Estimator II
U.S. Engineering · Kansas City, KS · 3 wk ago
Management$64k–$92k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
- Intro: "Do you believe no challenge is too complex to solve? You’ll fit right in at U.S. Engineering Innovations. We deliver award-winning mechanical contracting, construction, service, and maintenance solutions with a focus on performance and innovation. Our team of skilled and collaborative professionals drives every project from preconstruction through final testing, always aligned with our clients’ goals."
That's about the role/company. Could be "About the role" or "About the company". Use heading
. Must keep all.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, drug free workplace, disclaimer, etc.
We must not include application instructions.
We must not include duplicated lines.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's extract substantive sections.
First, About the role/intro: The first paragraph: "Do you believe no challenge is too complex to solve? You’ll fit right in at U.S. Engineering Innovations. We deliver award-winning mechanical contracting, construction, service, and maintenance solutions with a focus on performance and innovation. Our team of skilled and collaborative professionals drives every project from preconstruction through final testing, always aligned with our clients’ goals."
We'll put that in
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
- Intro: "Do you believe no challenge is too complex to solve? You’ll fit right in at U.S. Engineering Innovations. We deliver award-winning mechanical contracting, construction, service, and maintenance solutions with a focus on performance and innovation. Our team of skilled and collaborative professionals drives every project from preconstruction through final testing, always aligned with our clients’ goals."
That's about the role/company. Could be "About the role" or "About the company". Use heading About the role
maybe.
- Primary Purpose: "Responsible for advanced estimating activities for assigned regional projects, including bid preparation, final bid tabulation, and client relationship management."
- Principal Duties And Accountabilities: list of duties.
- Education & Experience: requirements.
- Knowledge, skills, and abilities: list.
- Benefits and Compensation: includes pay range, bonus, PTO, benefits.
- Physical And/or Travel Demands: occasional travel, office setting, physical demands.
- Legal stuff: EEO, drug free workplace, disclaimer, etc. Remove.
- Also mention "This position will be posted until July 30, 2026." That's a date; could be included maybe in a
but not a heading. - Application instructions: "To apply, please visit https://..." Remove. We need sections: About the role (intro), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (education & experience), Qualifications (knowledge, skills, abilities), Benefits (benefits and compensation), Pay (maybe part of Benefits? but we have separate Pay heading if pay info present). The posting includes pay range: "$64,360 - $91,756 per year". Also mentions bonus, PTO, benefits. So we could have Pay section with the range, and Benefits section with bonus, PTO, health etc. Or combine. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe combine Pay and Benefits into one Benefits section? But they said include a section ONLY when posting has real specific content for it. They gave list of possible headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can choose which to include. Since we have pay range, we could have Pay section. Benefits also present. Could have both. Schedule: not really specified; only occasional travel, office setting. No schedule like full-time/part-time. Could omit Schedule. Skills: we have knowledge, skills, abilities; could be Skills section. Requirements: education & experience. Qualifications: maybe same as Skills? But we can separate: Requirements (education/experience), Qualifications (knowledge/skills). Or combine. We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep all details from duties, education, etc. Must not omit any substantive detail. That is a lot. We need to include each duty bullet as
under
About the role
. Next, Primary Purpose: "Responsible for advanced estimating activities for assigned regional projects, including bid preparation, final bid tabulation, and client relationship management." Could be part of Responsibilities or a separate purpose. We'll include under Responsibilities maybe as first bullet. But we have a separate "Principal Duties And Accountabilities" list. We'll treat that as Responsibilities. We need to preserve all duties exactly as listed. Let's list duties from the text: - Accurate preparation of HVAC, plumbing, piping and sheet metal estimates – including hard bid and conceptual. - Advanced ability to review proposal specifications and drawings to determine scope of work and required contents of estimate. - Develop a bid “checklist” for each bid. - Maintain files of working documents as back-up for estimate figures, including current accurate information on prices from suppliers through direct contact, sales brochures, price lists, etc. - Coordinate bid preparation and final closeout for hard bids. - Participate in pre-bid meetings and assist team in the development of bid strategy to win projects. - Collaborate with project development and operation team on proposals. - Assist Preconstruction Services team with conceptual estimates. - Serve as contact to outside vendors, suppliers, and subcontractors during bid preparation. - Build and maintain effective relationships with client counterparts. - Responsible for layout and takeoff of incomplete drawings. - Participate in project meetings with Estimating team and management as appropriate. - Manage acquisition and return of bidding documents. - Client relationship management as required, including client-sponsored functions. - Partner with regional, project and estimating management on constructability review, workforce requirements, schedule, and other trade impacts. - Work directly with Bid Coordinator regarding distribution of bid information and receiving of quotes. Also Primary Purpose: "Responsible for advanced estimating activities for assigned regional projects, including bid preparation, final bid tabulation, and client relationship management." Might be considered a duty; we could include as first bullet. We'll combine all into a- list.
