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About Pinterest:
Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we're on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.
Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other's unique experiences and embrace theflexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It's Possible.
At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we're looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we'll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.
Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.
The Content Quality Signals team at Pinterest is seeking a Sr Product Manager to define, execute, and champion the multi-year strategy for building advanced borderline content signals. You will lead product innovation at the intersection of machine learning and user experience-developing the core content quality signals that drive personalization, discovery, and business outcomes across Pinterest. Join the team influencing what users see on Pinterest, enabling millions to turn inspiration into action.
What you'll do:
- Developing, aligning the organization around, and driving the strategy and roadmap for Borderline Content Signals, ensuring the roadmap is ambitious, principled, and closely aligned with company priorities.
- Lead cross-functional development of critical borderline content signals that power personalization, ranking and core user experiences.
- Build, launch, and scale signals that make Pinterest safer, relevant, engaging, and valuable for users and advertisers globally. Nurture a culture of transparency, data-driven decision-making, and continuous learning within the team.
- Build strong partnerships with engineering, data science, and multiple product groups to translate vision to metrics, OKRs, and product deliverables.
- Represent the Content Quality team in org-level forums, proactively communicating progress, strategy, and tradeoffs to senior leadership and partner teams.
What we're looking for:
- Demonstrated success in product management or related experience at fast-growing companies.
- Previous successful experience partnering with machine learning engineering teams.
- Experience working with safety, integrity or content quality teams is a plus.
- Proven ability to lead in ambiguous environments, aligning across functions, teams, and orgs to deliver on time in a highly collaborative environment.
- Strong analytical skills to define product strategy and drive decision making, making appropriate trade-offs based on data analysis and qualitative feedback from Pinners.
- Exceptional communicator who builds deep alignment across engineering, product, and business partners-skilled in influencing at all levels and facilitating decision-making across organizations.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
Relocation Statement:
- This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
In-Office Requirement Statement:
- We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.
- This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.
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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
US based applicants only$139,764—$287,749 USDOur Commitment to Inclusion:
Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please completethis formfor support.
About Pinterest:
Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we're on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.
Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other's unique experiences and embrace theflexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It's Possible.
At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we're looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we'll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.
Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.
Within our Ads Performance and Ads Delivery teams, we connect the dots between what Pinners aspire to do and the products our advertising partners offer-building personalized, discovery-driven experiences that help people create a life they love. Pinterest is just over 4,000 employees globally, which means our teams stay small, high-ownership, and fast-moving, with hands-on access to an exceptional vault of data and the chance to build and evolve large-scale recommendation and ranking systems at real-world scale.
We're hiring multipleStaff Machine Learning Engineersacross ourAds Machine Learningorg withinMonetization Engineering. In this role, you'll lead innovation across core applied ML and marketplace technologies that power our ads ecosystem-advancing our ads ranking stack, building the next generation of scalable ads retrieval models, and improving shopping discovery for millions of users. You'll also help shape the evolution of the Pinterest marketplace by designing systems and experiments that improve the ads delivery funnel, inform the utility function, and influence auction mechanisms and ad allocation-using deep analysis of marketplace dynamics to unlock new insights. Overall, this is a high-impact opportunity to define what great looks like for Pinterest Shopping Ads, directly improving both user experience and advertiser outcomes in a uniquely discovery-first marketplace.
What you'll do:
- Design features and build large-scale machine learning models to improve user ads action prediction with low latency
- Drive innovation in personalized Shopping Ads recommendations through advanced modeling
- Develop new methods for inferring user interests from online and offline activity
- Mine text, visual, user signals to better understand user intention
- Leverage multimodal signals (text, visual, user) to better understand user intent
- Collaborate with product and sales teams to design and implement new ad products
- Partner cross-functionally with product, sales, data science, and engineering teams to design and improve user journey and optimize ads performance across all stages of retrieval and ranking
- Build and improve backend systems and statistical models that underlay the marketplace to maximize value for Pinners, Partners and Pinterest.
- Define and implement experiments to understand long term Marketplace effects
- Develop strategies to balance long and short term business objectives.
- Drive multi-functional collaboration with peers and partners across the company to improve knowledge of marketplace design and operations.
