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Chief Estimator — Water & Wastewater Treatment Plant

Orion Placement1,371 open roles

Pay
$155,000 – $192,500 a year
Where
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
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The posting

Pay: $155,000.00 - $192,500.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

  • Step into a high-impact leadership role where your estimating strategy directly influences project selection, win rates, profitability, and long-term growth.
  • Lead and develop a talented estimating team while shaping processes, standards, and best practices for complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
  • Work closely with executive leadership, operations, project management, and field teams on major heavy civil pursuits.
  • Earn performance-based incentives, annual profit sharing, and a monthly safety bonus.
  • Receive strong benefits, including paid time off, paid holidays, comprehensive health coverage, employer-paid life insurance, and a 401(k) with a 100% match on the first 4%.
  • Build your career with an organization that invests in leadership development, continuous improvement, safety, and professional growth.

Location: Jacksonville, FL — This is a full-time, in-office opportunity offering close collaboration with leadership, estimating, operations, and project teams. Some travel is required for project pursuits, site visits, and team collaboration.

Note: Candidates must have 10+ years of heavy civil construction and estimating experience, including at least 4+ years of water and wastewater treatment plant estimating experience. Proven experience leading, mentoring, or managing estimating teams is also important for success in this role.

About Us

We are an established civil construction company delivering essential infrastructure across public works, water and wastewater, site development, underground utilities, and related heavy civil markets. Our team is built around accountability, integrity, collaboration, safety, and a commitment to delivering exceptional results for our clients and communities. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

  • Lead and develop the Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant estimating team while establishing clear standards for performance, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Drive estimating strategy to improve bid competitiveness, win rates, project selection, and margin performance.
  • Oversee detailed estimates for complex water and wastewater treatment plant construction projects.
  • Review pricing, production assumptions, quantities, subcontractor coverage, constructability, and project risk.
  • Lead final estimate reviews and communicate pursuit strategies to executive and operational leadership.
  • Partner with leadership on go/no-go decisions based on risk, competition, available resources, and strategic fit.
  • Mentor estimators, takeoff specialists, and support staff while building a high-performing estimating organization.
  • Collaborate with Project Managers, Superintendents, and field teams to ensure estimates reflect real-world construction methods and production expectations.
  • Support preconstruction, value engineering, cost optimization, and alternative construction strategies.
  • Build productive relationships with subcontractors, suppliers, vendors, and industry partners.
  • Analyze historical costs, production rates, bid results, and market conditions to continuously improve estimating accuracy.
  • Improve estimating systems, software, workflows, and processes as the business continues to grow.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of heavy civil construction and estimating experience.
  • 4+ years of water and wastewater treatment plant estimating experience.
  • Demonstrated experience leading, managing, or mentoring estimating professionals.
  • Strong knowledge of heavy civil construction methods, cost drivers, production rates, project risk, and constructability.
  • Ability to interpret complex civil, structural, process, and mechanical plans and specifications.
  • Experience with estimating platforms such as HCSS, Bid2Win, Bluebeam, PlanSwift, or comparable software.
  • Strong Microsoft Excel, Word, and Teams skills.
  • Strong communication, decision-making, ownership, and leadership abilities.
  • Ability to travel as needed for pursuits, site visits, and project collaboration.
  • Ability to successfully complete required pre-employment screening.

Why You Will Love Working Here

  • You will have a meaningful voice in which projects we pursue and how we win them.
  • Your leadership will directly influence the growth and performance of an important infrastructure division.
  • You will work alongside experienced construction professionals who value accountability, character, teamwork, and results.
  • You will have the opportunity to mentor others while continuing to expand your own leadership and technical expertise.
  • Our compensation package rewards both individual contribution and company success through performance incentives, profit sharing, and safety bonuses.
  • We provide strong benefits and ongoing training designed to support a long-term career.

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Benefits:

  • Dental insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Retirement plan
  • Vision insurance
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