Senior Estimator (Commercial Building)

Estimators will work primarily on negotiated commercial projects within our core markets and work closely with architects, engineers, owners, and subcontractors.

Requirements

• Prepare all discipline estimates for assigned bids.
• Handle the project from first estimate all the way through subcontracts being formalized.
• Look beyond the information that has been given, to ask the right questions and work to provide a complete project cost evaluation.
• Be a collaborative and passionate advocate for our customers, empowering and informing them throughout the project.
• Be aggressive in providing innovative solutions to complex issues as they arise related to cost, lead-times, trade partners, and/or specified products or materials.
• Make reliable predictions as it relates to cost and be comfortable estimating across all scopes of work.
• Have knowledge and understanding of unit costs and the factors that affect construction cost.
• Have experience with the bidding process: soliciting bids, communicating with bidders, evaluating subcontractor proposals, using bid tally sheets, etc.
• Review and incorporate historical data from purchase orders, subcontracts, productivity analysis reports, etc. into unit and man hour figures.
• Coordinate scopes with an array of trades to ensure no scope gaps or double coverage of cost
• Review proposal specifications, drawings, attend pre-bid meetings, etc. to determine scope of work and required contents of estimate.
• Ensure all working documents and data are maintained to back-up estimate figures.
• Assist contracting department during preparation of inquiries and final evaluation of submitted bids as required.
• Track awarded contracts as required - may include estimating/pricing extra work items, change orders, credit, procuring materials, etc.
• Establish and foster positive long-term relationships with internal customers, owners, architects, engineers, and trade partners.
• Assume overall responsibility for the preconstruction stage of each project.
• Identify tasks to be accomplished in order to satisfy contractual requirements.
• Provide overall Preconstruction effort oversight and show ability to lead a project team and project solutions.
• Prepare estimates for all stages of design from Conceptual through Final Construction Documents (Design/Build, Guaranteed Maximum Price, and Hard Bid diversity).
• Organize departmental team so that each estimator involved knows responsibilities and deadlines.
• Demonstrate proficiency in scheduling complete Preconstruction effort including all estimate milestones, durations and identifying long lead items and other needs.
• Perform value engineering and life cycle costing.
• Participate with the Project Manager in award of all subcontracts and write all subcontracts before turning over to construction team.
• Single responsibility for large, complex projects.
• Ability to complete both large CM/GC projects as well as large, complex competitive bid projects.
• Manage estimating process through initial advertising/prequalification and solicitation of subcontractors, bid evaluation process and award.
• Demonstrate strong communication skills internally with Project Manager and Superintendent and externally with Owner, Architect/Engineer, and subcontractors.

Benefits

• Health Options
• Medical, Dental, & Vision
• Critical Illness, Hospital, Accident
• Short-Term / Long-Term Disability
• Infertility Treatment Coverage
• Worklife Balance
• Professional Development
• Teamwork / Camaraderie
• Retirement Planning