Estimating Manager

Houston, United States | Posted on 10/01/2026

About McCulloh Consulting

McCulloh Consulting is a minority-owned HR and Talent Acquisition firm based in southeastern Michigan. With over 15 years of global experience, we help businesses optimize people operations and build dynamic, inclusive workplaces. Our services include HR process consulting, recruiter training, full-time staffing, and strategic advisory—all designed to deliver results and promote positive candidate and employee experiences.

At McCulloh Consulting, you’ll be part of a team committed to building best practices and Centers of Excellence—not just filling roles. You’ll have opportunities to learn, grow, and make a real impact for our clients across multiple industries and regions. We believe in mentoring and developing talent, ensuring everyone has the tools and support to succeed.

• Integrity and innovation in every engagement
• Promoting amazing candidate and employee experiences
• Building best practices to help organizations grow
• Fostering talent and mentoring junior recruiters
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion

McCulloh Consulting is working to identify an experienced Estimating Manager for its Houston-area team.

This is an excellent opportunity for an estimator or preconstruction professional who has developed a strong foundation in commercial construction and is ready to take on greater ownership of complex estimates, trade coordination, subcontractor relationships, and preconstruction strategy.

The Estimating Manager will play an important role in developing competitive bids and negotiated proposals while partnering closely with operations, field leadership, subcontractors, vendors, and clients throughout the preconstruction process.

This position goes well beyond simply putting numbers into an estimate.

You will have the opportunity to take ownership of major estimating efforts, evaluate alternative construction approaches, coordinate multiple trades, analyze building systems, participate in procurement strategy, and help determine how projects can be delivered more efficiently and profitably.

The organization offers a collaborative environment where estimating, preconstruction, operations, and field teams work closely together from the earliest stages of a project.

For someone who enjoys the technical side of estimating but also wants to continue developing as a leader, this role offers a strong path for continued advancement.

• Prepare detailed and complex cost estimates for competitive bids and negotiated construction opportunities.
• Perform and oversee quantity takeoffs and detailed quantity surveys from plans and specifications.
• Develop scopes of work covering multiple construction trades.
• Review drawings, specifications, schedules, logistics requirements, and other project documentation to develop comprehensive estimates.
• Solicit, evaluate, and coordinate pricing from subcontractors, suppliers, and vendors.
• Manage bid packages and help ensure appropriate market coverage across applicable trades.
• Coordinate bid-day activities, estimate summaries, general requirements, and procurement information.
• Evaluate building components and MEP systems as part of the overall estimating and preconstruction process.
• Partner with operations and field teams to evaluate project logistics, staging, phasing, scheduling, and constructability.
• Identify value-engineering and value-creation opportunities that can improve project outcomes.
• Evaluate alternative means and methods of construction to find more economical and efficient solutions.
• Develop professional estimating deliverables for major project milestones.
• Maintain clear documentation and an audit trail throughout the estimating…