Senior Estimator

Icon Structures, located in Kansas and Colorado Springs, is a growing general contractor specializing in commercial construction, providing pre-construction services, construction management, design-build work, and general contracting.

We are seeking a qualified Senior Estimator to join our team. We staff our projects correctly, our superintendents know how to build, and our leadership ensures that you are a valued part of the organization. Your efforts will directly impact our success. The salary range for this position is $90k - $120k.

Our Senior Estimators are involved in a range of construction services, including bidding, negotiating, and estimating construction projects, as well as:

• Prepare estimates based on plans, specifications and narratives
• Solicit bids from subcontractors/vendors, distribute design documents/information
• Help establish base project schedule, develop project General Conditions
• Create detailed owner proposal and bid presentation documents
• Ensure a successful transition from preconstruction to operations
• Serve as primary point of contact with design teams during the estimate and GMP process; manage RFI and clarification workflows
• Lead estimate strategy meetings and define trade coverage responsibilities across the estimating team for assigned projects

• Lead the hard bid process to include coordinating estimators, scope coordination, and accurate competitive bids for bids $2m+
• Monitor and track bid and other opportunities
• Maintain the bid process, track bidders and ensure adequate coverage on all trades
• Submit and process PRFI’s, manage the flow of information to subcontractors & understand the design and specifications and prepare work scopes to define bid packages
• Review subcontractor bids to ensure complete coverage
• Understand plans and specifications and relate them effectively to subcontractors and owners
• Understand construction means and methods, subcontractor capabilities and building materials
• Prepare subcontractor bid proposal forms and subcontractor bid recording sheets for assigned trades. Evaluate subcontractor input for scope inclusion. Identify scope gaps and overlaps and coordinate with other staff managing trades.
• Drive bid day execution: coordinate estimating staffing, manage final number entry, and confirm complete trade coverage before submission
• Maintain and continuously improve the company’s subcontractor and vendor qualification database.

• Oversee and coordinate the estimating team in the development of milestone budgets and GMPs
• Apply knowledge of building code to identify possible errors/omissions
• Develop ROM pricing promptly, utilizing maintained historic pricing information
• Develop good working relationships with owners and architects to encourage repeat business
• Perform quantity take-offs, analysis, estimate, and studies for all assigned trades and building systems
• Provide pricing for value engineering, alternates, options, and special studies as required.
• Ensure pricing within the estimate or GMP is complete and accurate, reflecting recent pricing data, subcontractor bids or budgets.
• Participate or lead internal estimate review meetings
• Support the assembly of all estimates, bids or GMP documents required by and submitted to the Owner.
• Actively participate in estimate and GMP review meetings with architects, engineers, and owners and incorporate comments, feedback, and input into revised estimates or GMP’s. Help assemble revised documents for final submission.
• Support the development and enhancement of owner, architect, subcontractor and vendor relations.
• Analyze cost data, unit prices, general conditions and general requirements costs, and information that can be developed and used as a “rule of thumb” for all building systems estimated costs.
• Provide input to constructability reviews and coordinate with the Operations Lead to ensure the constructability reviews are completed in a timely manner and incorporated into the milestone estimates, to the extent required by contract.
• Prepare and present milestone estimate narratives, assumptions logs, and clarification documents to owners and design teams
• Coordinate with the…