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Estimator

Jensen Precast

Troy, MOFull-time$75–85K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$75–85K/yr
Location
Troy, MO
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Estimator supports customer service and business development by preparing cost estimates and bids for large construction projects involving precast concrete products. Working with sales, engineering, production, inventory teams, and customers, the role reviews bid documents, analyzes project costs, and coordinates product scheduling and pricing. The position reports to the General Manager and uses an estimating platform to produce customer quotations and compile bids.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Estimating PracticesDatabase AdministrationSales SoftwareCustomer ServiceCost AnalysisQuantity TakeoffsConstruction Estimating

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering or Construction Management2+ Years on-the-Job Experience

Full job description

Salary Range $75,000.00 - $85,000.00 Salary

Position Type Full Time

Category Sales

Description

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

The Estimator is a pivotal role in delivering exceptional customer support at Jensen Infrastructure. You will be working in a dynamic team environment in a modern, clean office.

Reporting to our General Manager, you’ll work with the sales, engineering and production team.

A highlight of your day to day will include:

  • Reviewing bid documents to determine scope of work and required precast concrete products for large construction projects. Ensuring drawings, blueprints, specifications, and any data are accurate prior to cost estimating projects through communication and engineering. Calculating and preparing material and work item quantities (take offs) based on project requirements. Preparing material pricing, labor production analysis, equipment pricing, delivery expenses, timing of product requirement, and other potential cost elements that may impact the estimate.

  • Providing new work potential by remaining alert of business opportunities through contacts, bid rooms, customers, etc. and sharing key information for strategic planning of business opportunities.

  • Providing technical assistance to sales employees regarding the cost analysis of specialized projects with custom products.

  • Coordinating with inventory teams to identify product inventory levels based on historical product sales to adjust production schedules to ensure customer demands are met in a timely manner and to reduce labor cost associated with overtime due to products being out of stock. Coordinating with customers to identify field crew needs, whether job is prevailing wage, on site requirements of Jensen Precast, etc. to ensure proper pricing. Coordinating with production and inventory to determine pour schedule needs and proper scheduling of such requested products and costing for manufacturing.

  • Producing customer quotations and compiles bids using estimating platform.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

You’re enthusiastic and motivated in a fast-paced environment. You have demonstrated knowledge of estimating practices and a commitment to customer service. You’re a lifelong learner with a combination of formal education (Bachelor’s degree – Engineering or Construction Management preferred) and a minimum of 2 years of solid on-the-job experience including database administration and computer programs related to sales and customer service.

We’re open to individuals who aren’t just looking for their next job, they’re looking to build a career. You want an opportunity to showcase your skill set with a solid company who will invest in you. In our culture – everyone matters.

ALL ABOUT JENSEN INFRASTRUCTURE

Much like you, our founder, Don Jensen was looking for a way to support himself and his family, so he started his Company in 1968. Since founded, we’ve been supporting communities across Nevada, California, Arizona, Washington, and Hawaii.

Jensen Infrastructure likely has an impact on your daily life. We build culverts to take water away from your neighborhoods, underground utility boxes to hold cables, and manholes to allow workers access to the sewers deep below the roads we drive on. And that’s just a small sample of what we do at Jensen on a daily basis.

When you work at one of Jensen’s many locations, you will enjoy the close relationships and camaraderie of a small company while being part of a larger, well-established, growing company.

We are committed to ensuring employment practices that promote equal opportunities. Please let us know if you require any reasonable accommodations during your interview process.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,601 open Estimator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$75–85K/yr
  • Missouri median$95–149K/yr27 salary ranges
  • US median$95–151K/yr1,721 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $80K, is 33% below the Missouri median midpoint ($120K) — in the lowest quarter of Estimator salary ranges in Missouri.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 45 open Estimator jobs in Missouri and 2,601 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Missouri
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Estimator postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,102 postings).
Education
388 of the 2,601 open Estimator jobs (15%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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