Senior 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, accurately quantifying and pricing labor, materials, and equipment needed to perform the work.
• Determines cost effectiveness and maintains documents as backup for estimate figures.
• Maintains safety information related to estimate and transfers it to the Project Team.
• 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 regarding project feasibility.
• 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.
• Computer systems, preconstruction planning, safety policies and procedures, safe work procedures.
• 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.