Location: Columbus, OH
Type: Full-time
About Our Client
Our client is an established commercial general contractor and construction manager serving public and private clients across Ohio.
The Role
Our client is seeking a Mid-Level/Senior Estimator with strong hard-bid experience to prepare complete, accurate cost estimates for commercial construction projects through pre-construction and bid day. Reporting to estimating leadership, you will play a key role in winning competitively bid work, with a strong focus on public-sector and prevailing wage projects.
What You'll Do
- Prepare detailed hard-bid estimates for commercial and public projects, from conceptual budgets through final bid submission
- Review plans, specifications, and bid documents to define scope and identify risks, gaps, and clarifications
- Perform quantity takeoffs and self-perform pricing as needed
- Solicit, analyze, and level subcontractor and supplier bids; build and manage bidder lists
- Apply prevailing wage requirements and public bidding procedures (bonds, forms, MBE/EDGE and similar requirements) accurately
- Manage bid day activities and deliver complete, compliant, on-time bid packages
- Support value engineering, alternates, and constructability reviews
- Hand off awarded projects to operations teams with a clear, well-documented estimate
What You Bring
- 5+ years of commercial construction estimating experience with a general contractor, with significant hard-bid experience
- Proven ability to estimate and win competitively bid work
- Strong plan-reading, takeoff, and bid-leveling skills
- Proficiency with estimating and takeoff software (e.g., Bluebeam, On-Screen Takeoff, or similar) and Excel
- Strong organization, communication, and deadline management
Preferred
- Public project experience highly preferred, especially prevailing wage (PW) work and public bidding (K-12, higher education, municipal, state, and similar public-sector projects)
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or related field
- Established relationships with Central Ohio subcontractors and suppliers
Benefits
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits
Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations.
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