Chief Estimator Construction (General Contracting)

Chief Estimator – Construction (General Contracting)

Full‑time | Executive Estimating Leadership

Our client is a leading General Contractor recognized for delivering complex commercial, industrial, and institutional projects. They are seeking a Chief Estimator to lead their estimating department, drive bid strategy, and elevate preconstruction excellence across the organization.

This is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing all estimating activities, ensuring accuracy, competitiveness, and profitability while mentoring a high‑performing team and collaborating closely with executive leadership.

What You Will Lead

• Provide strategic leadership to Senior Estimators, Estimators, and Junior Estimators.

• Establish and enforce estimating standards, policies, and best practices.

• Mentor and develop staff, ensuring strong succession planning and future leadership growth.

• Manage departmental workload across multiple tenders and deadlines.

• Lead go/no‑go bid decisions with executive leadership.

• Oversee conceptual budgets, schematic estimates, detailed bids, and procurement strategies.

• Review and approve all final estimates to ensure alignment with profitability and risk frameworks.

• Ensure estimates achieve targeted gross margins by project type.

• Lead bid risk identification and management reviews.

• Direct major tender closings and ensure compliant, accurate, strategic submissions.

• Lead project handoff meetings to Operations, ensuring full transfer of assumptions, risks, and pricing strategies.

• Collaborate with Operations and Business Development to align estimating strategy with company objectives.

• Act as a senior preconstruction contact for clients and consultants.

• Provide executive‑level input on bid strategy, value engineering, constructability, and delivery models.

• Track market trends, subcontractor pricing, and material costs to maintain competitiveness.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, developers, consultants, and trade partners.

• Support contract negotiations through cost breakdowns, scope clarifications, and risk analysis.

• Champion estimating technology, digital workflows, and scalable systems.

• Oversee historical cost data, benchmarking tools, and lessons‑learned integration.

• Monitor KPIs including bid‑win ratios, estimate accuracy, and proposal quality.

• Participate in GC leadership team planning and strategy.

Requirements

• What You Bring

• Diploma

• or degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architectural

• Technology, or related field.

• 8–12

• years of progressive estimating experience in commercial, industrial, or

• institutional construction.

• Proven

• success leading complex bids and mentoring estimating teams.

• Strong

• knowledge of construction methods, contracts, and delivery models (Lump

• Sum, CM, Design‑Build).

• Proficiency

• with estimating software (OST, Bluebeam, Procore, etc.) and Microsoft

• Office.

• Strong

• financial, analytical, communication, negotiation, and presentation

• skills.

• Ability

• to manage multiple bids under tight deadlines.

• Established

• subcontractor and supplier relationships considered an asset.

Benefits

• Compensation: $190,000 – $230,000 + full package

• Disclaimers

• Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Artificial

• intelligence (AI) is not used to screen, assess, or make hiring decisions for

• this role. All applications are reviewed and evaluated by our recruitment team.

• Vacancy Status This posting represents a current

• vacancy.

• Additional Notes Compensation discussions and

• negotiation guidance will be provided during the hiring process as appropriate.