Estimator, Construction

Location: Remote / Salt Lake City, UT / Houston, TX / Other Brahma Group Locations as Applicable

The Senior Estimator is responsible for developing accurate, complete, and competitive estimates for industrial construction projects, including new construction, maintenance, turnarounds, shutdowns, expansions, and capital improvements. This position evaluates labor, material, equipment, subcontractor, access, schedule, and risk requirements across a variety of industrial construction scopes.

The Senior Estimator leads complex bids from initial review through turnover, collaborates with operations and business development, and supports profitable project selection and successful project execution. Estimating experience with Piping and Welding preferred.

• Review plans, specifications, scope documents, addenda, bid instructions, and contract requirements to determine the complete scope of work.
• Prepare detailed quantity takeoffs for concrete, earthwork, structural steel, equipment foundations, sitework, demolition, and other applicable industrial construction scopes using drawings, models, field measurements, and client-provided data.
• Develop labor estimates using applicable productivity factors, crew compositions, wage rates, overtime assumptions, site conditions, and jurisdictional or union requirements.
• Develop material and equipment pricing based on project requirements, current market conditions, supplier quotations, historical cost data, and project-specific requirements.
• Identify and quantify indirect costs such as supervision, safety, quality control, access, equipment, mobilization, per diem, travel, freight, consumables, temporary facilities, project controls, and other project-related costs.
• Solicit, evaluate, level, and document vendor and subcontractor quotations; maintain current pricing relationships with suppliers and specialty subcontractors.
• Perform site visits and pre-bid walkdowns to validate field conditions, access limitations, congestion, operating-unit restrictions, hazardous-area requirements, and constructability concerns.
• Prepare bid clarifications, assumptions, exclusions, alternates, value-engineering options, cash-flow considerations, and risk/opportunity summaries.
• Lead internal estimate reviews and present pricing strategy, scope coverage, labor approach, schedule assumptions, and key risks to leadership.
• Coordinate with operations, project management, scheduling, procurement, safety, quality, and business development to ensure estimates reflect executable work plans.
• Support proposal development, client interviews, negotiations, scope reconciliation, and final pricing revisions.
• Complete estimate handoff packages for awarded projects, including quantities, production assumptions, vendor quotes, clarifications, budgets, and risk items.
• Track estimate performance against actual project costs and productivity; incorporate lessons learned into estimating databases, labor factors, and future bids.
• Maintain organized estimate files, historical cost data, supplier pricing, bid logs, and market intelligence while protecting confidential information.
• Mentor junior estimators and review their takeoffs, pricing, scope interpretation, and bid documentation for accuracy and completeness.

• Seven or more years of estimating, project management, or field experience in industrial construction or a closely related industrial specialty-construction trade. Piping and Welding preferred.
• Demonstrated experience estimating work in refineries, petrochemical plants, chemical facilities, power generation, mining, manufacturing, LNG, terminals, cement, energy, or similar heavy-industrial environments.
• Strong knowledge of industrial construction methods, materials, equipment, specifications, industry terminology, and field productivity drivers.
• Ability to read and interpret civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, equipment, site, and construction documents.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and experience with estimating or takeoff software. Familiarity with Bluebeam, On-Screen Takeoff, Autodesk products, or comparable platforms is preferred.
• Working knowledge of labor rates, crew structures, prevailing-wage requirements, union considerations, material pricing, equipment costs, and industrial safety expectations.
• Strong analytical, mathematical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Clear written and verbal…