Demo

Chief Estimator

American Electric Co., LLC
Mililani, HI Full Time
POSTED ON 9/26/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/23/2027

Position: Chief Estimator

Reports To: President

Subordinates: Lead Estimators, Estimators (I, II, III), Jr. Estimators

Job Overview: Responsible for overall bidding and construction backlog of company

Salary Group: $100,000. to $150,000. Depending on experience.

Software: MS Office, MS Outlook, MS Project, Conest, AutoCAD, Revit, Acrobat,

Bluebeam, MS Power BI

Objective Measures of Performance:

Financial Construction backlog across all islands

Ensure all proposals are in line with corporate GP margin targets

Operations Maintain staff levels across all island markets to support construction

Ensure estimating and proposal efforts are in line with Company SOP

Client Relation Maintain existing and develop new contractor client base business

Key Targeted Results (KTR):

Financial >9 month construction backlog each island

Proposal GP 20% overall average

Operations Annual budget construction manhours

Annual bid volume

Win ratio 30%

Client Relations Increase in negotiated work, develop GC relations with all major GC’s

Responsibilities:

Develop and implement standard operating process and procedures for estimating and

pre-construction

Identify, hire, and retain adequate estimation staff to support overall estimation efforts

Lead, and organize overall company pre-construction processes and efforts.

Ensure estimating software system is cost accurate and continually updated

Ensure estimating staff is knowledgeable and trained in use of the estimating software

and estimating processes and procedures

Estimate and lead the major RFP, bid proposal, as required.

Oversee and ensure that estimates are kept and stored as corporate knowledge

Receive and translate for use, the feedback from operations and construction team to

improve estimation and pre-construction efforts

Assist with contract review, and lead the pre-construction turnover effort

Pay: $100,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • AD&D insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $100,000 - $150,000

If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets
Employees: Get a Salary Increase
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other Chief Estimator jobs in the Mililani, HI area that may be a better fit.

  • Olgoonik Corporation Mililani, HI
  • American Electric and Olgoonik are Equal Opportunity Employers Overview: Objective Measures of Performance: Financial Construction backlog across all islan... more
  • 1 Day Ago

  • Olgoonik Corporation Mililani, HI
  • American Electric and Olgoonik are Equal Opportunity Employers Overview: Objective Measures of Performance: Financial Construction backlog across all islan... more
  • 5 Days Ago

AI Assistant is available now!

Feel free to start your new journey!