Senior Heavy Civil Estimator: Path to Chief Estimator

Metric Geo; Salisbury (MA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium medical, dental, and vision (1

50% family coverage

Bonus program

401k and profit sharing

Paid holidays

Professional development and training

Job summary

Metric Geo in Salisbury, MA is seeking a Senior Heavy Civil Estimator who can price complex roadwork and sitework while understanding build methods. The role backs into a long-term path toward Chief Estimator, with mentoring responsibilities and close work with leadership and operations.

The candidate should bring 5–10 years of heavy civil estimating experience, strong plan reading, and the ability to develop Primavera pre-award and baseline schedules.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of heavy civil estimating experience.
• Ability to estimate from field production, not just historical unit prices.
• Strong plan reading, specs review, and quantity takeoffs.
• Ability to create pre-award schedules and baseline schedules.
• Calm judgment, accountability, willingness to learn the company's approach.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review estimates for roadwork, sitework, paving, drainage, utilities, earthwork, concrete and subcontracted scopes.
• Perform and review quantity takeoffs from plans, profiles, cross sections, bid forms and specifications.
• Build estimates from labor, equipment, materials, trucking, subcontractors, vendors and production assumptions.
• Create Primavera pre-award schedules for bid strategy, phasing, procurement, MOT, milestones and project duration.
• Create Primavera baseline schedules after award for owner submission and project control.
• Review subcontractor and vendor quotes for scope gaps, exclusions and schedule risk.
• Participate in bid reviews and support the handoff from estimating to operations.
• Help mentor junior estimators and grow toward estimating department leadership.

Skills

Heavy civil estimating

Roadwork/sitework understanding

Pre-award scheduling

Baseline scheduling

Plan/spec reading

Quantity takeoffs

Vendor/subcontractor review

Mentoring juniors

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Metric Geo in Salisbury, MA is seeking a Senior Heavy Civil Estimator who can price complex roadwork and sitework while understanding build methods. The role backs into a long-term path toward Chief Estimator, with mentoring responsibilities and close work with leadership and operations.

The candidate should bring 5–10 years of heavy civil estimating experience, strong plan reading, and the ability to develop Primavera pre-award and baseline schedules.