Mid-Level/Senior Estimator

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.