Senior Commercial Roofing Estimator

This is a full estimating desk for an experienced commercial roofing estimator who can take ownership of an active bid calendar with limited ramp-up. You will own the work from plan review and takeoff through completing the estimate and proposal and submitting the bid. This is an estimating role, not project management or outside sales.

The work includes public and private commercial roofing and architectural sheet-metal projects. You will control scope, quantities, costs, RFIs, addenda, revisions, deadlines, proposals, and bid submission. When a bid is awarded, you will complete the estimator work order and hand it off to the production team. Your responsibility for the awarded-job process ends at that handoff.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

• Review plans, specifications, addenda, alternates, and bid documents.
• Perform commercial roofing and sheet-metal takeoffs and quantity surveys.
• Build itemized labor, material, and equipment costs in STACK, The EDGE, Bluebeam, or comparable software.
• Manage the full bid cycle, including plan review, RFIs, addenda, revisions, budgets, bid files, proposals, and bid-day submission.
• Track public opportunities, including DFD, CDB, municipal, and similar work.
• Complete the estimate and proposal and submit each committed bid on time, or escalate before the deadline.
• Coordinate with preconstruction and contracts on bonding, insurance, prequalification, forms, and compliance documentation required for the bid.
• Estimate TPO, EPDM, PVC, modified bitumen, built-up roofing, and metal work.
• Maintain an accurate bid calendar and raise workload, scope, capacity, or schedule risks early.
• When a bid is awarded, complete the estimator work order and hand it off to the production team. Estimator responsibility for the awarded-job process ends at that handoff.
• Compare completed-job costs with estimates and apply what you learn to future work.

WHAT WE NEED

• At least five years of direct commercial roofing estimating experience.
• Direct responsibility for public and private bids, prevailing-wage work, bid bonds, addenda, alternates, and hard deadlines.
• Strong knowledge of TPO, EPDM, PVC, modified bitumen, built-up, and metal systems.
• Ability to read plans, specifications, and construction documents accurately.
• Production experience with STACK, The EDGE, Bluebeam, or comparable commercial roofing estimating software. STACK experience is preferred.
• Ability to manage several live estimates and deadline-controlled submissions without losing track of details.
• A valid driver's license and the ability to travel to job sites when needed.
• Ability to work full-time on-site in McHenry.