Construction Estimator

Job Summary

We are a growing business, commercial and government contractor looking to add an experienced Estimator to join our growing team! This position is responsible for cost estimates on hard bids and negotiated jobs, including distributing to subcontractors/suppliers, coordinating bid documents, performing quantity take-offs, qualifying bids and compiling complete cost estimates.

About the Role

Develop Estimating Department’s role in construction management process and improve on existing systems with the Project Executive

Responsibilities

• Procure, coordinate, and distribute plans and specifications
• Review bid documents to create a plan and direct a team to arrive at complete and accurate bid number
• Perform quantity take-off of general trades
• Create scopes of work from bid documents, create invitations to bid, and analyze bids for compliance with bid documents. Determine permit and licensing requirements for municipalities relevant to each project.
• Create subcontract exhibits detailing scope of work
• Work with estimating team to put together budgets, hard bids and negotiated bids
• Set weekly and monthly schedules
• Review general conditions and assign risk factor to projects, job-sites, etc.
• Cookordinate efforts with Operations, Preconstruction, and Accounting
• Develop change order tracking program
• Implementation of continuous improvement program, with the assistance of the Estimating Team, Project Executive, and Senior Project Manager
• Create with resources aids and cost references, etc.
• Review monthly estimating budget and expenditures
• Create estimating calendar and review at communication workshops
• Develop conceptual database for use by Project Managers, Estimators, and Field

Requirements

• A minimum of seven years construction experience required.
• Four year degree in a construction- or architectural-related collegiate program preferred.
• Excellent communication skills whether it is verbal, written or electronic.
• Strong attention to detail and highly organized.