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Job Description
Civil Estimator
Location: Beaumont, TX (Onsite)Our client is a heavy civil and commercial concrete contractor based in Louisiana and expanding into Southeast Texas. They specialize in large-scale, self-performed infrastructure projects, heavy civil earthwork, structural and mass concrete, underground utilities, deep foundations, marine and coastal infrastructure, paving, and tilt-up construction.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform digital quantity takeoffs and unit-price estimating for earthwork, utilities, site concrete, and paving
- Review bid documents, plans/specifications, geotechnical reports, addenda, and RFI responses; identify scope gaps, risks, and constructability issues
- Draft scope letters detailing inclusions, exclusions, alternates, and clarifications aligned to CSI divisions and bid forms
- Solicit, qualify, and level quotes from suppliers, trucking, traffic control, striping, and materials vendors to develop competitive buyouts
- Develop production-based pricing including crew rates, equipment spreads, cycle time, haul analysis, and yield/waste factors
- Build bid schedules and logistics plans; support pre-bid site walks; assist in internal reviews and handoffs to field teams
- Maintain historical cost databases, benchmarks, and estimation templates; support continuous improvement
- Support change-order pricing, value engineering, and preliminary budgeting for negotiated pursuits
Qualifications
- Minimum 3 years of heavy civil/sitework estimating experience with self-performing contractors
- Proficiency with HCSS HeavyBid or similar software; Bluebeam Revu, On-Screen Takeoff, PlanSwift, Excel; familiarity with 3D/Civil 3D advantageous
- Strong command of production-based estimating methods, unit pricing, labor/equipment costing, and subcontractor scoping
- Exceptional plan/spec reading skills, attention to detail, and ability to meet tight deadlines
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and organizational capability