Estimator - Federal Projects - Gaithersburg, MD
Michael Page International
- Gaithersburg, Maryland
- 17 days ago
- $100,000–$120,000 Per Year
- Full-time
Highlights
With a strong reputation, growing backlog, and long-standing client relationships, they offer employees the opportunity to contribute to meaningful and technically challenging projects while advancing their careers. Our client is a well-established construction firm known for delivering complex, high-security projects for government and commercial clients.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Gaithersburg, Maryland |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $100,000–$120,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Website | https://www.michaelpage.ca/ |
Description
Estimator
Our client is a well-established construction firm known for delivering complex, high-security projects for government and commercial clients. With a strong reputation, growing backlog, and long-standing client relationships, they offer employees the opportunity to contribute to meaningful and technically challenging projects while advancing their careers.
Job Description
The responsibilities of an Estimator:
- Prepare detailed conceptual, schematic, and final construction estimates.
- Analyze drawings, specifications, and project requirements to develop accurate cost projections.
- Solicit and evaluate subcontractor and supplier pricing.
- Identify value engineering opportunities and cost-saving recommendations.
- Participate in design-build pursuits and collaborative preconstruction efforts.
- Review project risks, scope gaps, and constructability considerations.
- Support bid preparation, proposal development, and contract negotiations.
- Coordinate with project managers, superintendents, and leadership teams throughout the preconstruction process.
- Maintain current knowledge of market pricing, labor trends, and material costs.
- Assist with federal procurement and government contracting opportunities.
MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.
The Successful Applicant
The successful estimator should have:
- 3+ years of construction estimating experience.
- Federal construction estimating experience strongly preferred.
- Design-build project experience preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, or a related field preferred.
- Strong understanding of construction drawings, specifications, and estimating methodologies.
- Experience preparing detailed cost estimates and bid packages.
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
- Eligible to pass federal background checks and obtain access to secure facilities.
- Experience supporting Pentagon, military, federal agency, or similar government projects is highly desirable.
What's on Offer
- Up to 120k Base Salary
- Work on nationally recognized landmarks and mission-critical facilities.
- Exposure to Pentagon, Smithsonian, Department of State, and other federal projects.
- Stable organization with more than 30 years of proven success in federal construction.
- Growing backlog with active hiring and strong project demand.
- Opportunity to support international construction projects across multiple continents.
Contact Lauren Ward Quote job ref JN-082026-7090024
About Company
Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
Our business was established in Canada in 2005 when we opened our Toronto office. Our role is to work with employers and job seekers to facilitate a successful match. This can range from advising a global company on a candidate sourcing strategy to helping a job seeker find their dream job.
In Canada, we focus on recruiting for the following areas:
Banking and financial services
Digital and e-commerce
Engineering and manufacturing
Finance and accounting
Human resources
Information technology
Marketing
Oil and gas
Procurement and supply chain
Property and construction
Sales
An Established Brand
The Group has established a leading presence in many of the key markets for professional recruitment around the world and has positioned itself in certain other markets, which offer the opportunity for future growth. Within its current largest markets, Michael Page has also built a regional presence, including in the UK, France and Australia. Consequently, the Michael Page brand is among the most widely recognized brands in the professional recruitment industry.
A Market Leader
The role of a recruitment consultancy is to act as an intermediary, identifying and sourcing suitably qualified candidates on behalf of its clients. Candidates are recruited either for permanent or contract positions (typically for a fixed term) or on a temporary basis. Within the overall recruitment industry, the market for professional recruitment services is a specialist sector which has developed more recently. Michael Page is widely recognized as leading the development of this market around the world.
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