Senior Civil/Earthwork Estimator

Build More with Your Career at Christman Building Innovation Group

With projects throughout the Midwest, Christman Building Innovation Group (CBIG) is a great place to begin, continue or grow your career. We're searching for the next generation of innovative minds who want to shape the world and live to build. CBIG is looking for a Senior Civil/Earthwork Estimator to join our Lansing region. The Senior Estimator will work closely with CBIG leadership in managing specific project assignments while focusing on project strategies such as problem solving and delivering an excellent product to our clients. This position focuses on specific project assignments and takes a leadership role in preparing estimate deliverables.

What You Will Do:

As Senior Civil/Earthwork Estimator, your primary daily responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

• Supervises, checks work, and mentors Estimators and Estimating Engineers
• Develops and oversees conceptual estimates for assigned projects, supports the planning and engineering groups in the development of all levels of estimates, and collects and analyzes close out and benchmark data
• Leads major estimating efforts
• Develops and clarifies estimate reports
• Cultivates strong subcontractor knowledge and relations
• Experienced in presenting estimating results to clients
• Demonstrates knowledge of self perform trades
• Competent at conceptual and detailed levels of estimating
• Completes value engineering leadership and tracking
• Drives deadlines and achieves results
• Demonstrates mastery of scope review process
• Consults with architects and engineers on project parameters
• Ensures database-pricing updates are completed
• Consults with clients, vendors, personnel, and leadership in other departments to discuss and formulate estimates as well as resolve issues or discrepancies
• Develops long-term relationships with project stakeholders and achieves successful project outcomes
• Reviews material and labor requirements to decide what is most cost-effective for specific projects
• Demonstrates knowledge of client relations and estimate presentations
• Possesses great knowledge with regard to technical specifications and pricing levels
• Meets deadline challenges and has the ability to prioritize multiple assignments simultaneously
• Provides technical assistance to Project Managers in negotiating contracts, change orders, etc. as required
• Responsible for timely and complete bid submission and management of all required bid submission requirements (i.e. schedule, logistics, breakdown pricing, etc.)
• Ensure clean handoff of estimate, bidding information, drawings, specifications, etc. to project management team; assist with kickoff meetings
• Organizes and performs quantity take-offs
• Honors the brand promises of the Project Planning Group at Christman. Foundational to our brand is: providing accurate costing; proactively offering creative solutions for the team; and understanding our client's business to optimize capital investment and to win as a team
• Completes assigned and required training for this role

What You Will Bring to the Team:

Required experience, knowledge, and skills for this role include:

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related job field
• Eight (8) years of estimating experience in construction or related field
• OR equivalent combination of the above education, training, and experience

Preferred experience, knowledge, and skills for this role include:

• Master's Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related job field
• Ten (10) years commercial construction experience
• Capability to complete large complex competitive bid projects

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• The ability to contribute as a member of a team and help others succeed is very important for success at Christman
• Well organized, excellent communication, and negotiation abilities
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Knowledge of building construction, materials, systems, market conditions, trade practices
• Must have conceptual ability to work with minimum information and quickly develop an understanding of the owner and/or architect requirements
• Complete knowledge of the estimating documents and the ability to provide accurate qualitative and quantitative analysis of the documents
• Familiarity with construction project management software
• Strong computer knowledge in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

Why Christman?

At Christman, everyone is an owner. Through our employee stock ownership plan, each employee-owner shares in the collective success and wealth of our nationally recognized company and is eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits program, including health insurance, 401K contribution, professional development and tuition reimbursement, and more.

CBIG was created to initiate, champion and drive innovation and excellence across Christman's multiple self-perform entities. In addition to 485 construction management and general contracting professionals, Christman currently employs more than 400 skilled trades men and women in carpentry, demolition, concrete, mass timber, earthwork, interiors, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, service and more.

This group of construction and estimating professionals drives better service, cost efficiencies, safety solutions, technology advances and innovative practices for Christman's self-perform operations nationally. CBIG connects our craftsmen and women to build upon regional successes and lessons learned across our offices in Michigan, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.

Learn more about how you can grow as a Christman Expert, Leader and Partner and build more with us.

Work Environment and Physical Demands: The majority of work is completed outside at the construction site and in an office trailer where the project is monitored, and daily decisions are made about construction activities. The position is often exposed to sounds and loud noises, such as construction equipment. The job requires the wearing of protective equipment when on the construction site (hardhats, safety glasses, and highly visible clothing). Temperatures and conditions may vary depending on the weather and seasons. As part of our focus on being a Great Place to Work, we want to make sure we are clear on a few more basics we expect:

• Ability to occasionally stand, walk, sit, reach (with hands and arms), climb, balance stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Must be able to talk, hear, use hands and fingers to handle or feel, be able to use a telephone and operate a keyboard.
• Be able to frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.

The ideal candidate must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Notice to Recruiting Agencies (Unsolicited Resumes): The Christman Company does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our applicant tracking system, website, or to any Christman employee/affiliates. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Christman employees or its' affiliates will be considered property of The Christman Company and will be processed accordingly. Christman will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume without an executed agreement and assigned to a specific search.

The Christman family of companies is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.