Estimator

Core Responsibilities

• Coordinates, directs, and follows-up with project team to ensure timely completion of tasks associated with assigned projects.
• Comprehensive oversight of each of the following sections:
• Subcontractor Outreach
• Bid Packages
• Bid Analysis
• Bid Submission
• Post Bid / Interview

Core Competencies

• Leadership
• Fosters a cohesive supportive work environment.
• Focuses on achieving results in an effective and timely manner.
• Communicates and executes company policy.
• Clearly conveys goals and expectations.
• Communicates ideas persuasively.
• Paves the way for positive change.
• Coaches, trains, and develops employees.
• Gives positive and negative performance feedback that is timely and direct.
• Prompt in addressing disciplinary problems.
• Communicates performance standards and monitors for performance.
• Demonstrates personal growth and learning.
• Sets team structure.
• Organizes, leads and facilitates team activities.
• Promotes team cooperation.
• Encourages participation.
• Plan work schedules.
• Establish priorities.
• Forecast resource requirements.
• Anticipate change.
• Measures results.

• Communication/Feedback
• Listens to others.
• Processes information.
• Communicates effectively.
• Gives feedback and is receptive to feedback received.
• Ensures that information is passed on to others who should be kept informed.
• Uses a variety of methods to ensure message is conveyed.
• Expresses clear and concise ideas.

• Conflict Management
• Encourages creative tension and differences of opinions.
• Anticipates and takes steps to prevent counterproductive confrontations.
• Manages and resolves conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner.

• Change Leadership
• Openness to different and new ways of doing things and is able to see the merits of perspectives other than his/her own.
• Demonstrates openness to new organizational structures, procedures, and technology.
• Switches to a different strategy when an initially selected one is unsuccessful.
• Develops new approaches.
• Identifies better, faster or less expensive ways to do things.
• Encourages others to value change.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Civil, Construction Management) or technical training is required.
• A combination of education and work experience will also be considered in lieu of degree.
• Five (5) to seven (7) years of experience in estimating or in a related area, or ten or more years with no degree.
• Advanced skill level with On-Center Software On-Screen-Take-off.
• Intermediate understanding of Windows Operating Systems.
• Advanced skill level with MS Excel.
• Intermediate skill level with MS Word.
• Intermediate skill level with Microsoft Outlook/Exchange.
• Intermediate skill level with Procore Project Management software.

Physical Demands

• Performance of the duties will occasionally require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may regularly work on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock.
• The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.