Estimating Intern

Description

Conti Federal Services is a leading global construction and engineering company that has delivered some of the most demanding projects for the U.S. federal government. With roots dating back more than 115 years, Conti Federal specializes in disaster preparedness and recovery, classified and secure construction, critical infrastructure, and environmental remediation. We offer world-class service to our clients while remaining committed to our core values of safety, integrity, and compliance.

With offices located worldwide, the Conti Federal team prides itself on its diverse workforce and promotes an entrepreneurial and energetic atmosphere. We are looking for a candidate with a can-do attitude who wants to join our growing team, which is filled with boundless professional opportunities and career progression. We are committed to individual career development by offering a challenging yet learning-oriented culture that seeks to retain and promote from within the organization.

If you are looking to join a fast-paced and dynamic company, we want to hear from you!

To learn more about Conti Federal, please visit

The "home office" for this position is in Orlando, FL. Actual work location will also be in Orlando.

Internship Program

Conti Federal Services is accepting Summer 2026 internship applications for various positions within our organization. During your internship, you will collaborate with a diverse team of professionals to build upon the skills you are learning through your education.

• Competitively paid internship.
• Housing, Meals, Incidentals, and Local Transportation may be provided in accordance with your offer letter, where applicable.
• Potential to be considered for an international internship, if desired.
• Company paid mid-point rotation home, where applicable.
• Remote/telecommute options available based on position.

General Position Description

The Estimating Intern bids and helps win highly profitable and constructible projects that have pricing strategies developed to maximize our return, cash flow, and avoid any losses during project execution.

Heavy focus on construction of military buildings, building renovations with secure spaces, hangar buildings/aircraft support spaces, maintenance facilities, operations facilities, and mission critical environments.


The Estimating Intern is responsible for the coordination of bid documents, labor productions, subcontractor and vendor pricing, subcontractor and vendor buyouts, project start-up meetings, owner estimates, subcontractor and vendor requisitions and cost-to-completes.

Responsibilities

• Thoroughly investigates the specifications, scope of work, and drawings for his/her portion of a bid for completion, submits formal requests for information (RFI), and develops a complete understanding of the requirements.
• Accurately and timely performs takeoffs and calculations and analyzes data.
• Attends team kick off and schedule oversight meetings, and/or additional reviews.
• Attends pre-bid meetings (if possible), to evaluate existing conditions and identify and capture any scope that may not be included in the design documents.
• Supports estimating team in the set-up of the estimate, estimate schedule, and responsibility matrix
• Contacts subcontractors for bid solicitation on all upcoming bids.
• Ensures all subcontractors and vendors receive the company's standard Terms and Conditions before submitting a quotation.
• Coordinate subcontractor bid lists Operations for bidding.
• Distributes documents for subcontractor bidding.
• Participate in internal estimate review meetings.
• Prepare subcontractor bid forms and subcontractor bid recording sheets for assigned trades, evaluate subcontractor bids for scope inclusions and exclusions, and identification of scope gaps and overlaps, coordinate with other estimator's trades.
• Assist in developing plans to improve Estimating templates, workflows, and standards.
• Extract pricing data from previous bid efforts to add to a cost history database
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• For Security Clearance Requirements - must be a US Citizen, as required.
• Enrolled in a bachelor's degree program for Engineering, Architecture or Construction Management.
• Excellent teamwork, communication, and people skills a must.
• Has a solid time management system and demonstrates excellent organizational skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, etc.), On Screen Takeoff (OST), PlanSwift, Bluebeam, plan, and spec reading.

All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment must take a pre-employment drug test and receive a negative result as a condition of hire.

Conti Federal is an equal opportunity employer and does not promote or enforce any preferences or workforce balancing on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual preference, religion, or national origin.