Salt Lake City, UT | $85,000–$110,000

Ready to Make the Numbers Behave?

We’re looking for an Estimator who knows that construction estimating is equal parts math, strategy, detective work, and occasionally figuring out why three different documents seem to disagree about the same square footage.

If you’re the person who can look at plans, specifications, scopes, subcontractor bids, material pricing, and project requirements and somehow turn all of that information into a clear, competitive, and accurate estimate, we want to hear from you.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Estimator who enjoys having a seat at the table and wants their work to matter. You’ll play a key role in determining how projects are priced, pursued, planned, and ultimately won. You’ll work closely with project management, operations, subcontractors, vendors, and leadership to develop estimates that are competitive without being reckless and profitable without being imaginary.

In other words, we need someone who understands that “close enough” is not an estimating strategy.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As the Estimator, you’ll take projects from the first set of drawings through the final proposal, bringing organization, curiosity, technical knowledge, and a healthy respect for decimal points along the way.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Review plans, specifications, drawings, bid documents, addenda, contracts, and project requirements.

• Perform detailed quantity takeoffs and develop accurate material, labor, equipment, and subcontractor estimates.

• Analyze project scopes and identify potential cost drivers, exclusions, assumptions, risks, and opportunities.

• Prepare detailed estimates, bid summaries, proposals, and supporting documentation.

• Solicit and evaluate subcontractor and vendor pricing.

• Compare bids carefully and make sure apples are actually being compared to apples, rather than apples to a suspiciously inexpensive orange.

• Maintain organized estimating files and documentation throughout the bidding process.

• Review project plans for inconsistencies, missing information, conflicts, and potential constructability concerns.

• Participate in pre-bid meetings, site walks, scope reviews, and project turnover meetings.

• Communicate with subcontractors, suppliers, vendors, architects, engineers, owners, and internal project teams.

• Follow up on outstanding quotes and ensure all major scopes are properly covered.

• Develop detailed cost breakdowns and assist with value-engineering opportunities.

• Review historical project costs and use previous project data to improve future estimates.

• Help identify potential project risks before they become expensive surprises.

• Track changing material costs, labor conditions, subcontractor availability, and other market factors that may influence project pricing.

• Prepare estimates that reflect both the project requirements and the realities of getting the work built.

• Assist with proposal preparation and ensure estimates are submitted accurately and on time.

• Participate in estimate reviews with leadership and project teams.

• Assist with project handoffs from estimating to operations.

• Maintain strong relationships with subcontractors and vendors.

• Stay organized when multiple bids are moving at once, because apparently construction has never heard of the concept of “one thing at a time.”

• Continuously improve estimating processes, templates, databases, and procedures.

• Support special estimating projects and other responsibilities as needed.

WHAT MAKES YOU A GREAT FIT

We’re looking for someone who brings more than spreadsheet skills. The ideal candidate understands construction, asks smart questions, pays attention to details, and knows when a number deserves a second look.

You should have:

• Previous estimating experience within the construction industry.

• Strong understanding of construction plans, specifications, scopes, and sequencing.

• Experience performing detailed quantity takeoffs.

• Strong mathematical and analytical abilities.

• Ability to interpret drawings and technical documents.

• Strong understanding of construction costs, labor, materials, equipment, and subcontractor pricing.

• Experience soliciting and analyzing subcontractor and vendor bids.

• Strong organizational and time-management skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication.

• Strong computer skills and the ability to learn new estimating technology quickly.

• Ability to manage multiple estimates and deadlines simultaneously.

• Strong attention to detail without losing sight of the bigger picture.

• Ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively with project teams.

• A practical understanding of how estimates translate into real-world construction.

Experience with estimating software, Bluebeam, Excel, Procore, Planswift, On-Screen Takeoff, or similar platforms is highly valued.

THE PERSONALITY PIECE

Let’s be honest: estimating isn’t for everyone.

It takes someone who enjoys solving puzzles, spotting inconsistencies, asking “why?”, and occasionally becoming emotionally invested in whether a subcontractor actually included that line item.

You’ll thrive here if you are:

Analytical enough to dig into the details.

Curious enough to investigate when something doesn’t add up.

Organized enough to keep dozens of moving pieces under control.

Confident enough to challenge a number when your gut, experience, or spreadsheet says something is off.

Collaborative enough to work with people across the entire organization.

Competitive enough to want to win work, but disciplined enough to understand that winning every project at any price is not actually winning.

Accountable enough to stand behind your estimates.

And, ideally, quirky enough to enjoy construction, because every day brings a new drawing revision, a new question, or a new opportunity to discover that someone forgot to mention an important detail.

WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS

Estimators are often the people behind the curtain making the numbers work before anyone ever steps onto the jobsite.

Your work helps determine which opportunities make sense, how projects are approached, where risks exist, and whether the company can deliver a successful project from both a construction and financial standpoint.

You won’t simply be filling out spreadsheets.

You’ll be helping shape the future workload of the company.

You’ll influence strategy.

You’ll help identify opportunities.

You’ll help protect profitability.

And when a project gets awarded because the estimate was sharp, competitive, thoughtful, and accurate, you’ll know you helped put that project on the board.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

Within your first year, success means becoming someone the team trusts when the numbers matter.

You’ll know the drawings.

You’ll understand the scope.

You’ll know which subcontractors provide reliable pricing.

You’ll recognize potential trouble before it becomes trouble.

You’ll be comfortable defending your assumptions.

You’ll produce accurate estimates without needing someone standing over your shoulder.

And you’ll become the person others call when they need to know, “What is this project really going to cost?”

If that question sounds more interesting than intimidating, you may have just found your next opportunity.

Salary: $85,000–$110,000

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

If you’re an Estimator who likes numbers, construction, competition, problem-solving, and the occasional beautifully organized spreadsheet, we should talk.