Senior Estimator

Job Description

Job Description

SENIOR ESTIMATOR / PRECONSTRUCTION MANAGER                   Heavy Civil | Earthwork | Site Development

Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Compensation: $90,000–$130,000 annually, DOE, plus performance-based bonus
Position: Full-Time

About the Opportunity                                                                                               We are a growing horizontal construction contractor seeking an experienced Senior Estimator / Preconstruction Manager to lead our estimating operations.

We specialize in earthwork, grading, underground utilities, drainage, paving, and site development. Our projects range from $100,000 to more than $10 million.

We are seeking a highly capable professional who understands how construction is actually performed—not simply how to prepare a takeoff.

Key Responsibilities

• Independently manage estimates and bids from initial review through final proposal.
• direct experience estimating for a self-performing horizontal construction contractor
• Perform quantity takeoffs, cost analysis, and production-based estimating.
• Evaluate plans, specifications, geotechnical reports, and site conditions.
• Develop labor, equipment, material, trucking, and subcontractor costs.
• Identify project risks, scope gaps, and value-engineering opportunities.
• Coordinate preconstruction planning and project handoffs.
• Analyze estimated versus actual job costs to improve profitability.
• Collaborate with our software developer to refine our estimating platform.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of heavy civil, earthwork. Site development estimating experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of excavation, grading, underground utilities, drainage, and paving.
• Thorough understanding of equipment productivity, field operations, and costs.
• Experience independently estimating and managing complex projects.
• Proficiency with construction estimating software.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
• Field construction or project management experience is highly desirable.
• Comfortable working with emerging technology.

Compensation & Opportunity                                                                    

Performance Bonus: Target opportunity of $20,000–$25,000 annually.

This is a key leadership position with substantial autonomy and the opportunity to help shape the company's estimating and preconstruction operations as we expand.

To Apply: Submit your resume and a brief description of the largest or most complex horizontal construction project you have independently estimated.