Next, Education & Experience:
- High School Diploma / GED required.
- Prefer degree in Engineering or Construction Management; equivalent combinations of technical training, trade school and relative experience.
- Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in full mechanical (HVAC, piping, and plumbing) estimating.
- Experience working with QuickPen, Autobid, Quote Express mechanical or similar software preferred.
- Prefer broad industry experience with HVAC and plumbing – including commercial, institutional, and industrial.
We'll put under
Requirements
as- .
Next, Knowledge, skills, and abilities:
- Advanced knowledge of estimating techniques and cost control.
- Advanced technical knowledge of mechanical construction, HVAC, piping, plumbing, etc.
- Advanced technical knowledge of general and mechanical construction to interpret all project documents and the impact it will have on estimate.
- Ability to interpret computerized cost data and systems.
- Ability to be self-sufficient and work under minimal supervision.
- Must be capable of facilitating a bid process through its completion.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Keen attention to detail / accuracy.
- Proficiency with computers and estimating software.
- Ability to use discretion and make experienced judgments on relative significance of bid components.
- Keen understanding of terms and conditions that impact bid strategy.
- Must work in a collaborative team environment and ability to enthusiastically represent the company’s core values, mission, history, and culture.
- Operate with a strong sense of urgency and work with proficiency to deliver results.
- Strong analytical skills combined with resourcefulness to find all routes to the most effective results.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Bluebeam and Procore.
We'll put under
Skills
as- .
Next, Benefits and Compensation:
- The range for this position has been established at $64,360 - $91,756 per year and is US Engineering’s good faith and reasonable estimate at the time of the posting.
- The compensation offered to the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty, and training.
- Your total compensation will go beyond the number on your paycheck.
- Team members are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance as well as paid time off.
- An industry-leading benefits package including health, dental, and vision plans, matching retirement contributions, and matching 529 contributions all add to your bottom line.
- This position will be posted until July 30, 2026. (maybe include as a note but not a heading.)
We need to decide sections: Pay and Benefits.
Pay: we could put the range and compensation factors under
Pay
. Benefits: year-end bonus, PTO, health/dental/vision, matching retirement, matching 529 contributions underBenefits
. The posting date maybe not needed. We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We must not include application instructions. We must not include duplicated lines. We must not include boilerplate: EEO, drug free workplace, disclaimer, etc. We must not include "Physical And/or Travel Demands". That's substantive? It describes occasional travel, office setting, physical demands. Could be included maybe under a section like "Working Conditions" but not in allowed headings. Since we have no heading for that, we could omit? But we must preserve ALL substantive information. The instruction says: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we cannot drop the Physical And/or Travel Demands section. However we don't have a heading for it in allowed list. Could we create a heading? The allowed headings list includes About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. No "Working Conditions" or "Physical Demands". But we could perhaps put it under "About the role" or "Responsibilities"? Not appropriate. Maybe we can include awithout a heading? The instruction: "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text". It doesn't forbid having a
without a heading. The sections are defined by headings; but we can have paragraphs outside headings? The instruction says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't say we cannot have other headings, but we should follow that pattern. Probably we should include a section for Physical Demands under a heading like "Working Conditions" but not in list. However the instruction says "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." The "e.g." suggests those are examples, not exclusive. But later: "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text". So we could add a heading for Physical Demands if we want. But to be safe, maybe we can incorporate that info into "About the role" or "Responsibilities"? It's not exactly duties but working conditions. Could be placed under a Working Conditions
. Since it's not in the examples but allowed? The instruction didn't forbid other headings, just gave examples. I'd include a heading for Physical Demands.
But we also have "This position will be posted until July 30, 2026." That's a date; could be placed under a
Working Conditions
. Since it's not in the examples but allowed? The instruction didn't forbid other headings, just gave examples. I'd include a heading for Physical Demands. But we also have "This position will be posted until July 30, 2026." That's a date; could be placed under amaybe under About the role or as a note. We must not include application instructions. Now we need to output only HTML fragment. Let's craft:
About the role
Do you believe no challenge is too complex to solve? You’ll fit right in at U.S. Engineering Innovations. We