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🏗️ Executive Opportunity: Chief Estimator – Custom Home Shell Construction
📍 South Florida | 🕒 Full-Time | 🎯 Executive-Level
Are you a high-caliber estimating professional with elite technical skills, structural expertise, and a drive for precision? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment where accuracy and authority define your impact? Join our leadership team as Chief Estimator and take the reins of preconstruction for South Florida’s most prestigious luxury shell construction projects.
🚀 Your Mission: Build the Future with Certainty
As Chief Estimator, you will lead our estimating function, overseeing complex, high-value bids across multiple concurrent projects. You will refine procedures, drive cost efficiencies, and ensure every proposal reflects our commitment to quality, profitability, and technical excellence.
This is not just a senior-level role; it’s a critical leadership position where your decisions influence project success, client satisfaction, and bottom-line performance.
🔧 What You’ll Own
- Lead the estimating department ensuring timely & accurate bids for the highest-end custom homes in the state.
- Develop precise estimates for concrete, CMU, structural steel, deck systems, and rough carpentry.
- Analyze plans and specifications to ensure clarity, completeness, and cost accuracy.
- Present comprehensive proposals cost reports and develop strategies to senior leadership and stakeholders
- Drive vendor and subcontractor relationships to ensure competitive pricing and reliable performance
- Participate in site visits, bid meetings, and hand-offs to align preconstruction with execution.
- Mentor and manage the estimating team—enforcing best practices and accountability at every level
🧠 Who You Are
- Proven Leader: 7 years in estimating leadership, with deep shell construction expertise
- Technical Expert: Advanced understanding of structural systems and material costing
- Decisive Strategist: Makes confident, quality-aligned decisions within structured processes
- Task-Oriented Communicator: Focused, direct, and highly accountable in all interactions
- Builder of Teams: Trains and guides others with authority, clarity, and precision
- Tech-savvy: Skilled in estimating platforms (preferably Sage), Microsoft Office Suite, digital/onscreen takeoff tools, AI applications, and other advanced construction technologies.
- Credentialed: Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Engineering, or a related field preferred
📈 Your Operating Style
- Thrive in a fast-paced, multi-project environment with high expectations and defined outcomes.
- Delegate strategically—always with clear expectations and follow-through
- Apply technical rigor to decision-making and team management
- Prioritize accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with internal policies and project goals
- Communicate with structure, lead with expertise, and collaborate only where needed
💼 Who we are:
- Leading turnkey shell contractor serving all of Florida
- Headquartered in South Florida with a reputation for excellence
- Specializing in high-quality, safe, and efficient shell construction
- Trusted by top builders and developers across the region
- Committed to precision, cleanliness, and timely project delivery
- Driven by our mission: Build Greatness
- Join a team of high-performance, skilled professionals who take pride in their work
💼 What We Offer
- Competitive Executive Compensation Performance-Based Incentives
- Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
- 401(k) with Company Match – Invest in your future
- Generous PTO & Paid Holidays
- Tuition Reimbursement & Career Development
- Hybrid Work Flexibility
- The opportunity to lead the estimating strategy behind South Florida’s most iconic residential builds
📩 Apply Today
Send your resume and cover letter to jobs@centerpointconst.com
🧱 Build with precision. Lead with confidence. Elevate your career.