Estimating Manager

Tarlton is a St. Louis-based general contractor and construction manager specializing in complex, technically demanding projects across the Midwest. With deep regional roots and a reputation built on trust, teamwork, and repeat clients, we are known for taking on challenging work and delivering it safely, predictably, and with pride. We conduct our business with safety, quality, integrity, and enthusiasm—and our core values include building a safe and caring environment.

Join a growing business unit and help shape its future as we expand our presence across Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, and Kansas. As part of our Energy, Industrial, and Civil operations team, you’ll pursue a variety of water/wastewater projects, including treatment plants, pump and lift stations, and underground utility work, along with energy, industrial, and civil projects. Our clients include municipalities, sewer and water districts, and consulting engineers.

You’ll guide pursuits across a full range of delivery methods and pricing models.

You’ll bring constructability, sequencing, and risk insight into every bid, helping keep the facilities where we work operational throughout construction. Self-perform work is central to what we do, and you’ll lead the estimating teams pricing our civil, concrete, and steel work. Along the way, you’ll build on a strong base of repeat clients while helping bring in new ones that expand our reach, working closely with operations and company leaders to align teams, pursue the right work, and deliver winning proposals.

• Execute a complete review of bid documents, and determine what requires clarification on major pursuits.
• Coordinate site visits and review existing conditions, as-built documents, and surveys on renovation work.
• Perform and review takeoffs, ensure consistent methodology and tool use across the team, and validate quantities and pricing prepared by others.
• Develop conceptual budgets from minimal information, documenting assumptions clearly.
• Review area labor agreements for work rules and wage determinations.

• Lead subcontractor prequalification and vendor relationships, and resolve coverage gaps on critical trades.
• Establish means, methods, productivity, and pricing for self-perform work, select equipment and materials, and validate crews and rates with operations personnel.
• Evaluate phasing, logistics, sequencing, safety, and constructability for each estimate.

• Prepare and review general conditions costs, and maintain templates and standards, including safety planning.
• Contribute to bid strategy with operations and leadership, and lead final bid review.
• Run bid day on assigned pursuits, finalize subcontractor and supplier pricing, advise and coordinate with leadership to determine the final numbers to be carried.
• Lead risk reviews with operations, set contingency, and review escalation and qualifications on major bids.
• Lead value engineering and constructability reviews, weighing cost, schedule, and lifecycle impacts.
• Own the compliance approach on major and public pursuits, including small business participation goals, in coordination with finance and community engagement.
• Lead estimating services on hard bid and negotiated pursuits across design-bid-build, CM at Risk, and design-build delivery, using lump sum, unit price, and T&M pricing.
• Represent estimating with clients and in executive settings, including key pursuits, proposals, qualifications packages, interviews, and owner presentations.
• Partner with Business Development and Operations on pipeline, capture plans, and win strategy.
• Build relationships with clients, engineers, subcontractors, and…