What we're looking for:
- Degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics or related field
- Experience building production machine learning systems at scale, data mining, search, recommendations, and/or natural language processing
- Experience leading projects and mentoring team members
- Strong mathematical skills with knowledge of statistical methods
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong cross-functional collaboration
- Background in computational advertising is a plus, but not required
This position is not eligible for relocation assistance.
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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
US based applicants only$189,308—$389,753 USDOur Commitment to Inclusion:
Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please completethis formfor support.
Technical Designer, Furniture
SAUSALITO, CA
Serena & Lily is seeking a Technical Furniture Designer to join our Design Team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the technical development process of all furniture categories. This role involves ensuring that quality, accuracy and on time execution in a cost-effective manner of all furniture projects from concept to production, are met while maintaining brand integrity. This position reports directly to CDO.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Translate design direction from CDO into detailed technical specs with accurate renderings to illustrate concept ideals.
- Develop and implement product development strategies aligned with company goals and market trends.
- Identify opportunities for innovation in furniture production, materials, and production processes.
Project Management
- Translate design direction from CDO into detailed technical specs with accurate renderings to illustrate concept ideals.
- Oversee the product development lifecycle, from initial renderings to cads, to sample and swatch reviews.
- Clearly communicate to agents and vendors calls outs and comments in a timely manner.
- Develop new finishes and color panels and ensure consistency through production.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and meet quality standards.
- Own the sharing of information in weekly PD meetings.
- Keep all documents and shared tools current and up to date.
- Maintain and organize swatch libraries.
- Cad all cushions where applicable and all outdoor covers for outdoor collections.
- Confirm PI sheets are accurate.
- Review and comment on furniture renewal swatches in a timely manner.
Quality & Compliance
- Establish and maintain quality assurance protocols throughout the product development process.
- Ensure all products meet regulatory and safety standards for target markets.
- Address and resolve product issues promptly and effectively.
Key Personal Attributes
- Strategic thinking and ability to align product development with business goals.
- Strong problem-solving skills and adaptability in a dynamic environment.
- Attention to detail and commitment to quality.
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to develop strong cross functional and respectful relationships.
- Strong work ethic with an ability to turn on a dime.
- Be part of a small tight knit team with a desire to jump in where needed to assist in department projects.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in industrial design, Product Development, Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in furniture product development.
- Strong knowledge of furniture design, materials, manufacturing processes, and industry standards.
- Proven track record of managing multiple complex product development projects.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- A high level of proficiency in design software (e.g., AutoCAD, SolidWorks) and project management tools.
- Experience with sustainability practices in furniture design is a plus.
COMPENSATION:
- $100-130k per year is the anticipated starting base pay for this role. This range represents the low and high end of the anticipated base salary range for this role. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: experience, education, and skills.
- Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance should they choose to participate in Serena & Lily’s benefits. Employees can enroll in our company’s 401k plan. During the first year of employment, full-time employees accrue twenty-one days of PTO and seven paid holidays throughout the year.
Sequoia Living – San Francisco High-Rise Community
Sequoia Living is seeking an experienced, mission-driven Director of Environmental Services to lead operations in our high-rise community. This is a highly visible leadership role responsible for creating a safe, clean, efficient, and beautifully maintained environment for the residents who call our community home.
If you are a hands-on, solutions oriented facilities professional who thrives in a dynamic environment and you are passionate about leading teams, elevating service standards, and improving the daily lived experience of residents this is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
Experience in a CCRC, senior living, healthcare, assisted living, or hospital setting is required.
Why This Role Matters
As the Director of Environmental Services, you are the operational backbone of the community. You ensure residents live in a well-maintained, safe, and welcoming environment while leading a diverse and dedicated team across plant operations, maintenance, housekeeping, laundry, landscaping, safety, and construction oversight. Your work directly impacts resident experience, staff satisfaction, regulatory compliance, and long-term asset preservation.
What You’ll Do (Key Responsibilities)
Leadership & Department Oversight
- Lead all Environmental Services functions, including plant operations, maintenance, housekeeping, laundry, landscaping, and safety programs.
