Senior Estimator

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🌴 South Carolina – Remote

🌴 South Carolina – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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Kent Companies

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1957

🏗️ Construction

🤝 B2B

Construction • B2B • Facilities Management

Kent Companies is a third-generation, family-owned specialty trade contractor delivering concrete construction, facility maintenance, and foundation solutions since 1957. With a commitment to safety, productivity, quality, and customer service, their over 2,000 professionals serve owners, developers, and general contractors across multifamily, commercial, and industrial sectors. Kent operates multiple offices across the Midwest, Southeast, and Texas, providing reliable contracting solutions tailored to the needs of their clients.

📋 Description

• Lead estimating activities and provide accurate bid proposals and scope analysis for potential projects • Develop pricing estimates for new projects and change orders on existing contracts • Review, analyze, and interpret contract documents, specifications, drawings, and reference information • Establish and maintain relationships with customers, vendors, subcontractors, and stakeholders • Identify project competitive advantages and risks and communicate them with Operations • Provide value engineering and design-assist solutions, including cost and schedule impacts • Collaborate with Operations on production, schedule, staffing, and related inputs • Develop construction plans as the basis for cost estimating • Conduct detailed project take-offs and quantify scope items • Create complete estimates covering alternates, general conditions, vendor and subcontractor pricing, materials, equipment, labor production, and wage rates • Solicit subcontractor and supplier pricing, review prequalification requirements, and select qualified subcontractors • Identify project-specific risks and mitigation strategies • Prepare comprehensive proposals with durations, assumptions, exclusions, and required submission documentation • Follow up with customers on pricing and scope feedback, promote Kent differentiators, and request value-discussion meetings • Track opportunities and follow-up using Unanet CRM • Participate in post-bid interviews when requested • Maintain preconstruction schedules and bid calendars • Assist with project hand-off to project management and field operations • Identify improvements to estimating processes • Develop preliminary project schedules and pour plans with Operations input

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in construction management or engineering • 5+ years of concrete estimating experience • 5 years in a leadership capacity • Proven experience managing concrete preconstruction processes • In-depth knowledge of construction principles/practices • Experience building relationships and working with subcontractors and vendors • Excellent communication and organizational skills • Valid driver's license • Reliable transportation • Ability to successfully pass a background check related to driving • Ability to pass a drug screening • Practical leadership abilities, including motivation, goal setting, and conflict management • Organizational skills, including time management, delegation, prioritization, and multitasking • Creative and results-oriented, with a keen sense of urgency and self-motivation • Ability to work Monday through Friday, typically 7am–5pm, with possible 45–50-hour weeks • Ability to work atypical days and irregular hours based on construction schedules • Availability to accept phone calls during atypical workdays and hours • Minimal overnight travel may be required

🏖️ Benefits

• Weekly pay • PTO (Paid Time Off) • Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage • Supplemental insurance options • Retirement plans with discretionary employer-matching • Holiday pay (New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day) • Scholarship opportunities for dependents • Leadership development opportunities • Career progression based on teammate strengths, interests, and pursuits • Minimal overnight travel