Estimator (Req #: 159

Date Posted:
07/23/2026

Location:
PITTSFIELD, MA

Salary Interval:
Full-time

Pay Range:
$80,000.00 - $

Position Description:
At Unistress, the role of Estimator is to complete accurate project take-offs and to prepare cost estimates for manufacturing and erection/field work on projects, so we are able to present accurate proposals and maintain profitability for the business. This role is critical in supporting the Unistress revenue generation plan and establishes profit capability. An estimator needs to be able to quickly and effectively digest construction documents, create accurate take-offs, and then apply strong analytics to arrive at a cost base for new projects often working on multiple projects simultaneously.

REPORTING STRUCTURE AND KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Reporting to the Estimating Manager, you will be a member of the strategy broad team from Sales to Operations and Project Management to ensure accurate analysis of jobs the company is bidding providing estimates and proposals for the sales team to complete the sale process. Will be a “go-to person” on product codes, precast versus pre-stressed products, and applying appropriate costs to each type of product.

• Direct Reports: N/A
• Key Internal Partners:
  Sales, Project Development, Engineering, Manufacturing and Project Management
• Key External Partners:
  Subcontractors, Customers.

PRINCIPLE ACTIVITIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analyzing project drawings, job specifications and other project documentation to prepare time, cost, materials and labor estimates to support the sales process.
• Monitoring special considerations for the project, working with manufacturing to establish set-up costs, and determining cost of any non-standard specification to establish the related cost data to complete the project.
• Maintaining, updating and creating project documentation within the Sales & Estimating system.
• Communication with Sales lead to understand the deliverables of the project, schedule and deadlines.
• Consulting with clients, vendors and personnel in other departments to discuss and formulate estimates and resolve any related issues; preparing estimates for use. Conferring with Engineers, Project Managers or Manufacturing on changes and adjustments to cost estimates; preparing estimates used by management for purposes such as planning, organizing and scheduling work.
• Identification, communication and clarification of project risks.
• Attending and preparing all necessary documentation for turnover meetings and pre-bid efforts as assigned, including
• Completing the estimator's checklist
• Reviewing all bid documents.
• Preparing scope summary sheets.
• Preparing the estimate spreadsheet.
• Reviewing all subcontractor quotations.
• Perform sales drawing activities to support business development efforts with the ability to draw in both CAD and REVIT.
• Will prepare conceptual, value engineered and final budget estimates using conceptual skills to understand and interpret drawings for precast needs.
• Will download from FTP sites for use by Sales, Development and Estimating teams.
• Team with Sales Managers to support the overall company “Sales Initiative”.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. Additional duties and responsibilities may be required of the job holder based on business needs and at the request of UNISTRESS Corporation management.

We are a drug and alcohol-free workplace. UNISTRESS participates in the E-Verify Program and is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employee.

OUR LEGACY: In 1910, 16-year-old Basilio Petricca stepped off the boat from Italy onto New York’s Ellis Island. In 1936, he dove head-first into the cutthroat Depression-era contracting industry and founded the first transit mixed concrete company in the Northeast. After Basilio’s death, his son Basil built on his father’s legacy and founded Unistress in 1968. Today, in its third generation of family leadership, Perri Petricca has built Unistress to become one of the largest precast companies in North America, all while upholding Basilio’s and Basil’s uncompromising values and work ethic.

OUR VISION: Unistress will be the Precast…