Sheet Metal Estimator
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Salary: $130,000 - $150,000 per year A bit about us: With more than 25 years of experience in the San Diego market, we have built a reputation for delivering high-quality commercial projects across a diverse array of sectors: from class-A office buildings and industrial warehouses to financial institutions and biotech laboratories. Our continued success is grounded in strong relationships - and the trust we've earned from owners, architects, engineers, subcontractors, suppliers, and our own team members. Why join us? What We Offer:
- Competitive base pay and overall compensation package
- Full benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision
- Generous PTO, vacation, sick, and holidays
- Life Insurance coverage
- 401K
- Prepare detailed quantity take-offs, cost models, and bid reviews for commercial construction projects including office, industrial, financial-institution, and biotech lab builds.
- Collaborate closely with project leadership, operations, engineering, and subcontractors to gather complete scope, clarify design intent, and identify risk or value-engineering opportunities.
- Manage solicitation of subcontractor bids and supplier quotes, evaluate proposals and incorporate into cost estimate.
- Develop bid packages, addenda, cost summaries, and final proposal documents.
- Work with the pre-construction team to schedule estimates, reviews, and delivery of proposals in accordance with our pipeline and reputation for responsiveness.
- Ensure accuracy of cost assumptions, escalation, contingencies, and liaise with senior leadership to validate bottom-line numbers.
- Participate in post-bid analysis, lessons-learned sessions, and continuous improvement of estimating processes, tools and relationships with owners/architects/engineers.
- 5+ years of estimating experience in commercial construction (office buildings, industrial, biotech labs, financial institutions strongly preferred).
- Excellent proficiency in take-off software and cost estimating tools; familiarity with Bluebeam, Revit/AutoCAD plans, Excel, and construction cost databases.
- Strong analytical and numerical skills; proven ability to develop clear cost models, risk assessments and value-engineering recommendations.
- Experience soliciting and evaluating subcontractor/supplier quotes and integrating them into a comprehensive bid package.
- Ability to read and interpret construction documents (drawings, specifications, addenda) and work cross-functionally with project teams.
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure to meet bid deadlines-strong time-management, prioritization and communication skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills-capable of building strong relationships with owners, architects, engineers, subcontractors and internal stakeholders.
- Knowledge of San Diego regional construction market, subcontractor base and commercial cost trends is a plus.
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