Civil Estimator

Estimate the work, optimize the process, and help build what comes next.

About Sunset Valley Construction

We're a sitework and underground utilities contractor focused on building and maintaining essential infrastructure. We’re projecting to double in size over the next four years, and looking to bring more consistency, tracking, and clean handoffs to estimating as bid volume grows.

How You'll Contribute

As our first full-time Estimator, you’ll work directly with the owner to carry forward the estimating process he’s built and help it keep pace as SVC grows. This role exists to bring dedicated focus to the front end of our work, from the bids we pursue to the estimates our field and PM teams build from. Over time, the goal is for this seat to grow into a Senior or Chief Estimator role.

• Put the right work in front of SVC by seeking out and procuring projects to bid on, including new schools, apartment buildings, roads, subdivisions, infrastructure rebuilds, and warehouses ranging from $100K to $10M.
• Create estimates the field and PM team can trust, hand off cleanly, and build from.
• Bring full civil/site packages into one usable estimate by lining up excavation, utilities, grading, paving coordination, subcontractor scopes, alternates, and value engineering.
• Help owners, clients, and the project team understand the cost and quantity story behind the bid by reviewing project landscapes, completing takeoffs, organizing pricing, labor, equipment, and vendor/subcontractor input, and refining calculations with the owner before submission.
• Strengthen vendor and subcontractor relationships by gathering solid input, comparing scopes clearly, and keeping the bid process moving with the right information.
• Keep estimates grounded in real project conditions by occasionally visiting job sites, attending pre-bids, and meeting locally with owners and subcontractors.
• Help SVC make better bid decisions over time by tracking submitted bids, monitoring outcomes, and organizing win/loss information.
• Help make Cloudrig more useful by shaping how the software and built-in AI features improve consistency, clarity, and efficiency.

Who You Are

• You have 5+ years of heavy civil estimating experience in site work, excavation, earthwork, utilities, and/or paving and know your way around takeoffs, plans, drawings, specifications, and contracts.
• You’re comfortable estimating moderate to challenging civil/site packages where excavation, utilities, grading, paving, subcontractor scopes, alternates, and value engineering all affect the number.
• You hold bid dates and deadlines with care knowing other people are building their work around the numbers you produce.
• You like the takeoff world: the details, the comparisons, the pricing, the checks, and the clean organization that makes an estimate easier to trust.
• You can work inside an owner-built process while spotting ways to improve tracking, data, and handoffs.
• You bring humility to the work and can improve a process or learn from a miss with the owner and team, especially when better tracking, historical data, or a past bid points to a better way.

Even Better, But Not Required

• You have private and public estimating experience.
• You’ve used Construct-Connect, Cloudrig, Microsoft Office, or other estimating software for bids, takeoffs, estimates, and relationship-building.
• You've held a shovel in your hand and operated heavy equipment 

40-hour week, year-round, on-site, based in Ellington, CT. This role is about 95% office-based, with occasional job site visits, pre-bids, and local meetings with owners and subcontractors.

What’s In It For You

Tools

• New estimating software with AI built into it, including Cloudrig, Phantom Foxit, and Insite Elevation Pro.

Perks

• 2 pre-paid Southwest plane tickets anywhere in the USA once a year
• Mentorship and unlimited training (hands-on and digital) including leadership development
• Personal use of SVC equipment at any time (as long as it doesn’t interfere with work schedules)

• A family-first company with generous discretionary PTO
• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance after 3 months. 75% paid for all employees and immediate family
• 401K plan with a 3% company match after 3 months

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider applicants for employment based on qualifications and merit, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status.