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Senior Project Manager / Estimator – Heavy Civil Construction
Pay: $100,000 - $160,000 per year, depending on experience
Job Type: Full-time
Work Location: In person – Reno, Nevada
Company Overview
Pokrajac Corporation is a General Engineering Contractor with over 40 years of experience in the construction industry, specializing in heavy civil construction, excavation, grading, and underground utilities.
Since our founding in 1984, we have built a strong reputation for completing complex projects safely, on schedule, and within budget. Our team takes pride in quality workmanship, accountability, professionalism, and developing practical solutions to challenging construction projects.
Job Summary
Pokrajac Corporation is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager, Senior Estimator, or an individual with experience in both disciplines to join our team in Reno, Nevada.
We are open to candidates whose primary background is either project management or estimating, as well as individuals experienced in both disciplines. Candidates are not expected to be equally experienced in both roles.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in heavy civil construction, including earthwork, grading, underground utilities, and public works. Depending on the candidate's experience and strengths, the position may focus primarily on estimating and preconstruction, project management and execution, or a combination of both.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities will be based on the successful candidate's experience, strengths, and position within the company and may include:
Estimating & Preconstruction
- Review plans, specifications, geotechnical reports, addenda, contracts, and other bid documents to understand project requirements.
- Prepare detailed, production-based estimates for heavy civil construction, including labor, equipment, materials, trucking, subcontractors, and project indirect costs.
- Perform and review quantity takeoffs for excavation, grading, underground utilities, and related civil scopes.
- Develop project budgets, schedules, scopes of work, qualifications, exclusions, and bid proposals.
- Attend pre-bid meetings and site walks as required.
- Solicit, evaluate, and negotiate pricing from subcontractors, suppliers, and vendors.
- Identify constructability concerns, scope gaps, project risks, and value-engineering opportunities.
- Utilize HeavyBid, Bluebeam, historical cost information, production rates, and field knowledge to develop competitive and accurate estimates.
- Participate in bid reviews, contract negotiations, project handoffs, and awarded-project startup.
Project Management & Operations
- Manage heavy civil and underground utility projects from startup through completion and closeout.
- Develop and maintain project budgets, cost projections, schedules, billing forecasts, and cost-to-complete projections.
- Review and administer project contracts and subcontract agreements, including scope, change provisions, notice requirements, billing requirements, and project documentation.
- Coordinate with superintendents, project engineers, owners, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, engineers, and public agencies.
- Review project plans, specifications, schedules, submittals, RFIs, and other construction documents.
- Monitor field progress, production, quantities, costs, and schedule performance to identify and address issues affecting the project.
- Manage subcontractors, vendors, procurement, and project documentation.
- Identify changed conditions and scope changes, and prepare, price, negotiate, and track change order requests.
- Prepare and review project billings, forecasts, cost reports, and overall project financial performance.
- Identify project risks and develop practical mitigation strategies.
- Manage project closeout, final quantities, change-order resolution, and turnover.
- Maintain strong client relationships and support business development and repeat-work opportunities.
- Mentor and support Project Engineers, Assistant Project Managers, Estimators, and other developing staff as appropriate.
Qualifications
- Significant experience in heavy civil construction, preferably involving excavation, grading, underground utilities, site development, roadway, or public works construction.
- Senior-level experience in heavy civil construction estimating, project management, or a combination of both.
- Strong understanding of heavy civil construction means, methods, sequencing, production rates, labor, equipment, and material costs.
- Ability to read and interpret civil construction plans, specifications, geotechnical reports, contracts, and other project documents.
- Strong understanding of project budgeting, forecasting, scheduling, cost control, and change management.
- Ability to independently organize and manage projects, estimates, deadlines, and competing priorities.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with field personnel, clients, owners, engineers, subcontractors, suppliers, and public agencies.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or a related field is preferred; equivalent heavy civil construction experience will be considered.
Preferred Skills & Experience
- 10+ years of heavy civil construction experience.
- Experience managing and/or estimating projects valued at $5 million or greater.
- Underground water, sewer, storm drain, wet utility, excavation, and mass grading experience.
- Municipal, public works, federal, or other public agency construction experience.
- Nevada and Northern California construction experience.
- Prevailing wage and public works contracting experience.
- Design-Build experience.
- Experience with NDOT, local municipalities, utility districts, and other public agencies.
- Experience developing and negotiating change orders and managing project cost-to-complete.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license is a plus but not required.
