlines, risk mitigation, and complexity of submittal.
• Lead and execute the estimating efforts for the organization that align with Company objectives.
• Identify risks and opportunities related to Company’s pricing strategy and proactively propose solutions that support Company objectives.
• Analyze the impact of decisions/changes for bid submittals. Apply key learnings to future bids. Train team members on key learnings
• Analyze complex projects, dividing work categories into functional stages upon which several estimators/teams may be assigned to contribute resources.
• Develop systems and process to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the estimating team and processes.
• Manage team members to work, communicate, present, and negotiate directly with sub-contractors, construction managers, architects, engineers.
• Lead the estimating team and/or work independently to create comprehensive proposals to both simple and complex client opportunities. Including by not limited to program management plan, Q&A responses, identification of project concerns, bid document submittals, etc.
• Lead the estimating team to high level of performance while operating a deadline driven environment.
• Train all estimating team members on industry best practices and company specific best practices. Create an environment of continual learning and applying real time industry information.
• Create and maintain a system where team members coach, evaluate and approve peers and subordinates’ bids prior to submission to improve accuracy and mitigate risk.
• Supervise others and/or directly prepare detailed quantity take-offs (quantity), develop assumed specifications (quality), and assign market accurate cost factors in preparing accurate estimates for projects.
• Supervise others and/or directly receive and evaluate subcontractor quotes for applicable scopes and alignment with Contractor bid documents. Qualify vendor proposals to ascertain scope duplication and/or omissions/exclusions.
• Supervise others and/or directly draft/negotiate written Subcontractor Scopes of Work to establish clear expectations with Subcontracted entity and help avoid omissions.
• Partner with Operations to collect and analyze execution data and feedback and apply key learnings to future bid opportunities.
• Utilize Time Management and Organizational skills to service multiple projects and priorities during the course of a business day.
• Actively participate in internal and external pre-bid reviews, post-bid reviews, internal turnover meetings, after action review meeting, quarterly business meetings.
• Performs other responsibilities as necessary.

Requirements

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE and TRAINING:

Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university preferred or equivalent experience/training.

At least four (4) years’ experience estimating commercial, retail, multi-family projects ranging in various sizes, during which the candidate was involved in both estimating and purchasing activities.

Wide general knowledge base, networking and recent interaction with sub-tier vendors, public authorities, and utilities in the region.

Must possess strong leadership qualities and organizational skills.

Must possess strong time management skills.

Must possess a strong sense of urgency.

Must possess strong written and verbal communication skills and be comfortable presenting.

Must be comfortable in an ever-changing environment.

Self-motivated, reliable and attention to detail is a must.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications and applicable software systems.

Proficient with construction estimating, construction document take-off and bidding software systems.

Proficient with project management software applications.

WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. This position works in an environment with moderate noise level. (Examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic). Usual office environment with frequent sitting, walking, standing, and occasional climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching and balancing. Frequent use of eye, hand, and finger coordination enabling the use of office machinery. Oral and auditory capacity enabling interpersonal communication as well as communication through automated devices such as telephone. The employee must occasionally lift and /or move up to 20 pounds.

Note: Nothing in this job specification restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Critical features of this job are described under various headings above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. The above statements are strictly intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees in this position.