We are seeking a
Senior Estimator - General Contracting to join the team in Maryland. This is a hands-on opportunity to become the company's primary dedicated estimator, take ownership of complete GC estimates, and help build a more formal preconstruction function as the business continues to grow.
What You'll Do as the Senior Estimator - General Contracting:- Own General Contracting estimates from early budgeting through final bid
- Develop conceptual, schematic, design-development, negotiated, GMP, and hard-bid estimates
- Perform detailed quantity takeoffs and pricing
- Review drawings, specifications, contracts, addenda, and bid documents
- Solicit, review, level, and negotiate subcontractor and vendor proposals
- Develop clear scopes, assumptions, exclusions, and clarifications
- Evaluate labor, materials, equipment, subcontractor costs, and general conditions
- Identify scope gaps, constructability concerns, project risks, and value-engineering opportunities
- Support bid strategy and go/no-go decisions
- Participate in project turnover from preconstruction to Operations after award
- Maintain and improve historical pricing and cost information
- Build repeatable estimating workflows and standards
- Improve estimating consistency, accuracy, and internal communication
- Develop and maintain cost databases
- Conduct bid post-mortems and evaluate estimating performance
- Recommend improvements to estimating technology and process
- Help establish stronger preconstruction meetings and handoff procedures
- Build and maintain strong subcontractor and supplier relationships throughout Maryland, DC, and Virginia
- Expand the company's trade-partner network
- Maintain awareness of local pricing, market conditions, and subcontractor capacity
- Support smaller metal fabrication estimates during lighter GC bid periods when appropriate
- Contribute to light business-development and market outreach as needed
- Help determine future estimating and preconstruction staffing needs as the department grows
Must-Haves as the Senior Estimator - General Contracting:- Strong commercial General Contractor estimating experience
- Ability to independently produce complete estimates without relying on a Chief Estimator
- Strong understanding of construction means, methods, sequencing, scopes, and pricing
- Experience soliciting and leveling subcontractor bids
- Ability to manage multiple bids and deadlines simultaneously
- Strong Excel skills
- Hands-on takeoff and estimating capability
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Ability to work autonomously in a smaller contractor environment
- Comfort working in an organization where every process may not already be formalized
- Willingness to challenge and improve existing processes constructively
- Ability to work primarily onsite in Woodbine, Maryland
Nice-to-Haves as the Senior Estimator - General Contracting:- 7-15+ years of GC estimating or preconstruction experience
- Maryland, DC, or Northern Virginia market experience
- Existing local subcontractor relationships
- Government or federal estimating experience
- Davis-Bacon or prevailing wage experience
- Commercial tenant improvement experience
- Commercial fit-out experience
- Occupied renovation experience
- Historic renovation experience
- Higher education or institutional construction experience
- Secure facility experience
- Healthcare experience
- Gaming or hospitality construction experience
- Sacred-space or church construction experience
- Design-build experience
- Negotiated work experience
- Conceptual budgeting experience
- Experience improving estimating systems or processes
- Structural steel or miscellaneous metals estimating exposure
- Vista Viewpoint experience
- ProContractor experience
- Bluebeam experience
Benefits Offered:- Discretionary bonus opportunity
- Senior-level discretionary bonuses have historically ranged approximately $5,000-$20,000 depending on contribution and performance
- Medical insurance with approximately 80% of employee-only premium currently paid by the company
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- PTO with flexibility for senior hires
- Professional hires often start around three weeks of PTO
- Situational work-from-home flexibility
- Potential car allowance or company vehicle under consideration
- Direct access to executive leadership
- High level of autonomy and visibility
- Opportunity to become the company's primary dedicated estimator
- Ability to shape estimating and preconstruction processes
- Opportunity to influence technology selection and workflow
- Potential to build and eventually lead a larger estimating team
- Established family-owned company with strong recurring client relationships
- Small-company environment with meaningful impact and limited bureaucracy