- Recruit, hire, mentor, and develop supervisors and frontline staff; foster a culture aligned with Sequoia Living’s Mission, Vision, Values, and Commitment to Inclusion.
- Manage administrative operations, staff schedules, training, coaching, and performance review processes.
Facility Operations & Maintenance
- Oversee the community’s preventative and corrective maintenance programs, ensuring compliance with all Federal, State, and local regulations (EPA, ADA, OSHA/OSHPD, Titles 8, 19, 22 & 24).
- Review maintenance projects, repairs, and inventory needs; recommend improvement plans to community leadership and the Director of Design & Construction.
- Ensure the community’s safety programs (Fire, Disaster, Emergency Response, Hazardous Materials Plans) are up-to-date and fully implemented.
- Train staff in safe work practices, including asbestos and industrial chemical handling.
Construction, Capital Projects & Renovations
- Manage capital project planning and execution, including apartment renovations, building upgrades, and major infrastructure improvements.
- Maintain computerized capital budget tools, plan expenditures, and ensure timely project completion.
- Solicit and evaluate contractor bids; manage vendor relationships, permits, and certificates of insurance.
Budgeting & Resource Management
- Prepare and manage operating and capital budgets; track expenses and ensure cost control.
- Oversee energy conservation and utility monitoring to optimize efficiency.
Resident & Community Engagement
- Serve as a responsive partner to residents and committees on maintenance needs and special projects.
- Communicate professionally and collaboratively with department heads, staff, vendors, regulatory bodies, and Sequoia Living leadership.
Risk, Safety & Compliance
- Act as the community’s Safety Coordinator: oversee workplace safety programs, ensure incident reporting, support workers’ compensation processes, and lead safety initiatives.
- Identify and report resident concerns related to physical, mental, or emotional well-being.
- Participate in on-call rotation and support emergency response as needed.
What You Bring (Qualifications)
Experience
- 6+ years of hands-on experience in environmental services, facilities management, plant operations, or maintenance preferably in healthcare, senior living, or a residential community.
- 3+ years of supervisory or management experience leading diverse teams.
- Prior experience with building systems (HVAC, boilers, refrigeration, electrical/mechanical systems, automation, and life/safety equipment).
- CCRC or healthcare environment experience strongly preferred.
Education
- High school diploma required; 2+ years of college or trade school coursework in engineering, facilities management, or environmental services preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, or related field strongly preferred.
Key Knowledge & Skills
- Regulatory & Compliance: Deep understanding of building codes, construction regulations, OSHA/OSHPD, Titles 8, 19, 22 & 24, ADA, and environmental compliance.
- Technical Proficiency: Ability to read blueprints, technical manuals, and schematics; strong understanding of HVAC, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, and mechanical systems.
- Safety & Risk Management: Expertise in workplace safety, hazardous materials handling, emergency response, and risk mitigation.
- Operational Excellence: Skilled in housekeeping, maintenance, landscaping, sanitation, and environmental cleaning standards.
- Project Management: Strong planning, scheduling, and vendor management experience.
- Technology Skills: Proficient with Microsoft Office and capable of learning maintenance, inventory, and HR systems.
- Communication & Leadership: Collaborative, calm under pressure, resident-centered, and able to lead with empathy and professionalism.
Why Work at Sequoia Living?
- A mission-driven organization devoted to enriching the lives of older adults.
- An opportunity to lead a critical operations team in an established and respected nonprofit community.
- A collaborative culture where your expertise directly shapes resident safety, comfort, and quality of life.
- A role with variety, challenge, and the ability to influence long-term building health and operational excellence.
Ready to Make an Impact?
If you are a proactive leader who finds purpose in maintaining exceptional environments, developing strong teams, and ensuring operational excellence we encourage you to apply. Join a community that values integrity, compassion, and innovation.
Amber Bio is a biotechnology company pioneering new gene editing modalities using multi-kilobase edits to reach previously undruggable patient populations. Founded by pioneers in the CRISPR field from leading institutions for gene editing research, the company is developing a first-of-its-kind RNA editing platform that can correct thousands of bases at once, thereby correcting genetic mutations safely and reversibly. If you are interested in building a new frontier in genetic medicine, we welcome you to apply.
