Estimator
Catamount Constructors
Salary undisclosed
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Description
Build What Matters. Build Your Future.
Catamount builds the spaces communities depend on every day. From distribution centers that keep goods moving and medical facilities that provide critical care, to housing, restaurants, and fire stations serving local neighborhoods, our work supports real life. As a best-in-class, 100% employee-owned general contractor with a national reach, we complete projects across diverse markets and regions. This diversity empowers us, keeps our teams moving forward, and creates long-term opportunities for the people shaping our company.
Why choose Catamount?
We’re financially stable, growing, and built for the long haul. Our extensive national backlog and diverse project types provide stability, momentum, and opportunities. At Catamount, careers advance. Employee-owners can grow, move between project types and markets, and build long-term careers without starting over. Teams are carefully staffed, work-life balance is prioritized, and our people are seen as long-term assets.
Diverse work. Real stability. Shared success.
Position Overview:
The Estimator’s role is crucial in securing work and building our business. Their understanding of rapidly changing conditions and relationships with area subcontractors ensures delivery of clear, concise bids tailored to the project and needs of our client. They set the operations team up for success and play a continuing role through construction.
Role & Responsibilities:
- Manages the collection and analysis of data needed to estimate the time, materials, labor and cost required to construct a project
- Combine historical data and current trends to create and present accurate estimates
- Solicit the appropriate quantity of subcontractors in a timely manner, and know from experience how to choose the right subcontractors for the project (reference checking and networking).
- Review bid scope sheets, review subcontractor proposals for accuracy, and provide accurate quantity surveys
- Use Catamount’s “bid system” efficiently and correctly, and distribute addendums timely when necessary
- Hand off estimating projects to the Project Manager in a clear, precise, and timely manner
Qualifications:
- Hard Bid Estimating
- Attention to detail; everything from the estimates, units costs, bid scope sheets and proposals must be accurate
- Refined organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize tasks for self, team, and projects
- Outstanding communication skills (listening, presenting, interpersonal and written)
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
- 2+ years related experience and/or training with a Commercial General Contractor preferred
Compensation:
- In addition to offering competitive base pay, Catamount employees are eligible for additional incentives for merit/performance, project incentives, new hire referrals, and business development commissions.
Why You’ll Love Working Here
- A culture that develops leaders. Grow alongside experienced mentors in an environment rooted in accountability, trust, and shared success.
- Work that builds careers. With projects spanning multiple markets, you’ll have opportunities to grow, specialize, and evolve as your career goals take shape.
- 100% employee-owned. Our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) aligns our employee-owners with our mission. When Catamount succeeds, employee-owners share that success.
- Benefits that support everyday life. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; life insurance; short- and long-term disability coverage; an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); a 401(k); an ESOP; a generous VacationFlex program; paid sick time; and optional programs such as pet insurance and AFLAC accident, critical illness, and hospital policies.
Please refer to the Summary Plan Descriptions for eligibility requirements and additional details.
Catamount Constructors Incorporated does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or recruiting firms. Any resume submitted to any employee of Catamount without a prior executed agreement will be considered unsolicited and the property of Catamount Constructors Incorporated. Recruiting agencies - thank you for not calling or emailing.
Our Commitment to an Inclusive Workplace:
Catamount Constructors, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. Employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.
Benefits
- health insurance
- vision insurance
- 401(k)
- life insurance
- sick leave
About this role
Catamount Constructors is seeking an Estimator to join their Atlanta office on a contract basis. This role sits at the heart of business development—you'll manage the full estimating process from data collection through bid delivery, combining historical project data with current market conditions to produce accurate cost assessments. The work requires coordinating with subcontractors, vetting their proposals, conducting quantity surveys, and ensuring all estimates, scope sheets, and supporting documentation are precise before handing projects off to the operations team.
Success in this position demands strong organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, and the ability to communicate clearly with both internal teams and external partners. You'll need hands-on experience with hard bid estimating in commercial general contracting, proficiency with Catamount's bid system, and a track record of building relationships with reliable subcontractors. A bachelor's degree and at least two years of related experience are required.
Catamount is a 100% employee-owned, financially stable general contractor with national reach and a diverse project portfolio—from distribution centers to medical facilities to community infrastructure. The company emphasizes long-term career development, work-life balance, and shared success through its ESOP structure, along with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and flexible vacation.
Typical pay for this role
$120,000
Typical range: $80,000 to $140,000
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