Lead Estimator

Responsibilities

• Prepares technical evaluations, cost estimating draft reports, memos, and letters, and presents recommendations to management.
• Develops, provides, and communicates cost estimates for all assigned projects.
• Accurately and thoroughly forecasts costs of future projects as well as changes to existing projects while also developing timely estimates for each design deliverable at each phase of design development.
• Reviews and interprets project drawings, specifications, contracts, and owner-provided documents.
• Develops detailed material take-offs for estimate development and procurement.
• Assists in the preparation of larger and more complex estimating assignments including overall estimating strategy.
• Understands construction means, methods, and sequencing.
• Understands how various constraints may impact the estimate and prepares detailed scope-specific estimates.
• Analyzes and incorporates historical data into production factors.
• Prepares and/or coordinates preparation of estimates.
• Provides mentoring, coaching, and training within the estimating department.
• Prepares scope and bid package breakdowns for trade partners.
• Ability to oversee multiple scopes within the estimate development and leverages past experience to craft estimating strategy.
• Ability to travel for client meetings, bid kickoffs, bid reviews, bid closeouts, interviews, or team workshops as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree + 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Experience in hard-bid contract work as well as conceptual estimating.
• Understands construction means, methods, and sequences.
• Experience with water, wastewater, transit, and/or transportation construction projects.

Additional Information

Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test. This position does not include sponsorship for a United States work authorization. The salary range for this position is between $160,000-$215,000 per year depending on experience and/or education. Shimmick's comprehensive benefits plan includes medical, dental and vision coverage; as well as options to participate in an FSA or HSA. The Company also provides employer paid STD, LTD, basic life and AD&D, and an Employee Assistance Program. Additional voluntary benefit offerings include pet insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness insurance, legal and identity theft protection. These benefits are available to all employees working more than 20 hours per week. Employees working less than 20 hours per week are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage as well as EAP services.