Chief Estimator

Description

• Develop and execute cost strategies that ensure accuracy, competitiveness, and profitability in complex, multi-jurisdictional bids.
• Collaborate with executive leadership to align estimating, operations, and finance on growth targets and pursuit strategies.
• Oversee bid governance, pricing validation, and preconstruction controls for large-scale public sector and private infrastructure projects.
• Influence multi-billion-dollar recovery and infrastructure contracts.
• Present bid recommendations and pricing rationales directly to the CEO and executive leadership board.
• Lead all estimating operations across multiple divisions and market disaster recovery, environmental remediation, and infrastructure reconstruction.
• Lead a nationally recognized estimating organization with global reach.
• Engage in field assessments and data-driven forecasting to ensure bids reflect real-world execution conditions.
• Mentor and empower the estimating team, instilling precision, accountability, and innovation in every pursuit.
• Guide national and international bids, ensuring compliance with FEMA, USACE, and global contracting frameworks.
• Contribute directly to rebuilding communities and restoring stability worldwide.
• Travel to field sites to inform estimates rooted in real-world experience.
• Analyze trends in construction costs, market dynamics, and disaster recovery funding to drive strategic intelligence.
• Work alongside senior executives shaping pricing, forecasting, and growth.

Requirements

• Mastery of earthworks, heavy civil, and emergency response estimating, including FEMA and federal contracting programs.
• Willingness to travel to project and disaster sites to lead from the front and inform pricing strategy.
• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Construction Management, or a related field (advanced degree or PE license preferred).
• 10+ years of progressive estimating leadership in heavy civil, environmental, or infrastructure construction (federal/state experience preferred).
• Proven track record in managing complex multi-million or billion-dollar bids and leading cross-functional estimating teams.
• Strategic communicator with the presence to engage executives, influence stakeholders, and represent Ceres at the highest level.
• Advanced analytical and modeling proficiency in Excel and estimating software systems.

Benefits

• Global opportunities for professional advancement and leadership.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance