Senior Estimator
About the role
At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As part of HDR’s Building Engineering Services Group, you’ll help design the critical infrastructure that supports the digital age and shapes the spaces where people work, connect, and thrive.
This isn’t just a job, it’s a chance to lead innovation, engineer impact, and build a legacy of excellence. In the role of Senior Estimator, we'll count on you to perform general or discipline cost estimating, data analysis, and control activities for project and/or proposal efforts.
Responsibilities
- Perform general or discipline cost estimating generating capital cost and/or services estimates; data analysis identifying problems and make recommendations; and control activities for project and/or proposal efforts
- Support estimate reporting and reviews
- Provide technical direction to assigned personnel when delegated
- Execute simultaneous tasks within broadly defined parameters
- Prepare services, distributable, contractor indirect and/or capital cost estimates in specialized discipline areas using current techniques and market pricing
- Prepare cost/schedule products for proposals or contract negotiations
- Provide input on the level of effort required (cost/job hours) through coordination with functions and/or vendors, and consolidate input for costing
- Perform and review methodology for quantity takeoffs from design drawings for multidiscipline sections and customize forms to reflect best effort
- Prepare detail pricing field office non-manual labor/other direct costs (ODC) and home office labor/ODCs
- Produce capital costs estimate using a crew-based approach including formation of crews from multiple disciplines
- Develop unit rates for discipline specific items
- Assist in developing conceptual quantities to supplement partial design-build design documents
- Prepare basis and assumption documentation denoting rationale, inclusions and exclusions
- Calculate fee based on established fee model
- Quantify and spread escalation based on project schedule and estimated costs
- Develop and perform analysis of project cash models and the corresponding time value of money as the cost of working capital correlating scheduled activities and cost
- Generate payment schedules
- Support risk analysis assessment by identifying areas of risk
- Support contingency efforts as directed
- Assist in developing unit staffing, job hour and pricing data for a specific discipline or other specialty, including estimating parameters, factors, indices, and craft distribution reference data based on analysis of HDR and industry experience
- Perform data analysis, identify problems and make recommendations
- Identify or define data sources and techniques for data acquisition
- Prepare reports and estimate summaries for estimate reviews, as directed by supervisor
- Participate in estimate reviews and presentations as appropriate
- Support training activities as needed
- Perform other duties as needed
Qualifications
A Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or Construction Science Engineering or equivalent experience is required. A minimum of 10 years' related experience is also required.
- Advanced understanding of Microsoft Office software
- Advanced understanding of construction estimating concepts, construction scheduling and elements associated with Risk
- Intermediate Management fundamentals
- Able to lead small project estimates
- Good verbal and written communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous field experience
- Knowledge and understanding of MEP systems
- Project experience to include: Data Center, Chip Manufacturing, Industrial, Healthcare or Lab Science
- Experience with Sage, Timberline, Bluebeam, Revit, HCSS, Excel, Navisworks or Synchro
- Certifications (one or more): AEP, CCT, CEP, CACM, CMIT, PSP, EVP, PMI-SP, EIT
- Ability to interpret construction schedules
Benefits
We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement.
Pay
The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location, and is between $107,464 - $202,000.