Senior Estimator

Job Description

Senior Estimator – High-Rise Residential & Commercial

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Jersey City, NJ

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$150,000 – $225,000 Base Salary (depending on experience) + Bonus + Full Benefits

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Are you a Senior Estimator who can build a full project budget from the ground up — not just level someone else’s bids — looking to join an established GC/CM where your number is the final number that goes into the bid?

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Do you want to own estimates end to end, from conceptual through to CDs, across the whole project and every trade — for a builder delivering high-rise residential, hotels, and commercial work, both ground-up and conversions?

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This Senior Estimator sits at the heart of a busy preconstruction team for an established general contractor delivering complex vertical building across high-rise residential, hospitality, office, and mixed-use — ground-up as well as conversions and renovations. This is a hands-on seat: you’ll build full project budgets from early-stage and conceptual information and run point on leading bids/pursuits. You’ll own takeoffs, pricing, General Requirements, bid levelling, scope-gap analysis, and value engineering. This is not a Chief Estimator or business-development seat — it’s for an estimator who wants to build the numbers themselves and be trusted to get them right.

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Candidate Background, Skills, and Experience

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• Must have commercial estimating / preconstruction experience with a GC/CM on vertical building — high-rise residential, hotels, office, or mixed-use (ground-up and/or conversions/renovations)
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• Must be able to build a full project budget from conceptual / early-stage documents through SD, DD, and CD — whole-project, across all trades including MEP
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• Strong takeoffs, pricing, General Requirements, bid levelling, scope-gap analysis, and value engineering
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• A hands-on estimator who owns the number directly — this is not a Chief Estimator or BD-focused role
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• Must be comfortable working full-time in-office, with some flexibility
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• Strong attention to detail, commercial judgment, and communication
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Training and Development

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• Exposure to complex ground-up and conversion projects across multiple commercial sectors
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• Direct collaboration with preconstruction and operations leadership
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• A clear path to grow within an established preconstruction team
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• Mentoring and ongoing development
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Compensation and Benefits

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• Base Salary: $150,000 – $225,000, depending on experience
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• Bonus
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• Full Healthcare Coverage
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• 401(k)
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• PTO
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