Senior Estimator – Design-Build, Client-Facing, National

DBSI; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with Company Match

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Job summary

DBSI is seeking a Senior Estimator to join our preconstruction team, shaping budgets and strategies from concept through completion on national design-build projects. You will partner with clients, architects, and leadership to influence cost, scope, and value engineering, ensuring viable, competitive proposals.

You will work on ground-up and renovation projects, develop budgets, present to stakeholders, and guide teams through design development with a focus on accuracy and client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of commercial construction estimating experience.
• Proven experience in a design-build organization.
• Proven experience developing and presenting budgets directly to clients.
• Strong understanding of conceptual estimating, budgeting, forecasting, and cost management.

Responsibilities

• Develop conceptual budgets, detailed estimates, budget validations, and project proposals.
• Ground-up commercial construction projects.
• Renovations and remodels.
• Review project drawings, specifications, and design intent to develop accurate budgets.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and value-engineering solutions.
• Lead cost planning efforts from concept through construction documentation.
• Present project budgets and cost information directly to clients and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with architects, designers, project managers, and operations teams.
• Communicate project costs, assumptions, and recommendations clearly.
• Support DBSI's integrated design-build process and value proposition.

Skills

Communication

Presentation

Client relationships

Budgeting

Cost management

Cost forecasting

Team collaboration

Risk management

Tools

BuildingConnected

Excel

MS Office

Blueprint interpretation

Job description

DBSI is seeking a Senior Estimator to join our preconstruction team, shaping budgets and strategies from concept through completion on national design-build projects. You will partner with clients, architects, and leadership to influence cost, scope, and value engineering, ensuring viable, competitive proposals.

You will work on ground-up and renovation projects, develop budgets, present to stakeholders, and guide teams through design development with a focus on accuracy and client satisfaction.