Job Description: High-Throughput Screening Research Associate II, III (Biodesigner II, III)
Responsibilities:
- Perform massively parallel reporter assays and high-throughput screens across diverse cellular contexts using cellular and molecular readouts.
- Develop and execute molecular biology workflows such as vector design and cloning, DNA/RNA extraction, RT-PCR, qPCR, and next-generation sequencing.
- Support cell culture activities and experiments in multiple cell lines, at small and large scales.
- Design and execute cell-based assays (AAV/lentiviral transduction, transfection, flow cytometry, immunostaining, and other plate reader assays).
- Engineer and characterize cell-based systems using synthetic biology tools and techniques.
- Conduct and troubleshoot experiments, independently and in collaboration with colleagues, to optimize screening throughput, sensitivity, and specificity.
- Proactively troubleshoot technical issues and recommend potential corrective actions based on personal observations and literature searches.
- Prepare summaries of data and present internally to colleagues and management.
- Draft SOPs, follow protocols, diligently document experimental data in lab notebooks, and organize and maintain electronic work records.
- Author scientific reports and data summaries.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet project goals, bridging early discovery with high-throughput screens to nominate and optimize candidates for further characterization.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biological Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 2 years of industry wet lab experience.
- Mammalian cell culture experience (culturing, transfecting and transducing cells, and DNA/RNA purification from cells).
- Molecular biology expertise (vector design and cloning, qPCR, primer and probe design, DNA/RNA extraction workflows)
- Critical thinker with excellent communication skills who thrives in a multidisciplinary, fast-paced team environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Preference will be given to those who display:
- High throughput screening assay development in an industry setting.
- High motivation, with a strong work ethic and dedication to generating impact.
- Attention to detail, with the ability to extract deep insights from data.
- First-principles thinking, and an ability to refine one’s intuition based on additional data.
- Ability to go from ideation to data in an independent fashion.
- Long-term personal vision with defined career goals.
- High EQ with team-oriented thinking.
- Experience with pooled, high-throughput screens using next-generation sequencing-based readouts, and/or preparing screening plasmid libraries from synthesized oligo arrays.
- Experience with CRISPR-Cas systems and/or gene editing and delivery technologies.
- Experience preparing next-generation sequencing libraries (Illumina, PacBio, and/or Nanopore platforms).
If you have a passion for advancing gene editing technologies and desire to be part of a pioneering biotech company, we encourage you to apply and join our ambitious team.
Please apply directly through LinkedIn.
Amber Bio is an equal-opportunity employer and encourages applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive work environment for all employees.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Glazing Engineer is responsible for the completion of high quality façade, curtain wall and glazing system projects on time, within budget and within scope. This role will oversee all aspects of a project from start to finish by coordinating efforts involving the internal team, subcontractors, vendors, and owners/developers. The ideal candidate will have outstanding interpersonal skills, adjusting to changing priorities from various directives, and communicate effectively.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Oversees the design development and coordination of custom curtain wall and glazing systems, translating architectural intent into engineered, buildable, and fully coordinated façade solutions. Capable of leading multiple projects and supervising engineers.
- Know and comply with all federal, state, local building codes, ordinances and regulations, maintaining the highest standards for safety and quality.
- Manage relationships with all internal and external parties in order to determine specifications of the project, resolve conflict, and support success.
- Establish project schedule and delegate project tasks based on staff strengths, skills, and experience.
- Secure and allocate all resources needed for the completion of the project including building permits, licenses, materials, equipment.
- Negotiate, manage and communicate changes to contract scope, schedule and costs.
- Plan and execute inspections, assess design compliance and quality, minimize risk.
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
- Regularly confer with supervisors to monitor and report on compliance, quality and productivity.
- Be a strong team leader, build synergy within and across the team, and develop individuals.
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Architecture or related field.
- Minimum of 3+ years of experience in façade, curtain wall, or glazing system engineering within a design-build or design-assist environment
- Strong understanding of building envelope design, structural behavior, waterproofing, and thermal performance
- Proficient in AutoCAD, Revit, and 3D modeling tools; familiarity with façade testing standards (ASTM, AAMA, NFRC)
- Experience coordinating with architects, structural engineers, and fabricators through design, procurement, and installation
- Skilled in technical documentation, submittal review, and field problem-solving
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills within multidisciplinary project teams
- A valid driver’s license.
