Estimator, Building Envelope Concrete Restoration

ESTIMATOR

Building Envelope Restoration & Structural Concrete Repair

ABOUT SPIRE

Spire Building Solutions is a commercial building envelope restoration and structural concrete repair contractor headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. We restore and preserve multi-story structures for Southeast Florida's condominium and homeowner associations, hospitality properties, and healthcare and senior living communities. Our work spans structural concrete repair, waterproofing, sealants, and coating systems.

THE ROLE

The Estimator owns the estimate end to end. You will convert a scope of work into a priced, defensible estimate and a submitted proposal, and stand behind the analysis, takeoff, field verification, productivity basis, vendor pricing, and assembly that support it.

This is a field-grounded estimating role, not a desk-and-drawings role. Spire prices means and methods, not line items. Quantities describe how much work exists; conditions determine what it costs to perform. You are expected to walk the building, establish existing conditions physically, and carry what you observe into the production rate - because drawings and engineer reports do not disclose that a joint is an inch and a half wide, or that fourteen coats of paint sit beneath a deck coating.

You will work under the direction and review authority of the Chief Estimator and direct the day-to-day output of the Estimating Assistant.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

• Bid package analysis. Confirm package completeness on receipt, interpret the scope for what it specifies and what it leaves to the contractor, and build the gap list that drives RFIs and written assumptions.
• Estimate architecture. Build the estimating framework in Sage Estimating around approved means and methods, isolating alternates, unit prices, and allowances so the deliverable answers what the client is actually asking.
• Takeoff and field verification. Walk the project whenever access permits and document conditions unit by unit and elevation by elevation. Digital takeoff and aerial imagery capture area and length; they never substitute for physical review.
• Constraints and productivity basis. Assess work hours, access method, life safety, occupancy impact, staging, and hoisting; determine whether each condition enhances or restricts productivity; and carry that judgment into the production rate rather than into contingency.
• Pricing, vendor solicitation, and risk allocation. Solicit and level trade pricing against clearly written scope, qualify vendors, and place assumed quantities in a unit price, allowance, or exclusion never buried in a lump sum.
• RFI and addenda control. Author and track RFIs in Procore, incorporate every addendum before submission, and escalate any response that changes scope, quantity, or productivity.
• Review, release, and turnover. Present the estimate and the reasoning behind it to the Chief Estimator, and hand off a documented basis that survives award and transfer to Operations.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

Performance is measured by the reliability of the estimate and the accuracy of what it predicted - not by volume of output.

• Awarded work performs within target variance of estimated cost, labor hours, and production rates.
• Every estimate is supported by physical review or a QC'd survey, with documented conditions behind every applied modifier.
• Every cost-driving gap is closed by RFI or carried as an approved, written assumption in the correct commercial instrument.
• Bids are submitted complete, in the required format, through the required channel, ahead of deadline.
• Post-award change attributable to estimating omission is eliminated.

WHAT YOU BRING

Spire does not require a degree for this position. Demonstrated field and estimating experience in building envelope restoration is the qualification.

Required

• Five (5) years minimum estimating multi-story building envelope restoration and repair.
• Plans and drawings. Reads and interprets architectural plans, structural drawings, details, and specifications, and identifies what they specify versus what they leave to the contractor.
• Means and methods expertise. Assesses existing conditions and prescribes appropriate building envelope concrete repair means and methods for the structure, the condition, and the constraints under which the work will be performed.
• Products and materials. First-hand knowledge of restoration products and materials, their application and sequencing, including the compatibility, cure, and staging consequences that govern how the work actually gets completed.
• Written communication. Authors RFIs, assumptions, exclusions, and scope narratives that hold up commercially after award.
• Valid driver's license and the ability to travel to jobsites to document conditions and conduct surveys.

Preferred

• Project Manager or Superintendent field experience self-performing concrete repair, with accountability for crews and production.
• Platform proficiency. Estimating, project management, and digital takeoff platforms; Sage Estimating and Procore experience strongly preferred.
• Industry standards. Familiarity with ICRI concrete repair guidelines and surface profile standards, waterproofing and coating system specifications, and sealant joint design.
• Site assessment capability. Comfort performing physical assessments from elevated and suspended access, in occupied buildings and active construction environments.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

This role requires regular jobsite presence. The Estimator must be able to traverse active construction sites and occupied buildings, climb stairs and ladders, access elevated and suspended work platforms, and work outdoors in Southeast Florida conditions.