Estimator – Heavy Civil & Concrete Paving

Estimator – Heavy Civil & Concrete Paving

Company: Reede Construction, Inc.

Location: Aberdeen, SD — Home base/relocation required

Employment Type: Full-Time

Compensation: $85,000–$120,000+ per year, depending on experience, base salary + performance-based bonus incentive

Project Scope: Highway, DOT, FAA, municipal, federal, concrete paving, and heavy civil infrastructure projects

The Opportunity

Reede Construction, Inc.

is seeking an experienced Estimator – Heavy Civil & Concrete Paving to help identify, evaluate, price, and win profitable construction opportunities throughout the Upper Midwest.

This is more than a quantity takeoff position.

Reede Construction is looking for an estimator who understands how heavy civil work is actually built in the field and can translate plans, specifications, production assumptions, labor, equipment, materials, subcontractor pricing, schedule, and risk into accurate and competitive estimates.

The Estimator will work closely with Construction Management, field leadership, vendors, subcontractors, and company leadership to determine which opportunities Reede Construction should pursue and how those projects can be successfully executed.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on knowledge of heavy civil, highway, transportation, concrete paving, airport, DOT, or comparable infrastructure construction and combines strong analytical ability with practical construction judgment.

This position is based in Aberdeen, South Dakota, supporting projects throughout North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wyoming, and surrounding Upper Midwest markets.

How You Will Make an Impact


* Estimating & Bid Development


* Review plans, specifications, addenda, contracts, schedules, and proposal requirements to develop a complete understanding of project scope.


* Prepare detailed estimates for heavy civil, highway, airport, municipal, and concrete paving projects.


* Develop accurate quantity takeoffs for concrete paving, pavement removal, aggregate base and subbase, excavation, grading, geotextile, drainage, reinforcing steel, dowel and tie bars, curb and gutter, concrete structures, traffic control, mobilization, restoration, temporary work, and subcontracted scopes.


* Build complete estimates incorporating labor, equipment, materials, trucking, subcontractors, mobilization, indirect costs, general conditions, risk, contingency, overhead, and profit.


* Maintain organized estimating documentation and ensure bids are accurate, complete, and submitted on time.


* Production-Based Estimating


* Develop estimates around realistic field production rather than cost assumptions alone.


* Establish production assumptions for crew sizes, equipment utilization, truck cycles, working days, shift lengths, mobilizations, construction sequencing, and unit production.


* Evaluate production rates including cubic yards, square yards, linear feet, and tons per hour.


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