Senior​/Lead Estimator

Senior / Lead Estimator — Heavy Civil / Highway

Charlottesville, Virginia (Central Virginia), Direct Hire, Competitive Pay + Full Benefits

Numbers are your language. Winning is your goal. If you’re the kind of senior estimator who digs into the details, builds tight bids, and takes pride in landing profitable work — we’ve got a seat with your name on it.

As a well-established force in transportation, bridge, highway, and heavy civil construction, we’re growing our central Virginia team and looking for a Senior/Lead Estimator to lead bids on projects ranging from $5M to $60M.

• A proven organization that pursues the right projects and wins them
• A real voice in project selection, bid strategy, and execution
• The chance to mentor and lead junior estimators as the bench grows
• Top-tier compensation in a market where strong estimators are hard to find
• A full pipeline of heavy civil and highway work

• Own bid documents and interpret civil construction plans cold
• Lead quantity takeoffs and build out complete project scopes
• Define subcontractor needs, meet DBE goals, and flag constructability concerns early
• Drive value engineering opportunities and own pre-bid owner coordination