$110,000–$130,000 Per Year
Architectural Services, AutoCAD, Bidding, Budget Management, Budgeting, Business Development, Communication Skills, Construction Contracts, Construction Design, Construction Drawings, Contract Negotiation, Contract Requirements, Cost Analysis, Cost Estimates, Engineer in Training (EIT), Finance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Manufacturing Management, Manufacturing Operations, Microsoft Excel, Operations Management, Professional Engineer, Profit & Loss, Project Estimates, Project Evaluation, Project Schedule, Project/Program Coordination, Project/Program Management, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Sales Operations, Strategic Planning, Team Player, Time Management, Value Engineering, Vendor/Supplier Evaluation
At Clark Pacific, the Design Build Senior Estimator plays a critical role in planning, coordinating, and executing project estimates to support successful project pursuits. This position partners closely with Business Development, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Operations teams to develop accurate budgets, mitigate risk, and maximize project margins throughout the design and preconstruction process. Clark Pacific is seeking a Design Build Senior Estimator to support successful project pursuits through accurate estimating, cost planning, and preconstruction collaboration. This role partners with Business Development, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Operations to develop budgets, mitigate risk, and maximize project value throughout the design and bidding process.
Competitive Compensation Pay Range: $110,000 – $130,000 annually, depending on experience
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals to perform the essential functions.
- The Senior Estimator plans, coordinates, and executes estimates while supporting bid strategies and opportunity tracking.
- This role ensures estimating efforts align with project scope, schedule, and profitability goals.
- Evaluate project scope and determine estimating requirements
- Develop conceptual budgets and perform quantity takeoffs
- Review architectural and structural drawings, specifications, and contract documents
- Prepare material quantities, labor estimates, and cost summaries
- Solicit and evaluate subcontractor and vendor quotations
- Prepare complete and accurate cost estimates and bid proposals
- Identify risks, cost impacts, and value engineering opportunities
- Coordinate estimating efforts with Sales, Operations, and Project Management teams
- Support scope reviews, bid strategy development, and contract negotiations
- Assist with cost analysis and budget reviews to support margin goals
- Maintain estimating data and opportunity tracking systems
- Organize and support estimating efforts for project pursuits
Key Interfaces
Internal: Business Development, Engineering, Manufacturing, Project Management, Finance
External: Owners, Developers, General Contractors, Architects, Consultants, Subcontractors
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field
- Minimum 4 years of estimating experience
- Strong understanding of construction drawings and contract documents
- Proven ability to develop accurate cost estimates
Preferred
- Experience in precast, structural, or design-build construction
- PE or EIT certification
- Experience supporting design-build delivery methods
Skills & Abilities
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to manage multiple pursuits while maintaining accuracy and deadlines
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and estimating tools
- Working knowledge of AutoCAD, Bluebeam, and modeling software
- Ability to read plans and understand contractual obligations
Core Values:
- Determination: Meet challenges head on
- Innovation: Always look for better
- Well-Being: Seek the success, health, and happiness of all
Benefits:
- Competitive compensation, paid weekly
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance, including Kaiser and VSP options
- Medical FSA
- Dependent Care FSA
- Employer-paid life insurance
- Voluntary ancillary benefits including Critical Illness, Accident Insurance, and Whole Life Insurance
- 401k matching: 100 percent of the first 3 percent, then 50 percent of the next 2 percent
Benefits are subject to a waiting period.
Interested? Want to learn more? If you are a hard-working, collaborative professional who is curious, driven, and ready to lead impactful projects, we want to hear from you. Apply today and begin the journey with Clark Pacific. Let’s do great things together.
Clark Pacific is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities
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Clark Pacific
Founded as Tecon Pacific in 1963, Clark Pacific started in West Sacramento on a four-acre site with 15 employees. In 1966, James Clark joined the then small firm as its general manager. With the help of many talented and dedicated engineering, plant, and field employees, the company grew rapidly during the pioneering stages of the industry in California. New forming, casting, stripping, finishing, loading, shipping, and erection techniques were being developed throughout the industry, and Tecon Pacific, under Jim Clark’s management, was at the forefront of this development on the West Coast. Today, Clark Pacific is owned and operated under equal partnership between Jim Clark’s sons, Donald Clark and Robert Clark. Like their father before them, Don and Bob are registered engineers dedicated to producing the best quality building solutions possible and pushing the limits of what prefabricated building systems can bring to today’s construction. Clark Pacific has become an industry-leading design-build manufacturer and constructor of complete building solutions and a key partner of owners, architects, engineers, and general contractors throughout California. With its industry partners, Clark Pacific continues to help shape the vibrant urban landscape of the West Coast.
100 to 499 employees
Construction - Residential & Commercial/Office