Estimator / Project Manager | Western United States

Estimate It. Win It. Build It.

You know how heavy civil work gets won.

 

You know how it gets built.

 

You can walk a site, understand the scope, develop a plan, put together an estimate, sit across the table from a client and then help turn the job you priced into a successful project.

 

MacKay Contracting is looking for an experienced Estimator / Project Manager to help pursue, win and execute heavy civil and mining work across the Western United States.

 

This isn't a conventional desk estimating position.

 

You'll be close to the opportunities, the clients and the projects, with the ability to influence which work we pursue and how we build it.

 

The Opportunity

MacKay Contracting is an established heavy civil and mining contractor founded in 1986, with four decades of experience delivering challenging projects.

 

Our work includes major earthworks, roadbuilding, underground infrastructure, concrete, mining infrastructure, environmental construction and industrial civil work.

 

We're looking for someone who understands heavy civil construction and can combine strong estimating and project-management experience with the ability to identify opportunities, build relationships and execute work in the field.

 

You'll have the equipment, technical capability, estimating and operational resources of an established contractor behind you, while having considerably more influence than you might find in a traditional estimating or project-management position.

 

You won't simply inherit a list of projects.

 

You'll help determine which ones are worth pursuing, how we approach them and then help deliver the work we win.

 

What You'll Get to Do

Find the right work.
Identify and evaluate heavy civil, mining and infrastructure opportunities throughout the Western U.S. You'll help determine where our capabilities create an advantage, understand the risks and decide which projects are worth pursuing.

Turn opportunities into executable bids.
Develop estimates, quantity takeoffs, pricing, schedules and bid strategies based on how the work will actually be built. You'll work closely with estimating, operations and field leadership to develop competitive plans that make sense beyond bid day.

Know the market and the people in it.
Develop relationships with owners, engineers, general contractors, suppliers and subcontractors throughout the region. You'll build the local knowledge and connections that help us understand labour, equipment, materials, pricing, competition and upcoming opportunities.

Stay connected after award.
This isn't an estimating role where the project disappears from your desk after bid day. You'll have the opportunity to take projects from pursuit through planning, mobilization and execution.

 

Deliver the work you helped win.
Manage cost, schedule, contracts, changes, subcontractors and client communication while keeping the project aligned with the assumptions and strategy behind the estimate.

Help shape the work ahead.
You'll help strengthen our network of subcontractors and suppliers, support the development of project teams and bring practical market knowledge into decisions about where and how we compete.

 

You'll work closely with MacKay senior leadership team, with the estimating, operational, equipment and technical resources of the broader company behind you.

Who You'll Probably Be

You've spent meaningful time in heavy civil construction and understand more than what an estimate looks like on a screen.

 

You understand how the work actually gets built.

 

Your background may include earthworks, underground utilities, roadbuilding, site development, concrete, industrial civil construction, mine infrastructure or similar scopes.

 

You've developed enough estimating experience to look at drawings, quantities, production, equipment, schedule and risk and understand what actually drives the number.

 

You also understand project execution.

 

You can walk a project with a superintendent, work through pricing with a subcontractor, discuss constructability with an engineer and sit across the table from an owner without changing who you are.

 

You're comfortable moving between the office and the field and between estimating and operations.

 

You don't need layers of corporate structure around you to make progress. You know when to make a decision, when t