Software Experience
Experience with some or all of the following is preferred:
- HCSS HeavyBid
- Bluebeam Revu
- Procore
- Microsoft Project and/or Primavera P6
- Microsoft Excel and Office
- ComputerEase or similar construction accounting/job-cost software
- Civil 3D and electronic plan files
Candidates do not need experience with every listed platform to be considered.
Benefits
- Competitive salary based on experience and capabilities
- 401(k) matching
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off
Compensation
$100,000 - $160,000 per year, depending on experience
Compensation within the range will be based on the candidate's heavy civil experience, project management and/or estimating capabilities, project size and complexity experience, technical knowledge, and ability to independently manage assigned responsibilities.
Pay: $100,000.00 - $160,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Senior Project Manager / Estimator – Heavy Civil Construction
Pay: $100,000 - $160,000 per year, depending on experience
Job Type: Full-time
Work Location: In person – Reno, Nevada
Company Overview
Pokrajac Corporation is a General Engineering Contractor with over 40 years of experience in the construction industry, specializing in heavy civil construction, excavation, grading, and underground utilities.
Since our founding in 1984, we have built a strong reputation for completing complex projects safely, on schedule, and within budget. Our team takes pride in quality workmanship, accountability, professionalism, and developing practical solutions to challenging construction projects.
Job Summary
Pokrajac Corporation is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager, Senior Estimator, or an individual with experience in both disciplines to join our team in Reno, Nevada.
We are open to candidates whose primary background is either project management or estimating, as well as individuals experienced in both disciplines. Candidates are not expected to be equally experienced in both roles.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in heavy civil construction, including earthwork, grading, underground utilities, and public works. Depending on the candidate's experience and strengths, the position may focus primarily on estimating and preconstruction, project management and execution, or a combination of both.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities will be based on the successful candidate's experience, strengths, and position within the company and may include:
Estimating & Preconstruction
- Review plans, specifications, geotechnical reports, addenda, contracts, and other bid documents to understand project requirements.
- Prepare detailed, production-based estimates for heavy civil construction, including labor, equipment, materials, trucking, subcontractors, and project indirect costs.
- Perform and review quantity takeoffs for excavation, grading, underground utilities, and related civil scopes.
- Develop project budgets, schedules, scopes of work, qualifications, exclusions, and bid proposals.
- Attend pre-bid meetings and site walks as required.
- Solicit, evaluate, and negotiate pricing from subcontractors, suppliers, and vendors.
- Identify constructability concerns, scope gaps, project risks, and value-engineering opportunities.
- Utilize HeavyBid, Bluebeam, historical cost information, production rates, and field knowledge to develop competitive and accurate estimates.
- Participate in bid reviews, contract negotiations, project handoffs, and awarded-project startup.
Project Management & Operations
- Manage heavy civil and underground utility projects from startup through completion and closeout.
- Develop and maintain project budgets, cost projections, schedules, billing forecasts, and cost-to-complete projections.
- Review and administer project contracts and subcontract agreements, including scope, change provisions, notice requirements, billing requirements, and project documentation.
- Coordinate with superintendents, project engineers, owners, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, engineers, and public agencies.
- Review project plans, specifications, schedules, submittals, RFIs, and other construction documents.
- Monitor field progress, production, quantities, costs, and schedule performance to identify and address issues affecting the project.
- Manage subcontractors, vendors, procurement, and project documentation.
- Identify changed conditions and scope changes, and prepare, price, negotiate, and track change order requests.
- Prepare and review project billings, forecasts, cost reports, and overall project financial performance.
- Identify project risks and develop practical mitigation strategies.
- Manage project closeout, final quantities, change-order resolution, and turnover.
- Maintain strong client relationships and support business development and repeat-work opportunities.
- Mentor and support Project Engineers, Assistant Project Managers, Estimators, and other developing staff as appropriate.
Qualifications
- Significant experience in heavy civil construction, preferably involving excavation, grading, underground utilities, site development, roadway, or public works construction.
- Senior-level experience in heavy civil construction estimating, project management, or a combination of both.
- Strong understanding of heavy civil construction means, methods, sequencing, production rates, labor, equipment, and material costs.
- Ability to read and interpret civil construction plans, specifications, geotechnical reports, contracts, and other project documents.
- Strong understanding of project budgeting, forecasting, scheduling, cost control, and change management.
- Ability to independently organize and manage projects, estimates, deadlines, and competing priorities.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with field personnel, clients, owners, engineers, subcontractors, suppliers, and public agencies.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or a related field is preferred; equivalent heavy civil construction experience will be considered.
Preferred Skills & Experience
- 10+ years of heavy civil construction experience.
- Experience managing and/or estimating projects valued at $5 million or greater.
