Estimator, Engineering, Civil Engineering

Park Coastal Surveying, LLC is a Small Business Service-Disabled Veteran owned business that is seeking to add an experienced and motivated Survey Party Chief to our team. Potential candidates must be willing to work in a team atmosphere, possess a strong work ethic and have comprehensive understanding of the surveying industry. We are not your typical land surveying company. We are a full-service Surveying company that surveys in all different settings.

One day you could be on the boat or beach and the next day you could be on a Construction site or nature reserve.

The Estimator is responsible for performing detailed project take-offs, cost analysis, and proposal preparation for land surveying and geomatics projects. This role plays a critical part in ensuring accurate budgeting, competitive pricing, and alignment with client scope requirements. The Estimator works closely with project managers, survey crews, and executive leadership to evaluate plans, specifications, and site conditions to develop comprehensive and profitable proposals.

This is an onsite office position.

• Prepare accurate, clear, and concise cost proposals.
• Assist in writing scopes of work consistent with take-off findings.
• Coordinate with project managers to confirm staffing and scheduling availability.
• Support RFQ/RFP responses with technical estimating input.
• Track bid submissions and maintain estimating logs. Work with senior leadership to review high-value or complex projects.
• Analyze historical project data to improve future estimate accuracy.
• Participate in pre-bid meetings and site visits when required.
• Support post-award project handoff to operations team.
• Review construction plans, plats, engineering drawings, specifications, and bid documents.
• Perform detailed quantity take-offs for boundary, topographic, hydrographic, construction layout, and as-built surveys, etc.
• Identify control requirements, benchmarks, utility conflicts, access limitations, and regulatory considerations.
• Assess aerial mapping, LiDAR, UAV, and hydrographic needs where applicable.
• Clarify scope gaps, exclusions, and assumptions prior to bid submission.
• Develop detailed labor, equipment, travel, and subcontractor cost estimates.
• Calculate field crew hours, office processing time, QA/QC review, and deliverable preparation.
• Evaluate risk factors including site access, terrain, permitting timelines, weather, and safety requirements.
• Apply appropriate overhead, profit margins, and contingency factors.