Construction Estimator

Who You Are:

• Principled leader who inspires trust and collaboration through humility, integrity, and strong personal values.
• Owner, not a blamer—quick to take responsibility, slow to assign fault, and committed to finding a way forward.
• Optimistic problem-solver who stays composed under pressure, views challenges as opportunities, and approaches every obstacle with a solutions mindset.
•  Hungry learner who listens well, adapts quickly, and seeks continuous growth for yourself and your team.
• Disciplined decision-maker who understands that thoughtful, informed choices create lasting success for the project and its people.
• Clear communicator who speaks with purpose, listens deeply, and builds strong relationships across all stakeholders.
• Team-first professional who prioritizes quality, safety, and efficiency while lifting others up and celebrating shared wins.

Essential Functions and Abilities Required:

• Skillfully interprets and understands the components of a project and builds bid packages to capture all definable features of work.
• Ability to oversee the pursuit of multiple projects concurrently or engage in a single large project pursuit.
• Coordinates directly with project architects, designers, owners, subcontractors, and field personnel.
• Responsible for managing project information within our estimating outreach software.
• Can manage and track historical data on past pursuits, as well as maintain current cost data in our databases.
• Manages and distributes information during the project pursuit/preconstruction process: addendums, ASIs, pre-bid RFIs, preliminary schedules, standard contract documents, etc.
• Responsible for directly communicating to our clients and trade partners with estimate status and critical issues.
• Provide support and information to the preconstruction manager to ensure we are meeting the client deliverable dates and providing the specific requests of the RFP.
• Competency in utilizing our ITB software (Building Connected) and estimating/budgeting software (Destini).
• Ability to evaluate/level bids received by subcontractors and confidently present the “best value” subcontractor to the client.
• Assist with estimating hand-off to project teams.
• Ability to participate in constructability reviews to identify constructability issues, drawing discrepancies, VE options, etc.
• Support with project start-up and trade procurement.

Education / Experience / Requirements:

• A minimum of 2 years of experience as a construction estimator or project manager.
• Experience should be in commercial construction, preferably in Health Care (OSHPD), Life Sciences, Higher Education, and Office Improvements.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required.
• Proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite, Bluebeam, construction estimating software (Destini), bid solicitation/management software (Building Connected), project management software (Procore), and scheduling software (Microsoft Project). Experience and skills with OST, Sage/Timberline, Winest and other estimating software are also valuable.
• Interpersonal skills – ability to engage with clients, internal team members, and trade contractors in a constructive, productive way to overcome obstacles and achieve results.

Compensation/ Benefits / Location:

• $80,000 to $120,000 Annually 
• 401K, Dental, Medical, Vision, Health Savings Account, Life Insurance, Long Term Disability Mentorship
• Full-Time

We exist to improve the construction project environment by inspiring people to build together. For more information, visit http://www.alignbuilders.com