Senior Fabrication Estimator

Company:
Loenbro, LLC
Business Unit/Department:
Loenbro Industrial Construction

Location:

As Assigned

Reports to:

Chief Estimator

Employment Type:

Full Time
FLSA Classification:
Exempt

Loenbro is a trusted, long-term construction lifecycle partner to thousands of customers across the U.S. Our market spans all industries, and our service offerings include Critical Electrical, Mechanical & Structural, Soft Crafts, Inspection, Underground Maintenance and Installation, and Fabrication. Our expertise lies in simplifying the complex and establishing long-standing relationships with our partners. We have a national presence but a local approach—every customer benefits from our capabilities and our care.

The Senior Fabrication Estimator is an experienced technical estimator responsible for complex fabrication pursuits across the company’s fabrication capabilities. The role develops complete fabrication estimates, leads technical reviews, advises leadership and Operations, and mentors estimators without requiring formal personnel-management responsibility. Estimates address material procurement, shop labor, equipment, subcontract services, quality requirements, and delivery. Structural steel and piping fabrication experience is preferred.

Technical complexity, risk, specialization, and review structure govern assignment.

• Lead fabrication estimates from pursuit planning through proposal and turnover, defining shop fabrication, delivery, and any field scope boundaries. Estimating will not be limited to fabrication only if necessary.
• Review drawings, specifications, models, bills of material, and applicable fabrication details to establish quantities, fabrication requirements, scope gaps, and execution assumptions.
• Lead estimate reviews and provide independent QA/QC for fabrication pursuits, reconciling quantities, material costs, labor hours, exclusions, and pricing.
• Develop conceptual and detailed estimates for fabricated products and assemblies within the company’s capabilities, including materials, labor, equipment, subcontract services, and delivery.
• Estimate cutting, forming, machining, fitting, welding, assembly, handling, and loading, as applicable to the scope, using documented shop production rates and fabrication requirements.
• Obtain and evaluate quotes for raw materials, purchased components, detailing, coatings, specialty fabrication services, inspection, testing, freight, and other services required by the specifications.
• Advise Operations and leadership on fabrication sequence, shop capacity, procurement lead times, material waste, risk, contingency, value engineering, and commercial position.
• Mentor estimators and improve technical consistency without requiring formal personnel-management responsibility.
• Develop and maintain fabrication labor factors, material pricing, shop productivity benchmarks, weld quantities, historical cost data, and estimating tools and templates.
• Lead estimate turnover and lessons learned for assigned pursuits, communicating the basis of estimate, production assumptions, procurement requirements, inclusions, exclusions, and delivery commitments.

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant estimating or equivalent directly applicable construction or shop fabrication experience.
• Fabrication estimating experience, including material takeoff, shop labor development, supplier pricing, and fabrication methods.
• Demonstrated success leading complex or high-risk pursuits with minimal oversight.
• Advanced capability in fabrication cost development, estimate strategy, risk evaluation, QA/QC, and coordination with shop Operations, detailing, procurement, and project teams.
• Ability to mentor others and influence consistent estimating practices.
• Proficiency…