Position Description:
GCON is looking for a Senior Estimator who wants more than a production estimating role. This position will lead complex commercial and high-tech pursuits, work directly with preconstruction and operations leadership, and help shape how GCON estimates, plans, and wins work.
You’ll have ownership from early conceptual budgeting through final proposal and transition to operations. You’ll also have the opportunity to strengthen estimating practices, mentor developing team members, and influence preconstruction decisions as GCON continues to grow.
GCON Culture of Caring Benefits:
- Competitive compensation
- 100% employee medical/dental premium coverage (generous family coverage with 3 plans to tailor to needs)
- Immediate employer 401(k) contribution regardless of employee participation
- Potential annual profit sharing bonus
- Employee rewards program to redeem for gift cards or contribute to cause of your choosing
- Tuition reimbursement program for pursuits outside position
- Sponsorship for continuing education for career pursuits
- 40 hours of volunteer time off (VTO) for causes you support in addition to PTO
- Employee boot voucher program
- Access to StrongerWork optimal mental health services
The GCON Way:
GCON Inc. is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ and has a national reach, with permanent teams in Hillsboro, OR, Rio Rancho, NM, and Santa Clara, CA. We specialize in a wide range of project types, facilitated by highly specialized builders. GCON builds its advanced teams through robust career development training programs, a leadership development (LEADERS) program, and a diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging culture aligned with our value of Stewardship.
GCON’s Core Values of Unconventional Thinking, Value Delivery, Set a New Standard, Continuous Improvement, and Stewardship bring GCON team members together to inspire opportunities and promote new ideas. Our people centered ethos is evidenced through our strong Safety culture recognized for 2 consecutive years with the Highwire Platinum designation, as well as our employee recognition program, GCON’s Greatest, which promotes daily teamwork and camaraderie that are central to a meaningful career.
Responsibilities:
- Lead estimates from conceptual budgeting through GMP, negotiated, design-build, and competitive proposal submission.
- Develop budgets, cost models, quantity takeoffs, alternates, allowances, contingencies, and escalation analyses.
- Create pursuit and procurement strategies based on client priorities, project risk, market conditions, and long-lead scopes.
- Evaluate drawings, specifications, subcontractor proposals, constructability, scope coverage, and commercial risk.
- Lead estimate reviews, bid leveling, scope meetings, executive presentations, and project handoffs.
- Collaborate with clients, design partners, trade partners, business development, and operations throughout the pursuit.
- Provide technical guidance and estimate review support.
- Improve estimating tools, standards, historical cost information, and lessons-learned practices.
Skills/Qualifications:
- 7+ years of progressive commercial construction estimating or preconstruction experience, with demonstrated ability to independently lead complex project pursuits.
- Experience developing conceptual, negotiated GMP, CM/GC, Design-Build, and competitive hard-bid estimates, including cost modeling, budgeting, quantity takeoffs, value engineering, and risk analysis.
- Strong knowledge of commercial construction means and methods, drawings, specifications, CSI MasterFormat, constructability, and project delivery methods.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent pursuits, identify scope gaps and project risks, evaluate trade partner proposals, and develop practical cost, procurement, and constructability solutions.
- Strong analytical, communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to lead estimate reviews and collaborate with clients, design teams, trade partners, and internal teams.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with commercial estimating, digital takeoff, drawing review, and document markup tools.
Preferred:
- General contractor estimating/preconstruction experience on commercial, industrial, mission-critical, healthcare, higher education, or similarly complex projects.
- Experience developing long-lead procurement strategies and mentoring or developing estimators and junior preconstruction professionals.
- Experience with On-Screen Takeoff (OST), BIM, Assemble, Revit, Bluebeam, or similar construction technology platforms.
Physical Requirements:
- Standing/Walking/Sitting
- Legs: Must be able to climb stairs
- Hands/Arms: Constant use of hands/fingers for mouse/keyboard/computer use
- Vision: Visual acuity in near, mid, and far range. Color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, hand/eye coordination
- Hearing: Sufficient to hear conversational levels in person and over the telephone and radio; sufficient to hear alarms on equipment
- Speech: Sufficient to make oneself heard in person, speak in front of groups, and be understood over the telephone and radio
- Lift/Carry: Up to 40lbs.
- Bending/Twisting
- Kneeling/Crouching/Crawling
GCON is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the bases of any status protected under federal, state, or local law. Applicants will be considered regardless of their race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law. In addition to complying with all applicable laws, GCON also has a strong corporate commitment to inclusion.
Notice to all Employment, Staffing & Recruiting Agencies and Recruiters: We please ask that you do not directly email, call or visit our hiring managers. GCON does not accept unsolicited resumes and should any be received from a third party they will not be considered, unless a signed agreement is in place. If you would like to discuss becoming a preferred staffing vendor to GCON please contact our recruitment team who will advise you on the process.