Estimator
About the role
APAC-Central, Inc. is a CRH company dedicated to producing and providing crushed aggregate materials, sand, ready-mix concrete, asphalt, and performing as a regional heavy highway/infrastructure construction firm serving Arkansas, Oklahoma, and southern Missouri. This role is designed for high achievers eager to grow, innovate, and leave a mark on the built environment.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Analysis & Estimation: Dive deep into blueprints, specifications, proposals, and site conditions to define the full scope of work. Prepare accurate takeoffs and quantify requirements for materials, equipment, labor, and production.
Hands-On Estimating: Create detailed estimates for self-performed work, ensuring precision and clarity in every bid.
Business Development: Actively cultivate and expand our customer base, leveraging your sales acumen to initiate new opportunities and build enduring relationships.
Bid Management: Proactively seek out bid opportunities through established networks. Prepare winning bid packages, analyze subcontractor quotes for projects of varying sizes and complexity.
Multitasking Excellence: Efficiently manage and bid multiple projects concurrently, demonstrating superior organizational and time management skills.
Collaborative Consultation: Engage with clients, vendors, the Lead Estimator, and other stakeholders to discuss project requirements, refine estimates, and present compelling proposals.
Site Engagement: Conduct regular site visits to monitor progress, update schedules, troubleshoot issues, and coordinate resources with the Construction Manager—ensuring project milestones are met and exceeded.
Project Leadership: Oversee all contracted projects, champion safety practices, develop and update schedules, assist forepersons with payroll and progress reporting, and generate monthly billings.
Financial Oversight: Review job costs on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis, working closely with commercial crews to optimize performance, manage and price change orders, and oversee subcontractors and vendors.
Customer Satisfaction: Foster open communication with owners and/or prime contractors, ensuring their needs are understood and exceeded throughout the project lifecycle.
Continuous Improvement: Assess job progress and production versus estimates, collaborating with the Lead Estimator and others to identify opportunities for enhancement.
Team Support: Assist the Lead Estimator on additional projects, field measurements, mileage assessments, and material sourcing as needed.
Technical Proficiency: Utilize advanced software tools including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, HCSS Heavy Bid, ViewPoint, Primavera, and Trimble, maintaining up-to-date capabilities in technology-driven project management.
Teamwork & Leadership: Contribute to a collaborative, high-performance team environment, providing strong leadership and support to colleagues and stakeholders.
Adaptability: Tackle other duties assigned by supervisors, demonstrating flexibility and a commitment to the organization’s goals.
Qualifications & Experience
Education: Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Construction Management, or a related field is strongly preferred. Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered for outstanding candidates.
Experience: At least five years of experience in construction, paving, and/or estimating, with a track record of successful project delivery and client satisfaction.
Skills & Attributes
Analytical Acumen: Ability to interpret complex instructions, drawings, correspondence, and memos accurately. Demonstrate high-level quantitative skills, including proficiency in calculations, percentages, ratios, and interpretation of bar graphs.
Communication Expertise: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present information clearly in one-on-one and group settings to customers, clients, and team members.
Technical Savvy: Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and various database applications, with accurate typing and keyboard skills.
Problem-Solving Mindset: Apply common sense and strategic thinking to execute detailed written and oral instructions and resolve challenges as they arise.
Organizational Excellence: Demonstrate superior time management skills, balancing multiple projects and priorities with efficiency and adaptability.
Leadership Presence: Exhibit strong leadership abilities, inspiring collaboration, innovation, and accountability within the team.
Customer-Focused Attitude: Commitment to delivering outstanding service and results for both internal and external stakeholders.
Growth-Oriented Perspective: Embrace opportunities for continuous learning, skill development, and professional advancement.
Why Join Us?
Impactful Work: Take on challenging projects that shape communities and infrastructure, leaving a legacy.
Supportive Culture: Join a dynamic, team-oriented environment that values expertise, creativity, and mutual respect.
Career Advancement: Access ongoing training, mentorship, and opportunities for growth within a forward-thinking company.
Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package and rewards for high performance.
Innovation & Excellence: Work with cutting-edge tools and methodologies, setting new standards in commercial paving and construction management.
Physical & Work Environment Requirements
- Frequently required to climb, balance, and perform tasks involving physical agility.
- Regularly sit, climb, and use hand signals or equipment; occasionally stand, walk, crawl, kneel, bend, stoop, crouch, or reach above shoulder height.
- Lift and move objects weighing up to 25-50 lbs as needed.
- Work primarily outdoors, often in extreme weather and environmental conditions.
- Comfortable working in all weather conditions; exposed to jobsite hazards such as moving machinery, high places, airborne particles, and loud environments.
- Must have specific vision abilities, including close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception, to operate equipment safely.
About CRH
CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large international organization.