Lead Heavy Civil Estimator

Job Description

Job Description

About the role

As the Lead Heavy Civil Estimator, you will set the pace for winning work across roadway, underground utilities, drainage, and structural concrete. You will transform plans, specifications, and addenda into accurate, compliant, and competitive estimates for municipal, county, utility authority, state-funded, and private development projects. You will drive bid strategy, coordinate with partners, and mentor the estimating team while continuously improving how we estimate.

A day in the life

You start by reviewing drawings, standard specifications, special provisions, geotechnical reports, and late-breaking addenda to frame scope, risks, and opportunities. In Bluebeam and Excel, you perform meticulous takeoffs for roadway sections; storm drainage and storm sewer; water and sanitary systems, both wet and dry utilities; and concrete flatwork and structural concrete. You build detailed estimates in HeavyBid, calibrating crews and productions with historical performance, market conditions, and owner-specific bid item structures. You solicit, level, and align quotes from subcontractors and suppliers, ensuring scopes match and participation goals such as DBE, HUB, and EEO are met. Throughout, you partner with Project Managers, Superintendents, and Division Leaders to validate constructability, schedule impacts, and risk exposure, capturing assumptions in organized estimate files and logs.

As bid day approaches, you finalize itemized bid tabs, proposal forms, and schedules of values, and assemble complete, compliant submittals. You lead communication with vendors and subs, clarify scope and terms, and collect compliance documentation. Between pursuits, you tune our pricing libraries for labor, equipment, and materials; refine SOPs, templates, and workflows; contribute to internal training; and mentor Estimators and Junior Estimators. You attend pre-bid meetings, site walks, and owner conferences, shaping win strategies. You also support budgets, negotiated work, change order pricing, and other estimating department priorities as assigned.

What you will do

• Analyze plans, specifications, provisions, geotechnical reports, and addenda to produce accurate and competitive civil estimates.
• Complete detailed quantity takeoffs for roadway, drainage, storm sewer, water and sanitary utilities (wet and dry), concrete flatwork, structural concrete, and related scopes using Bluebeam and Excel.
• Develop robust estimates in HeavyBid leveraging production history, crew data, cost trends, and owner bid item structures.
• Scope, solicit, compare, and align subcontractor and supplier quotes across public and private owners.
• Ensure compliance with DBE, HUB, EEO, and other participation requirements as applicable.
• Maintain pricing libraries for materials, equipment, and labor with current market and historical inputs.
• Assemble complete proposals including bid tabs, forms, schedules of values, and required submission documents.
• Collaborate with project leadership to confirm constructability, risks, and schedule considerations.
• Lead communication with vendors and subs for solicitations, clarifications, and compliance paperwork.
• Keep organized bid files, estimating logs, proposal calendars, and digital structures.
• Improve estimating SOPs, templates, workflows, and internal training resources.
• Engage in pre-bid meetings, site visits, owner sessions, and internal strategy discussions.
• Lead and mentor Estimators and Junior Estimators to uphold standards and competitiveness.
• Support budgets, negotiated work, and change order pricing when needed.
• Perform other duties in support of the estimating department.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or similar preferred.
• 7 or more years estimating heavy civil work spanning roadway, utilities, drainage, and structural concrete.
• Track record with public infrastructure for municipal, county, utility authority, or state-funded owners; TxDOT experience is a plus.
• Advanced skill with HeavyBid, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Excel.
• Fluency in public agency bid structures and participation programs (DBE, HUB, EEO) and how to compete within them.
• Proven ability to analyze scope, execute detailed takeoffs, build complete bids, and shape bid strategy.
• Clear, professional communication with internal teams, subcontractors, suppliers, and public stakeholders.
• Highly organized, deadline-driven, and proactive about risk, systems improvement, and institutional knowledge.
• Demonstrated leadership, including mentoring junior estimators.

Work environment and physical requirements

This position is primarily office-based, involving extended computer work and typical office equipment. Periodic site visits may include walking uneven ground, climbing stairs, standing for portions of the day, working outdoors in varied weather, and occasionally lifting or carrying up to 20 pounds.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Company-paid basic dental, life coverage, and short- and long-term disability.
• Optional voluntary coverages such as supplemental life, accident, critical illness, and pet insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Quarterly bonus program.
• PTO, paid holidays, and a paid winter company break for eligible roles.
• Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources.
• Tuition reimbursement with support for continuing education.
• Scholarships for dependents of eligible employees.
• Company gatherings, community involvement opportunities, and quarterly State of the Company meetings.

Equal opportunity and work authorization

E-Z Bel Construction, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage all qualified individuals to apply, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status.

E-Z Bel Construction, LLC participates in E-Verify, a federal system that allows enrolled employers to confirm the employment eligibility of newly hired employees.