Project Estimator Rigging & Construction
Alameda, CA - USA
Job Summary
Pay: $95000.00 - $110000.00 per year
Why This Is a Great Opportunity
- Join a growing specialty construction team where your estimating expertise directly influences successful projects from bid through completion.
- Work beyond the desk by collaborating closely with experienced field crews and gaining firsthand insight into manpower access sequencing and project execution.
- Build expertise across rigging structural steel machinery installation miscellaneous metals and complex construction scopes.
- Grow into broader estimating and project management responsibilities as the company continues to expand.
- Enjoy full benefits paid time off a 401(k) and a team environment built around accountability quality work and long-term growth.
Location:
This is an on-site opportunity in Alameda CA offering close collaboration with our estimating operations and field teams. Candidates must already be local to the Bay Area as relocation assistance is not available.
Note:
Candidates must have experience with both rigging and steel work. We are looking for someone who understands how this work comes together in the field and can apply that knowledge to accurate practical estimating.
About Us
We are an established specialty construction contractor delivering complex rigging steel machinery installation and metals projects with a strong focus on safety quality accountability and dependable execution. Our team combines hands-on field knowledge with experienced project leadership creating an environment where talented professionals can make a visible impact and continue growing. Confidential Employer.
Job Description
- Review construction plans specifications drawings and bid opportunities to determine project scope and requirements.
- Develop detailed estimates covering labor materials equipment rigging requirements scheduling and other project costs.
- Prepare competitive proposals and obtain pricing from vendors and subcontractors.
- Partner closely with field crews to evaluate manpower requirements site access sequencing constructability and execution strategies.
- Support procurement cost tracking project administration and coordination after projects are awarded.
- Apply practical field knowledge to improve estimating accuracy and identify project risks before work begins.
- Help transition awarded work from estimating into successful field execution.
Qualifications
- 3 years of construction estimating experience preferred.
- Direct experience with rigging and steel work is required.
- Experience with steel erection structural steel machinery installation miscellaneous metals or related specialty construction is highly valued.
- Strong ability to read plans specifications drawings and bid documents.
- Experience developing labor material equipment and subcontractor estimates.
- Comfortable collaborating directly with field crews vendors subcontractors and project teams.
- Local to the Alameda/Bay Area and able to work on-site.
Why You Will Love Working Here
You will join a practical hardworking team where estimators stay connected to the field and see how their work translates into real projects. We value people who take ownership communicate well and want to keep expanding their construction knowledge. This role offers meaningful responsibility today and a strong opportunity to grow into larger estimating and project management responsibilities over time.
JPC-2003
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Requirements: Must-have: 3 yrs of construction estimating exp. Must have experience with both rigging and steel work.
- Required Years as Associate: 4
- Additional context: Relocation- No. Packages - No
- Salary Bands (Only if attorney role):
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Quick Recruiter Reference
Specialty construction contractor seeking an Alameda-based estimator with rigging and steel experience. Role handles estimating proposals field coordination procurement support and project cost tracking. Local on-site candidate required.
Recruiters Submission: To submit cancel - Project Estimator - Rigging & Construction - SDV Services Inc. - JPC- 2003- source
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- Client job title: Project Estimator - Rigging & Construction
- Location: Alameda CA
- On-site hybrid remote: On-site
- Experience: 3
- Good fit job titles/keywords for candidates: Construction Estimator Project Estimator Rigging Estimator Steel Estimator Structural Steel Estimator Misc Metals Estimator
- # of hires needed: 1