As a premier, nationally recognized leader in industrial, heavy civil, and marine construction, our client delivers fully integrated waterfront solutions. The Senior Marine Estimator leads high-stakes cost modeling and bidding for complex port, dock, and marine projects—backed directly by a massive self-perform marine fleet, specialized deep foundation rigs, and state-of-the-art fabrication facilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Full-Scope Marine Bidding: Develop complete, bottom-up estimates for complex marine infrastructure, pile driving over water, docks, bulkheads, cellular cofferdams, and waterfront civil scope.
- Operational & Access Modeling: Partner with field operations, engineering, and fabrication teams to set accurate crew sizing, marine plant selection, and water-borne production rates.
- Risk & Strategy Reviews: Evaluate constructability, site logistics, and environmental constraints, presenting pricing strategy directly to executive leadership prior to bid submission.
- Vendor Procurement: Pressure-test and negotiate pricing from specialty subcontractors, material suppliers, and equipment providers.
- Cost Calibration: Track post-project job costs against estimate assumptions to continuously sharpen future bidding production rates.
Qualifications
- Marine Estimating Expertise: 7+ years estimating marine structures, deep foundations, driven piling over water, and heavy civil waterfront projects.
- Bottom-Up Cost Modeling: Proven capability building complete estimates from scratch (labor, equipment, materials, subcontracts, and indirects).
- Technical Literacy: Ability to translate complex engineering drawings, geotechnical reports, and specifications into realistic operational estimates.
Key Advantages
- Unmatched Self-Perform Capacity: Win bids backed by an extensive company-owned marine fleet, heavy crane capacity, and in-house structural and pipe fabrication shops.
- Proven Industry Leader: Supported by decades of financial strength, top-tier safety performance, and a dominant regional footprint in heavy marine and industrial construction.
- Agile Private Ownership: Direct access to executive decision-makers and field leadership without corporate red tape.