Senior Commercial Estimator

My Client, a well established General Contractor in Raleigh, NC, seeks a Senior Estimator for their Commercial division. With a strong presence in NC, this Client has a pipeline of Commercial projects stretching into 2026 / 2027, and they are expanding their preconstruction team due to the increase in workload.

Essential Skills and Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, business, or related discipline.
• Minimum of three to five (3-5) years of experience in commercial estimating.
• Experienced with Microsoft Excel (specifically for budgeting, data entry, and general use of formulas and formatting cells); Bluebeam (or other PDF reading and editing software); Microsoft Office (ie., Outlook, Word, etc.); Microsoft Teams; Procore (or similar construction management / bid management / contact database software).
• Experienced with Phoenix Project Management (for scheduling); Insite (or other cut-fill software for earthwork takeoffs); OnScreen Takeoff (or similar estimating software).
• Knowledgeable with CSI formats and ability to read and interpret plans and specs.
• Knowledgeable in construction industry, scheduling, contract law, contract types, and contract negotiations.
• Knowledgeable with regional marketplace, pricing, and subcontractor community.
• Perform commercial construction take-offs.
• Thorough understanding and interpretation of plans and specifications and the ability to recognize opportunities for value analysis.
• Ability to conceptualize and create construction budgets based on preliminary and schematic documents.
• Ability to estimate and control design of design build projects.
• Review scope and finalize construction budget for transition to Project Manager and site team.
• Ability to create and track a preconstruction design schedule to utilize through the preconstruction process.

For more information about the Client please contact me with your current resume. The Client is hiring now.