Construction Estimator; Federal Construction
Listed on 2026-09-23
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Construction
Estimator, Procurement / Purchasing, Civil Engineering
Good-Men Roofing & Construction, Inc. is seeking an experienced Construction Estimator (Federal Construction) to support Department of Defense (DoD) MACC and other federal task-order pursuits. This position is responsible for preparing accurate, competitive, and compliant estimates; reviewing solicitations, drawings, specifications, and wage determinations; coordinating with design professionals, subcontractors, and suppliers; evaluating project risks; and supporting proposal development and post-award turnover. The ideal candidate has at least five years of general-contractor estimating experience, strong design-build and multi-trade construction knowledge, and the ability to manage concurrent deadlines with accuracy and sound judgment.
Direct experience with DoD, NAVFAC, USACE, Air Force, or other federal IDIQ/MACC programs is strongly preferred. Applicants should submit a resume and representative project list demonstrating relevant federal or design-build estimating experience.
- Review DoD MACC task-order requests, Requests for Proposals, amendments, drawings, specifications, scopes of work, site information, wage determinations, evaluation factors, and contract clauses
- Prepare compliant bid/no-bid assessments, solicitation checklists, work breakdown structures, quantity takeoffs, labor and equipment analyses, subcontractor scopes, indirect costs, fee, escalation, bonds, insurance, allowances, and contingencies
- Develop conceptual, parametric, schematic, design-development, and final estimates as the design progresses; reconcile estimate changes and maintain cost control against the customer’s budget
- Coordinate with the design manager, architect-engineer team, and trade partners to evaluate design concepts, constructability, phasing, value engineering, long-lead items, and technical compliance
- Solicit, level, and document subcontractor and supplier quotations; identify scope gaps, exclusions, qualifications, duplicated work, and buyout risks
- Attend site visits and assess access, logistics, escorts, badging, restricted areas, occupied-facility constraints, utility outages, environmental conditions, work hours, and other installation-specific cost impacts
- Develop proposal pricing narratives, cost breakdowns, schedules of values, assumptions, clarifications, alternates, and supporting data consistent with solicitation instructions
- Identify and quantify risks involving incomplete design, differing site conditions, schedule compression, material volatility, labor availability, security requirements, and subcontractor coverage
- Support negotiations, proposal revisions, discussions, change proposals, equitable adjustments, and task-order modifications with defensible cost documentation
- Lead post-award estimate turnover to the project team, including scope commitments, budget, subcontractor coverage, assumptions, exclusions, schedule risks, and procurement priorities
- Maintain estimating files, historical cost information, production rates, subcontractor databases, lessons learned, and an auditable record of estimate development and approvals
- Minimum five years of progressively responsible estimating experience with a general contractor; demonstrated experience estimating design-build, commercial, institutional, industrial, or federal construction
- Proven ability to prepare complete estimates for renovation, repair, alteration, and new construction projects involving multiple divisions and subcontracted trades
- Working knowledge of federal construction procurement, including task-order competitions, negotiated proposals, design-build selection, firm-fixed-price work, and compliance with solicitation instructions
- Ability to interpret Division 00 and 01 requirements, drawings, specifications, design criteria, performance requirements, and applicable wage determinations
- Advanced skill in quantity takeoff, scope preparation, subcontractor solicitation, bid leveling, labor and equipment costing, indirect cost development, and risk-based contingency analysis
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and scheduling or collaboration tools; experience with recognized estimating and digital takeoff software
- Strong written, verbal, analytical, organizational, and deadline-management skills, with the ability to manage concurrent task-order pursuits
- Valid driver’s license and ability to travel to project sites and military installations as required
- Ability to meet applicable federal installation access, identity…
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