Senior Preconstruction & Estimating Manager

Job Title: Senior Preconstruction & Estimating Manager

Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Job Type: Full-Time, On-Site

Key Skills: Construction Estimating, Preconstruction, Bid Management, Commercial Construction, Metal Buildings

Our client is a Sioux Falls-based commercial general contractor specializing in metal building construction across commercial, industrial, and agricultural markets.

We are seeking a senior-level construction professional to lead and strengthen the company’s estimating and preconstruction function. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can manage multiple bids, improve estimating processes, and personally step into estimating and quoting when workload increases.

Why join us?

• Senior-level ownership of the estimating and preconstruction function
• Direct collaboration with company ownership and project teams
• Diverse commercial, industrial, agricultural, and metal-building projects
• Opportunity to improve processes and help evaluate new construction markets

If interested, please apply here or email your resume to Jessica Nishad at Sign in to view email

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate estimating, quoting, and bid management
• Ensure bids are accurate, complete, and submitted on schedule
• Manage multiple active bid opportunities and deadlines
• Personally prepare estimates and quotes when workload requires
• Review plans, specifications, scopes, pricing, and bid requirements
• Coordinate with ownership, subcontractors, vendors, and project teams
• Improve internal estimating and preconstruction processes
• Help evaluate opportunities in new construction markets
• Support project handoff from preconstruction into awarded work
• Provide senior-level guidance while remaining hands-on with the team

Qualifications

• 5+ years of construction estimating, preconstruction, or related commercial construction experience
• Strong hands-on estimating and bid-management background
• Experience with a commercial GC, design-build contractor, industrial contractor, or similar construction company
• Strong understanding of scopes, subcontractor pricing, materials, plans, and specifications
• Ability to manage multiple bids and deadlines simultaneously
• Comfortable leading a function while still personally producing estimates
• Strong communication, organization, and accountability
• Must be able to work on-site in Sioux Falls or be open to relocation

Preferred Experience

• Pre-engineered metal buildings
• Steel-frame or metal-building construction
• Commercial and industrial construction
• Agricultural facilities
• Warehouses or manufacturing facilities
• Experience with smaller or mid-sized regional contractors