Senior Estimator

Job Title: Senior Estimator

Tempe Mechanical is growing and we need you! We offer competitive pay a full range of benefits PTO sick time company events and more. Join our team today!

Our Mission and Vision

To Empower people families and clients by creating a workplace where tradesmen and women can learn and develop essential life skills.

To raise a community of skilled people that will build the future and improve the quality of life for individuals and organizations.

Your Purpose in this Role

The Senior Estimator leads complex HVAC and plumbing pursuits from early review through proposal and turnover. This role owns project strategy scope alignment conceptual and hard-bid pricing risk identification and final bid recommendations. The Senior Estimator also mentors junior staff improves estimating standards and serves as a key link between preconstruction operations business development and executive leadership.

Pay

$76000.00 $93000.00 annually - based on skills experience performance and ongoing training attendance.

Your Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead full-scope HVAC and plumbing estimates for complex projects negotiated work design-assist efforts and strategic pursuits.
• Develop bid strategy estimate structure labor approaches contingency recommendations and commercial positioning for pursuit leadership review.
• Review drawings specifications phasing plans schedules logistics constraints and contract terms to identify major risk and pricing drivers.
• Direct quote strategy and vendor coverage; level major equipment subcontract and specialty pricing to support a complete recommendation.
• Prepare and present detailed estimate recaps proposal language clarifications exclusions alternates and executive bid reviews.
• Support conceptual estimating ROM budgets design development pricing GMP validation and value-engineering studies.
• Lead or support client GC and design-team conversations related to scope alignment assumptions and budget impacts.
• Drive turnover quality by communicating scope intent bid strategy procurement risk and key buyout considerations to operations.
• Mentor Junior Estimators and Estimator I staff through review sessions training and real-time estimate coaching.
• Help improve estimating tools templates historical cost data scope review standards and department processes.

Qualifications

• 5 years of mechanical plumbing or MEP estimating experience with demonstrated success leading complex estimates.
• Strong conceptual estimating ability and command of labor material equipment subcontract and risk pricing fundamentals.
• Advanced skill in takeoff software recap development quote leveling and proposal strategy.
• Ability to lead bid reviews mentor staff and communicate estimate intent to operations and executive leadership.
• Experience with design-assist negotiated work conceptual budgets or design-phase pricing is strongly preferred.

Reports To

Estimating Manager

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Profit Sharing Retirement Plan
• ZayZoon - Wages on Demand
• 6 Paid Holidays - Eligible after 30 days or 160 hours worked.
• 48 Hours of PTO - Eligible for use after 520 hours worked.
• 40 Hours of Sick Time - Eligible for use after 90 days.

Location / Travel

• Corporate Office: 303 W Elliott Rd Ste. 101 Tempe AZ 85284
• Occasional Travel to Job Sites for Review or Job Walk.

Our Promise

Were an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran or disability status.

Required Experience:

Senior IC