This position description is a summary and not a complete representation of the position; the essential functions of the position may change as duties are assigned.
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Your new company
Our client, a well‑respected San Francisco Bay Area General Contractor, is adding an Estimator to its 12‑person preconstruction team. The company is known for consistently delivering high‑quality work. The firm has built a strong reputation across multifamily, commercial, civic, aviation, and seismic‑retrofit projects ranging from $5M to $200M+. The company is known for its supportive culture, stable workload, and leadership that actively invests in training and career development. This is a full‑time, in‑office role in San Francisco with an excellent work‑life balance.
Your new role
As the successful Estimator, you’ll support preconstruction efforts on projects typically ranging up to $50m, handling full-scope estimating responsibilities. You’ll work alongside Senior and Junior Estimators and collaborate closely with project teams and design partners.
Key responsibilities include:
- Preparing detailed takeoffs, budgets, and cost estimates
- Reviewing plans, specs, and project documents
- Leading subcontractor outreach and bid scoping
- Supporting proposals, bids, and value‑engineering
- Participating in preconstruction and design development meetings
What you'll need to succeed
- 5–7 years GC experience, including 1–2 years full-scope estimating
- Experience with multifamily and negotiated work
- Degree in Construction Management, Architecture, or Engineering
- Strong plan reading, communication, and collaboration skills
- Ability to work onsite in San Francisco
What you'll get in return
- Base salary up to $155k
- $650/month vehicle allowance, gas card, Fastrak
- Bonus eligibility
- Full medical, dental, vision + 401(k) match
- PTO, holidays, professional development
- Supportive leadership and a well-staffed team
What you need to do now
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Heavy Civil Estimator
When joining GSW Construction, Inc., you will be a part of a fast-paced construction team that strives for excellence. We are actively seeking an experienced Heavy Civil Estimator. The purpose of this role is to contribute to the success and profitability of projects by providing accurate, timely, and complete estimates. The Estimator will be responsible for calculating the cost of a broad range of projects. The goal is to provide accurate information to help in operations and strategic planning, perform quantity takeoff s, produce proposals, and prepare cost estimates.
Job Details: Full-time position
● Benefits: o Salary Employee (Schedule: Full-time with some required travel and weekend availability.) o 401(k) o OE3 Health & Dental Insurance o Paid Vacation o Salary DOE Essential Duties & Responsibilities
● Perform quantity take off s/reach out to potential subcontractors
● Analyze and compile estimate data that impact the cost of labor, materials, equipment requirements, location, and other factors to ensure a high-quality and timely estimate.
● Accurately prepares estimates. Review proposal specifications and drawings to determine scope. Determines the required contents of estimates and evaluates historical data to project man-hour data.
• Produce budgets from conceptual and schematic design phases that align with the organization's goals and strategy • Review drawings, specifications, and proposed project site conditions; record findings and solicit input from field operations to include in the final project estimate.
● Analyze alternative solutions and construction methods to increase the competitiveness of the bid.
● Apply mathematical calculations requiring advanced analytical processes to ensure logically estimated costs are accurate.
● Present estimate content in bid reviews with senior management to ensure accuracy and completeness. ● Communicate with owners, subcontractors, and public and private entities to ensure competitiveness.
● Develop and maintain business relationships to increase bid opportunities in the regional market.
● Participate in and lead discussions, catalyzing creative thinking and innovative ideas, and distinguishing a successful estimate.
Qualifications & Requirements
● Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent experience.
● 5+ years’ experience in heavy civil construction, emphasizing underground utilities, sewer/stormwater pump stations, WWTP/WTP work, heavy highway, bridges/concrete structures, and commercial/residential site work arena.
● Proficient in HCSS Heavy Bid
● Negotiated project experience preferred, including technical writing skills.
● Proficiency with all MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
● Advanced knowledge of civil engineering principles ● Advanced knowledge of construction principles and equipment capabilities
● Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Specific Job Requirements:
● Knowledge of project management software and estimating software.
