Construction Cost Analyst / Estimator - TIMS

About the role

Primary Function The Construction Cost Analyst / Estimator provides detailed estimating, field analysis, constructability, cost engineering, and proposal support, under direct supervision of the Director of Field Operations, who retains senior estimating authority and final responsibility for pricing strategy, bid approval, risk posture, and executive review. This position develops the technical and analytical foundation of estimates; validates field conditions and production assumptions; supports subcontractor and vendor pricing; and converts project data into reliable cost, schedule, and resource-planning information. The role supports the proposal and business development teams, preparing proposals for Government and commercial communications infrastructure projects, including tower, antenna, RF, fiber, electrical, grounding, civil, and related construction scopes.

Responsibilities

• Prepare detailed quantity takeoffs from drawings, specifications, statements of work, site information, and field observations.
• Develop labor, equipment, material, subcontractor, travel, logistics, and indirect-cost inputs for review by the Director of Field Operations.
• Prepare estimate workbooks, Basis of Estimate documentation, assumptions, clarifications, exclusions, scope narratives, and bid-risk summaries.
• Conduct constructability reviews and identify scope gaps, conflicts, access constraints, long-lead items, outage requirements, and execution risks.
• Participate in pre-bid meetings, site walks, technical reviews, proposal handoffs, and gate reviews.
• Support change-order pricing, independent cost checks, field-directed work analysis, and estimate-at-completion reviews.
• Maintain organized estimate files, vendor quotations, subcontractor proposals, supporting calculations, and audit-ready documentation.
• Provide timely status reporting on active estimates, pricing gaps, quote coverage, and outstanding technical inputs.
• Perform sustained computer-based estimating, spreadsheet analysis, document review, and technical writing.