Junior Estimator

Junior Estimator duties include providing takeoff and complete cost estimates for DOT/Municipal, commercial and industrial sitework projects with focus on the heavy civil scopes including earthwork, site utilities, concrete paving/flatwork and other ancillary categories of work to complete typical sitework proposals. Standard opportunities include data centers, warehouses and other large-scale projects in the private market.

** This position would be based in one of our local offices:
Rockford IL or Indianapolis IN.**

Company Overview

With more than a century of exceptional work on our resume, William Charles Construction remains guided by the pursuit of excellence. Our “Do it Right the First Time” work ethic has been the cornerstone of our business philosophy since 1892. With our broad background in heavy civil construction, environmental management, and mining and materials production, we have the expertise to help our customers complete their most complex projects.

William Charles Construction is part of the Mas Tec Clean Energy & Infrastructure (CE&I) business segment. The CE&I segment generates over $4.5 billion in annual revenue, providing construction services across our renewables, industrial, infrastructure, and general building operating groups. Sustainability and safety are foundational to our culture and influence everything we do.

Mas Tec, a minority-owned Fortune 500 company, has shaped the construction industry for more than 90 years. With over 35,000 employees and 400 offices nationwide, we provide flexibility and career growth in dynamic work environments.

Join one of the largest construction firms in the country (Engineering News-Record [ENR]: #1 in Power, #16 Top 50 Domestic Heavy Contractors, #13 Transportation Contractor).

• Review, analyze and interpret contract documents for complete understanding of the work and owner deliverables to provide accurate, detailed cost estimates.
• Coordinate and collaborate with Business Development Team on opportunity pursuits.
• Review opportunity pursuits and develop preliminary budget estimate and itemized summary for go/no-go evaluation.
• Provide complete proposal including all deliverables and execute all submittal process
• Manage preconstruction efforts and handoff to Operations Team.
• Identify critical issues and develop risk exposure summary with associated cost impacts
• Provide creative and innovative thinking to analyze and develop strategy and value engineering solutions.
• Effective communication and interaction with clients, engineers, subcontractors and suppliers
• Perform and review quantity takeoff comparisons to provide evaluation for accuracy and acceptance
• Work with scheduling staff and Operations to develop accurate and precise bid schedules
• Present complete and accurate estimates to ensure confidence in decision making.
• Company representation at pre-bids and site visits
• Participate in other opportunities such as DOT and municipal proposals as needed or at times when the commercial and private market is slow.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Construction Management
• Minimum 5 years of experience in private commercial construction estimating with focus on the heavy civil scopes.
• Combination of equivalent education and work experience may be considered
• Highly knowledgeable in cost estimating for commercial sitework projects
• Precise attention to details and exceptionally organized
• Highly motivated self-starter
• Must be capable managing time for self and ability to prioritize and schedule efficiently
• Due to our Nationwide footprint, many meetings and reviews would be conducted via teleconference depending on the assigned teams for any given pursuit.
• Limited travel will be required for pre-bids, site walks, owner…