- Underground water, sewer, storm drain, wet utility, excavation, and mass grading experience.
- Municipal, public works, federal, or other public agency construction experience.
- Nevada and Northern California construction experience.
- Prevailing wage and public works contracting experience.
- Design-Build experience.
- Experience with NDOT, local municipalities, utility districts, and other public agencies.
- Experience developing and negotiating change orders and managing project cost-to-complete.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license is a plus but not required.
Software Experience
Experience with some or all of the following is preferred:
- HCSS HeavyBid
- Bluebeam Revu
- Procore
- Microsoft Project and/or Primavera P6
- Microsoft Excel and Office
- ComputerEase or similar construction accounting/job-cost software
- Civil 3D and electronic plan files
Candidates do not need experience with every listed platform to be considered.
Benefits
- Competitive salary based on experience and capabilities
- 401(k) matching
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off
Compensation
$100,000 - $160,000 per year, depending on experience
Compensation within the range will be based on the candidate's heavy civil experience, project management and/or estimating capabilities, project size and complexity experience, technical knowledge, and ability to independently manage assigned responsibilities.
Pay: $100,000.00 - $160,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in project engineer estimator jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction management, or a related field
- Proficiency in estimating software such as Bluebeam, Sage Estimating, or similar platforms
- Experience performing quantity takeoffs and preparing detailed cost estimates
- Familiarity with construction drawings, specifications, and subcontractor bid packages
- Professional Engineer license or progress toward PE licensure preferred for senior roles
- Strong knowledge of project scheduling tools and construction cost databases like RSMeans
Tips for Your Project Engineer Estimator Job Search
Quantify your estimate accuracy on your resume
Hiring managers want to see how close your bids came to actual project costs. List the dollar volume of projects you estimated and note any variance percentage between your estimates and final costs to make your experience concrete and credible.
List every estimating software you have used
Project engineer estimator job postings frequently screen for specific tools like Bluebeam, Sage Estimating, or WinEst before a human ever reads your resume. Include every platform you have used in a dedicated skills section so automated filters don't eliminate you.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists project engineer estimator openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings by project delivery method
Estimators hired for design-build firms face different scoping demands than those at general contractors working lump-sum bids. Filter your search by project type or delivery method so your application experience aligns closely with what the employer actually needs.
Prepare a sample takeoff for technical interviews
Many employers give a live or take-home quantity takeoff exercise during the interview. Bring a clean example from a past project, walk through your methodology, and be ready to defend your assumptions when costs or scope details are challenged by the panel.
Negotiate using total project value you have handled
When discussing compensation, anchor your ask to the aggregate value of estimates you have produced and your win rate on competitive bids. Project engineer estimators who can tie their work directly to revenue secured carry measurably stronger leverage than those who cite years of experience alone.
Project Engineer Estimator Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most project engineer estimators?
Jobot, RIMEPRO, and Lee Industrial Contracting are hiring the most project engineer estimators right now, with openings concentrated in California, Texas, and Ohio, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Activity tends to cluster around states with active infrastructure investment and large commercial construction pipelines.
How many project engineer estimator jobs are remote?
About 19% of project engineer estimator openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the site-dependent nature of most estimating roles. Pre-construction and cost-controls positions at larger firms are most likely to offer remote flexibility, while field-based estimating roles almost always require on-site presence.
How do you become a project engineer estimator?
Most project engineer estimators start with a degree in civil engineering, construction management, or a related technical field, then move into entry-level project engineer or field engineer roles to build hands-on scope knowledge. From there, formal estimating responsibilities are added gradually. Earning a certification from the American Society of Professional Estimators strengthens your profile and helps you move into dedicated estimating positions faster.
Can you get hired as a project engineer estimator with little experience?
Yes, some employers hire candidates with limited direct estimating experience if they have strong construction fundamentals, internship exposure, or a relevant degree. Focus your applications on junior estimator or project engineer roles at general contractors or specialty subcontractors, where on-the-job training in takeoff and bid preparation is built into the position. Highlighting any coursework in cost analysis or scheduling software closes the gap noticeably.
What does the project engineer estimator interview process look like?
Most employers run a phone screen followed by one or two in-person or video rounds. Technical stages typically include a quantity takeoff exercise, questions about how you build a bid from drawings and specifications, and a discussion of how you handle scope gaps or ambiguous plans. Final rounds often involve meeting project managers or preconstruction leads who assess how you would collaborate across teams during the bid process.
Where can I find and apply to project engineer estimator jobs?
You can find and apply to project engineer estimator jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your experience level and specialization, then apply directly to each listing that fits your background and target location.
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