● Working knowledge of construction equipment, materials, techniques, and required standards applicable to the discipline.
● Successful completion of a pre-employment drug, alcohol, and background investigation.
● Valid Driver’s License.
● Current on all company-required safety training.
● Competence to maintain confidential information and avoid conflicts of interest.
● Adherence to the GSW Employee Handbook.
Notice to All Potential Job Candidates GSW Construction, Inc. is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. Individuals seeking employment at our company are considered without regard to age, ancestry, color, race, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.
The Senior Estimator responsible for preparing budgets, estimates and pre- bid packages for construction projects to be built for clients under the CM at Risk guaranteed maximum pricing structure.
Responsibilities also include working with the project management team in establishing a bidders list, soliciting and evaluating subcontractor proposals and scopes of work, preparing quantity surveys and reviewing project plans and specifications for constructability and value engineering in all CSI (Construction Specification Institute) categories of work.
The Senior Estimator will supervise a team of estimators and cost engineers who support departmental and organizational goals through their efforts.
Responsibilities includes (but may not be limited to):
- Performs accurate, thorough and timely quantity takeoffs using company format, detail and coding for all MasterFormat (CSI), Uniformat and bid packages for all levels of project documents (schematic, design development and construction documents) that can be clearly understood by internal and external team members.
- Assist in developing estimates by evaluating drawings, building plans, specifications, & related documents.
- Assists in providing quantity comparison between estimate revisions.
- Prepares detailed estimate.
- Actively participates in the internal estimate review process.
- Develops accurate and concise clarifications and assumptions with the project management team’s assistance.
- Assists with final assembly of estimate for presentation to owner.
- Summarize estimate data into reports for review by executive team, clients, and design teams.
- Prepares and presents budget presentations to owners and architects.
- Leads the buyout process.
- Prepare detailed instructions to bidders, trade specific scope of work and comprehensive bid packages.
- Directs, coordinates and provides information and documents to subcontractors.
- Assist with pre-bid site walks and document existing conditions.
- Assist with subcontractor bid review and ensure scope of work is comprehensive.
- Prepare bid tallies for project team and owner review.
- Leads in the technical review of plans and specifications during the schematic design, design development and construction document phases of pre-construction.
- Assist with reviews of milestone documents to identify and communicate the development of changes to the team.
- Obtains clarification on plans and specifications from architects and engineers when necessary.
- Conducts reviews of milestone documents to identify and communicate the development of changes to the team.
- Communicates with architects and consultants to clarify scope of work, materials, and schedule requirements, and documents these clarifications.
- Demonstrate strong communication skills internally with project management team, and externally with owner, architect, engineer, and subcontractors.
- Manage individual workload to accomplish tasks within given timeframes.
- Manage other team members’ workloads to accomplish tasks within given timeframes.
- Ability to perform duties across multiple projects concurrently.
- Considers and understands problems and identifies appropriate solutions.
- Builds and maintains effective relationships with customers, design team, subcontractors, suppliers and user groups that reflect and support company core values and meets customer’s expectations.
- Attends project site pre-bid meetings, site tours and post-bid interviews as required.
- Assist and participate with pursuit interview prep and presentations.
- Develops unit costs accurately and analyzes value management analysis options.
- Develops Cost Management / Value Engineering log process and manages during the preconstruction process.
- Develops Variance Reports at milestone issuances that clearly define deltas between estimates for internal and external use.
- Develop Cost Studies in clear and concise platform for project team review and decision making.
- Develop Benchmark studies for project estimate comparison for internal review and analysis.
- Self-reliant in researching, understanding, and developing knowledge of building designs, systems, construction materials, and methods through available resources.
- Ability to teach, educate, and guide both internal and external team members.
- Provides internal database input based on current market feedback for incorporation into database.
- Leads in the training and development of cost engineers.
- Leads in the training and development of estimators.
- Provide feedback to estimate team members on work process / work product on a regular basis.
- Works closely with new hires and/or new project teams to educate them on the way of doing business based on standard forms, programs and operational standards.
- Oversees the preconstruction process with the owner’s team.
- Provides support as needed to the project management teams as needed.
- Creates projected budgets early in the design phase of a project.
