InEight Estimating Program Specialist

Bird Construction

$75K — $95K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in construction estimating or cost development
  • Hands-on experience with InEight Estimate is essential
  • Strong grasp of cost control, forecasting, and project execution
  • Demonstrated coaching skills to influence teams without direct authority

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a subject matter expert in InEight Estimate and Control
  • Coach teams on building and maintaining estimates in InEight
  • Drive adoption of standardized estimating structures and workflows
  • Identify usage gaps and provide practical guidance for improvement
  • Promote data integrity and alignment with reporting requirements
  • Act as a trusted advisor to bring real-world credibility to teams
  • Capture feedback to enhance estimating practices and system effectiveness

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and coaching
  • Access to advanced estimating tools and resources
  • Supportive work environment focused on continuous improvement
  • Collaboration with cross-functional project teams
  • Ability to impact key estimating practices across the organization
Full Job Description
InEight Estimating Program Specialist

This role is focused on enabling and coaching estimating and project teams in the effective use of InEight Estimate and InEight Control. Acting as a trusted advisor, the role leverages practical estimating experience to guide teams in building high-quality, standardized estimates that support reliable cost control, forecasting, and execution.

This is not a hands-on estimating role—success is measured by the capability built within teams, the quality of estimate structures, and consistent adoption of InEight and Estimate Conformance practices.

What You Will Be Working On

InEight Estimating Coaching & Enablement (Primary Focus)

  • Serve as a subject matter expert in InEight Estimate and Control
  • Coach estimators and project teams on building, structuring, and maintaining estimates within InEight
  • Drive consistent adoption of standardized estimate structures and workflows
  • Identify gaps in usage and provide practical, hands-on guidance to improve estimate quality and system maturity

Estimate Conformance & Data Integrity

  • Coach teams on Estimate Conformance as a critical control process
  • Guide alignment between estimate structure, execution strategy, and reporting requirements
  • Promote strong data integrity and consistency to enable reliable forecasting and cost control

Field Guidance & Capability Building

  • Act as a trusted advisor to estimators and project teams, bringing real-world credibility
  • Reinforce estimating best practices through InEight-enabled workflows
  • Support teams in strengthening the link between estimate, execution, and performance tracking

Standardization & Continuous Improvement

  • Promote One Bird estimating standards and consistent use of InEight tools
  • Reduce reliance on spreadsheets and non-standard tools through coaching and system adoption
  • Capture field feedback to improve estimating practices, standards, and system effectiveness

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of construction estimating / cost development experience
  • Direct, hands-on experience with InEight Estimate (required)
  • Strong understanding of cost control, forecasting, and project execution
  • Proven ability to coach, influence, and drive adoption without direct authority

What We Are Looking For

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