Estimator

Responsibilities

• Prepares and completes estimates for assigned projects for one or more disciplines.
• Performs job duties directly or through subordinate personnel.
• Occasionally travels to attend pre-bid meetings, visit job sites, and/or attend conferences or training classes.
• Works on-site and requires working from the regional office.
• Reviews and incorporates historical data into unit cost, man-hour, and crew production figures.
• Attends pre-bid meetings to determine scope of work and contents of estimate.
• Computes cost factors and prepares estimates for management purposes.
• Reviews, analyzes, and recommends vendors and subcontractors for the project.
• Interfaces with owner, architect/engineer, and subcontractors to provide engineering and cost data.
• Prepares estimates by calculating complete takeoff of scope of work and accurately quantifying labor, materials, and equipment.
• Determines cost effectiveness and maintains documents as backup for estimate figures.
• Supports other department personnel as required.
• May review design options and recommend the best solution based on cost, value engineering, or availability of materials.
• Follows awarded contracts as assigned, working with the Project Team to estimate extra work items, change orders, credits, procure materials, etc.
• Polices jobsites to maintain a clean, orderly, and safe workplace.

Technical

• Means/Methods Reviews and incorporates historical data into unit cost, man-hour, and crew production figures.
• Reviews proposal specifications and drawings, labor and material requirements, prepares lists of bid items and quantities.
• Computes cost factors and prepares estimates used for management purposes.
• Reviews, analyzes, and recommends vendors and subcontractors for the project.
• Interfaces with owner, architect/engineer, and subcontractors to provide engineering and cost data.
• Prepares estimates by calculating complete takeoff of scope of work, accurately quantifies and prices the labor, materials, and equipment needed to perform the work.
• Determines cost effectiveness and maintains documents as backup for estimate figures.
• Supports other department personnel as required.
• May review design options and recommend the best solution based on cost, value engineering, or availability of materials.
• Follows awarded contracts as assigned, working with the Project Team to estimate extra work items, change orders, credits, procure materials, etc.
• Polices jobsites to maintain a clean, orderly, and safe workplace.

Safety

• Incorporates the Allan Myers Safety Program and associated costs into estimates.
• Identifies high-risk activities and coordinates with Safety Department to determine if additional costs are required.
• Transfers all safety information related to estimate to the Project Team.

Leadership/Supervisory/Management

• Acts in a lead capacity and provides work direction to Estimator I and/or other team members as required.
• Demonstrates Allan Myers Leadership qualities.
• Is Proactive, Accountable, Discerning, Innovative, Collaborative, Integrity Based, Successful and Balanced.
• Is an Influencer, Continual Learner, Teacher/Coach and Agent of Change.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, related major, or equivalent.
• Continuing education in construction is highly desirable.
• Minimum of 4 years of construction experience in estimating, operations, and/or engineering required.
• OSHA 10 hour required.
• Technical: computer systems, preconstruction planning, safety policies and procedures, safe work procedures.
• Business: relationship management.
• Leadership/Management: accountability, change management, coaching/mentoring, corporate policies, decision-making, leadership, people development, progress reporting.
• Personal Attributes/Skills: analytical, business ethics/integrity, detail oriented, diversity, listening skills, negotiations, oral communications, presentations, problem solving, time management, written communications.

Overview

Our Company Does Work That Matters
Allan Myers is a leading self-performing heavy civil construction and construction materials company with a strategic network of offices, quarries, and asphalt plants covering the Mid-Atlantic from New Jersey to Virginia Beach. We build infrastructure: the highways and bridges that connect cities and towns, the public water and wastewater systems that provide clean water to your home and keep our streams clean. We take pride in meeting the highest quality standards because it ensures our work will have a long-lasting positive impact on the community. When you get home safe each night, you know that what you did that day matters. At Allan Myers, you are part of a team dedicated to making things better, including your career. We pay well and provide generous benefits. We offer extensive training and promote from within. If you have the drive, we will help you build a career in the thriving construction industry and reach your full potential.

Allan Myers is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Notice To External, Third Party, Agency Recruiting Firms
Allan Myers maintains a preferred vendor list and does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies not under contract. Any resume submitted without a signed agreement and prior written authorization from our Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the property of Allan Myers. We reserve the right to engage with such candidates (contact, interview, and hire) without financial obligation. No other employee is authorized to approve resume submissions or bind Allan Myers to any fee arrangement. No other employee is authorized to approve resume submissions or bind Allan Myers to any fee arrangement.