Pacific Construction is a commercial general contractor providing a full range of preconstruction and construction services to clients across a diverse range of markets sectors, including industrial, office, retail, healthcare, education, food service, automotive, life sciences, and more. Our work ranges from simple tenant improvements and ground-up building shells with associated site work, to highly complex adaptive reuse projects. Headquartered in Stockton, California and with offices in Los Angeles and Phoenix, the company is licensed and performs work in California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington and Hawaii.
We are looking to add a seasoned Estimator to our team, located in our company headquarters. The individual should have a minimum of 8 years’ experience working for general contractors in private commercial construction, budgeting and bidding tenant improvement and ground up projects across a range of market sectors that align with the type of work we do for our clients. Someone who has seen and worked on lot of different projects but brings and builder mentality and desire to continue to learn and grow with a dynamic group of professional colleagues.
Category: Office
Title: Estimator
Status: Full-Time/Days, Exempt
Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Extended hours as needed)
Location: Stockton, CA 95206 (Non-remote)
Description/Roles:
At Pacific Construction, the Estimator works closely with the Owner, General Manager, and Director of Construction in the preconstruction budgeting and bidding process while collaborating with business development and project management. The Estimator will be expected to consistently develop competitive, high-quality budgets and proposals and be part of a team that serves that needs of clients and helps to land profitable projects for the company.
Below is a list of the primary roles and responsibilities of the Estimator. Additional responsibilities as requested.
Primary Responsibilities (not limited to):
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Pre-Construction/Estimating
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Lead estimating; adhering to, improving, enforcing, and teaching processes and procedures
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Coordinate and manage the pre-construction process and collaborate with all involved parties
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Development of relationships with sub-contractors
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Being part of the client relationship team
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Review and comprehension of project drawings/plans and specifications
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Scope development and clarification, including writing clarifications, qualifications, and exclusions
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Schedule and lead pre-construction job walks
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Utilization of pre-construction software/tools to create and develop invitations to bid, perform takeoffs, and prepare final budgets/bids
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Submission, coordination, distribution, and organization of pre-construction RFIs
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Collection, qualification, and organization of bids
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Detailed bid leveling and budget development
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Preliminary schedule development
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Collaborate with business development and marketing team to incorporate any collateral documentation in the bid/proposal package, as per client request
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Proposal development and finalization
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Coordinate permit process, as per client requests
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Participating in client/project interviews and meetings
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Distribute and explain scope, budget, client details, etc. to project management team at project start-up meetings
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Assist project management team with questions regarding client, bidders, scope, budget, schedule, etc.
