Commercial Refrigeration Construction Estimator

Do you want:

• To be treated as an individual, not a cog in the machine?
• Leadership committed to helping you upskill and advance your career?
• Autonomy and to be trusted to do your job?

Pay Range: $80,000 – $100,000 DOE + Performance Bonus + Robust Benefits + Vehicle

Location: Atlanta, GA

Travel: Up to 20%

Position Type: Direct Hire

• Autonomy to do your job– no micromanagers here!
• Collaborative culture with managers who coach, not dictate.
• A stable, growing organization means huge career advancement opportunities.
• Be involved in projects from preconstruction through completion.
• Robust benefits package to make you feel valued.

• Own:
  Initiate the RFP process, download contract documents, and audit them against an established checklist.
• Update CRM and bid tracking systems with customer info, bid details, due dates, and contacts.
• Interpret drawings, refrigeration legends, EMS diagrams, specs, and scope documents.
• Identify architectural and structural impacts on the mechanical scope.
• Perform on-screen takeoffs of refrigerant piping, fittings, insulation, hangers, equipment, electrical conduit, EMS components, and all other materials within scope.
• Build cost estimates using labor metrics, productivity factors, and cost database.
• Identify scope items requiring subcontractors or specialty vendors (insulation, electrical, controls, crane, demo) and solicit competitive proposals.
• Compare and level subcontractor quotes for scope alignment, consistent inclusions and exclusions, and accurate pricing.
• Coordinate equipment quotes with manufacturer reps for cases, racks, condensing units, EMS, and walk-ins. Confirm submittal-ready selections and lead times.
• Prepare bid proposals for sales and operations review with thorough analysis of customer needs, accurate valuation of materials, equipment, labor, sub/vendor costs, and applicable overhead and margin.
• Draft concise, unambiguous scope of work documents.
• Submit RFIs to GCs and engineers to clarify scope, design intent, or document discrepancies.
• Modify bids as the customer issues addenda, scope changes, or value engineering requests. Maintain a clean audit trail.
• Field follow-up scope-clarifying questions, adds, deducts, and negotiate when opportunities arise.
• Lead turnover meetings with sales, operations, and the project management team on awarded jobs.
• Walk the project team through the estimate, scope, assumptions, and risks.
• Coordinate with the project manager on job setup numbers, submittals, equipment orders, change orders, and closeout.
• Track win/loss results and bid feedback.
• Partner with sales and operations to refine pricing strategy, productivity factors, and scope language over time.
• Maintain labor metric library, historical cost database, and standard scope templates.
• Recommend improvements to bid templates, takeoff workflows, and estimating tools to increase accuracy, speed, and consistency.

• 5+ years in a specialty trades role such as Construction Estimation, Jobsite Coordination, or Project Management.
• Familiarity with on-screen takeoff and estimating software such as Plan Swift, Quickpen, Quote Soft, Fast Est, AutoCAD, or Revit.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Comfort with ERP, CRM, and bid tracking systems.
• Ability to read and interpret refrigeration legends, mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, EMS diagrams, specs, and contract documents. Ability to identify discrepancies and resolve them through RFIs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Valid driver's license with a clean driving record.
• Mechanical construction experience in HVAC, Refrigeration, or Energy Management/Controls (4+ years at Journeyman level) is a strong plus.
• Strong working knowledge of basic and advanced mechanical system design, with focus on commercial refrigeration (DX, CO2, multiplex racks) and supporting electrical, controls, and EMS systems preferred.