- Coordinates preconstruction planning with design team, contractors and clients.
- As necessary, works with Executive Group on special initiatives, company goals and associate related training and/or programs.
- Provides input on future projects via lessons learned and continuous improvement.
- Attends project meetings with clients, the city and design team.
- Works with development or owner to coordinate the design and specifications on issues.
- Leads the pre-construction team to ensure initial budgeting represents current market pricing and quality reporting.
- Communicates with project management team, ownership, clients, subcontractors, vendors, etc. to provide quality results while mitigating project risks.
- Collaborates with VP’s towards a common goal; streamline the project delivery process, review progress of buy- out, submittals, construction schedule and performance on all projects.
- Keeps current with latest estimating technology and techniques.
- Manages project budgets for preconstruction services.
- Manage time and utilize electronic timecard software in a timely manner.
- Other duties upon request.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience as Estimator / Sr. Estimator in commercial construction industry
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Construction Science, or Civil Engineering preferred but not required
- General Construction Knowledge
- Knowledgeable in civil/site construction, foundation and structural systems, interior finishes, exterior wall systems, mechanical and electrical systems and the costs of these systems
- Ability to read and interpret drawings and specifications
- General knowledge of negotiated bids, hard bids, and GMP processes
- Proficient in all estimating software programs used in preconstruction: On-Screen Takeoff (OST), Destini, Timberline, Building Connected, Assemble, Bluebeam, Power BI, BIM360, Excel, Word, MS Project
- Must possess strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong math and analytical skills
- Attention to detail
- Organized, efficient, able to multi-task effectively, hardworking, and dedicated
- Able to thrive in a deadline-oriented, fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated analytical, problem solving, and both oral and written communication skills
- Enjoys being part of a collaborative team and a fun work environment
- Possess the ability to estimate all aspects of a commercial construction project, assemble into one budget and present to owners
- Must be able to operate as a “stand alone” estimator able to handle complete projects if required
- Ability to manage personnel, subcontractors, preconstruction schedules and preconstruction budgets
- Ability to mentor and coach personnel
Working Conditions:
- Duties required physical abilities such as repetitive hand and finger motion, sitting, standing, walking, as well as extending hands and arms in work areas.
- The individual is required to occasionally move around the office and constantly operate a computer and other office machinery, etc.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
About Us
Rowdy Red Construction is a growing general contracting firm based in San Francisco, specializing in high-quality commercial renovations and tenant improvements. We're known for our collaborative approach, sharp execution, and commitment to client satisfaction. As we continue to expand our portfolio, we’re looking to bring on a seasoned professional ready to wear two hats: Estimator and Project Manager.
General Role Description
We’re looking for an experienced construction professional—ideally someone with 5-10 years of experience at a larger general contractor—who’s ready to take on a hybrid role within a smaller, fast-moving firm. This is a unique opportunity for someone looking to have a hands-on impact across both the preconstruction and project execution phases.
You’ll play a critical role in winning and delivering work: building estimates, helping secure projects, and then managing them through closeout. You’ll work closely with ownership, clients, subs, and field staff, and your input will shape how we continue to grow.
Key Responsibilities
Estimating (Preconstruction)
- Review plans, specs, and RFPs to develop accurate and competitive estimates
- Solicit and evaluate subcontractor bids
- Prepare and present project budgets, value engineering options, and scope clarifications
- Support proposal writing and client presentations
- Assist with buyout and early project planning
Project Management
- Oversee projects from kickoff through closeout
- Coordinate with architects, engineers, clients, and subs
- Manage schedules, submittals, RFIs, and change orders
- Track project costs and assist in billing/invoicing
- Conduct regular site visits and ensure quality, safety, and schedule adherence
Qualifications
- 5-10 years of experience in commercial construction
- Experience in both estimating and project management roles
- Familiarity with San Francisco construction practices, codes, and permitting
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Proficiency with estimating and PM software (e.g., Bluebeam, Procore, MS Project, etc.)
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or related field preferred
What We Offer
- Opportunity to grow with a nimble, ambitious GC
- Competitive compensation package
- Health benefits and PTO
- Direct impact on company operations and strategy
- A supportive, team-first environment