SR. ESTIMATOR

SENIOR ESTIMATOR Heavy Civil Transportation Company: United Infrastructure Group, Inc.

Location: Charlotte, NC or Raleigh, NC Employment Type: Full Time Experience: Minimum 7 years Position Summary United Infrastructure Group is seeking a Senior Estimator with at least seven years of heavy-civil construction experience to lead transportation infrastructure estimates throughout North Carolina.

The Senior Estimator will manage assigned pursuits from initial review through bid submission and post-award handoff.

The position requires experience with heavy-highway and bridge construction, crew-based cost development, construction means and methods, scheduling, subcontractor/vendor quote coordination, risk evaluation and DOT requirements.

Key Responsibilities Lead complete estimates from pursuit review through final bid submission.

Review plans, specifications, addenda, contracts and other bid documents to identify scope gaps, discrepancies and contractual risks.

Manage and review quantity takeoffs and develop crew-based labor, equipment, material and production costs.

Establish bid items, work activities and estimate breakdown structures using Bid2Win.

Develop project execution plans, preliminary schedules, phasing, staging, access and major means-and-methods assumptions.

Evaluate constructability, geotechnical conditions, utility conflicts, environmental restrictions, maintenance of traffic and other factors affecting cost or production.

Develop value-engineering alternatives and incorporate appropriate risk mitigation, allowances and contingencies.

Analyze subcontractor and supplier proposals for scope, qualifications, exclusions and commercial risk.

Use historical cost, productivity and equipment data to validate estimating assumptions.

Coordinate with operations to confirm crews, production rates, equipment, logistics and sequencing.

Participate in site visits, pre-bid meetings, plan reviews, bid-strategy meetings and management reviews.

Prepare bid forms, pricing schedules, clarifications, qualifications and other proposal documents.

Maintain current knowledge of client specifications, bid procedures and market conditions.