Senior Estimator

Join our team at Journey Construction, a division of Journey Group, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota where our innovative and collaborative culture sets us apart in the construction industry. As a Senior Estimator, you will have the opportunity to lead and contribute to exciting projects that shape our communities. Your expertise will be valued as you work onsite, ensuring the accurate estimation of costs and timelines for our construction projects.

JOURNEY GROUP: OUR STORY

Journey Group is a full-service construction group with headquarters in Sioux Falls, S.D., and six divisions offering commercial, manufacturing, industrial, civil, residential and asphalt construction services in the upper Midwest and nationwide. Our company has a long-standing reputation of building lasting relationships with contractors throughout the region. Our experience in past projects working in and around the local construction market coupled with our solid reputation of being a fair, honest, and team-oriented company will bring a strong contractor interest to any project. With Journey Group, you're getting engineers and construction professionals with a wealth of education and experience-but you're also getting allies on your project site. Our team is trustworthy, communicative, fiscally responsible and never lacking in follow-through.

As a Senior Estimator at Journey Construction, you will be at the forefront of initiating and completing tasks crucial to estimating successful and complex commercial construction projects. Leading a team of estimators, you will provide guidance and training to ensure high-quality work on various project stages. Collaborating with architects, consultants, and internal teams, you will develop winning bid strategies and pricing models while maintaining compliance with standards and policies. By staying current with industry trends and enhancing estimating techniques, you will continuously improve the estimation process. If you are passionate about construction, ready to lead a team to success, and thrive in a dynamic culture of innovation and collaboration, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Join us on this journey of growth and development!

To excel as a Senior Estimator at Journey Construction, candidates must possess a bachelor's degree in construction management or construction engineering, along with a minimum of 8-10 years of progressive experience in construction cost estimating or project management. Proficiency in software tools such as Sage Timberline, Digital Takeoff (Planswift), Bluebeam/PDF, Google Earth, Revit, and Sketchup is preferred. Essential skills include strong leadership, construction cost expertise, analytical and negotiation skills, and effective communication abilities.

Successful candidates will demonstrate problem-solving capabilities, maintain a value-added approach to estimating, and prioritize tasks efficiently to meet deadlines. By embodying our core values, fostering relationships with internal clients, and collaborating effectively with colleagues, you will thrive in our culture of excellence and innovation.

At Journey Group, we offer a variety of different perks and benefits. We offer competitive pay, annual review with pay increase opportunity, annual bonus, and bilingual premium pay. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, flex spending account, health savings account with a company match, short term disability, employer paid long term disability, along with a wellness program.

We encourage employees to maintain a work life balance, so we offer paid time off, 8 paid holidays and paid parental leave.

As a Senior Estimator, you will be eligible for a cell phone allowance, mileage reimbursement, and the possibility of relocation assistance.

If you are ready to join our mission of positively impacting lives by building community, please submit a resume online or stop in and fill out an application at 4500 W 58th Street Sioux Falls, SD 57108

Journey Group is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding hiring and employment. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.