Senior SPW Estimator - Drywall & Self-Performing Costs

DPR Construction; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

DPR Construction is seeking an experienced SPW Estimator to prepare detailed Self-Perform Work cost estimates that support project planning, bidding, and operational decisions.

The role requires evaluating materials, labor, and production methods across multiple trades, collaborating with project teams, and ensuring estimates reflect current market conditions and risks. DPR emphasizes health benefits and professional growth as part of its inclusive culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.
• 4–6 years of experience in estimating, preconstruction, or cost analysis for self-perform or construction projects required.

Responsibilities

• Prepares comprehensive SPW cost estimates, integrating material, labor, equipment, and production data for multiple scopes.
• Analyzes drawings, models, and specifications to validate quantities, identify risks, and confirm scope completeness.
• Collaborates with field leaders, engineers, and project teams to verify production rates and align estimates with execution plans.
• Coordinates with procurement teams to evaluate vendor and supplier pricing for SPW materials and equipment, leveling supplier and trade partner bids for SPW work, ensuring consistency with project assumptions and identifying variances.
• Develops variance analyses and cost studies to support value engineering and constructability discussions.
• Coordinates with scheduling and operations teams to ensure SPW scope aligns with phasing, access, and sequencing plans, and maintains historical cost and production data to support continuous improvement in estimating accuracy.
• Communicates estimate assumptions, findings, and recommendations clearly to project stakeholders, and identifies SPW-related risks, constraints, and uncertainties and incorporates appropriate allowances or contingencies in partnership with operations teams.

Job description

DPR Construction is seeking an experienced SPW Estimator to prepare detailed Self-Perform Work cost estimates that support project planning, bidding, and operational decisions.

The role requires evaluating materials, labor, and production methods across multiple trades, collaborating with project teams, and ensuring estimates reflect current market conditions and risks. DPR emphasizes health benefits and professional growth as part of its inclusive culture.