Senior Estimator

About the role

The Senior Estimator functions as the lead estimator to provide accurate bid proposals and scope analysis for potential projects, including pricing estimates on new projects and estimate prices on change orders on existing contracts. The Senior Estimator reviews, analyzes, and interprets contract documents (specifications, drawings, and reference information) to develop detailed and comprehensive project cost estimates and exercises sound judgment to arrive at the complete cost estimate with appropriate profit margins to achieve division goals.

Responsibilities

• Establishes and maintains relationships with customers, vendors, subcontractors, and key stakeholders
• Identifies competitive edge and risks to each project; communicates and evaluates with the Operations team
• Provides value engineering and design assist solutions, including cost/schedule impacts
• Collaborates with the Operations Team for input on production, schedule, staffing, etc.
• Reviews contractual requirements, specifications, site logistics, and drawings to develop a plan for the project construction to be utilized as the basis of the cost estimating process
• Accurately conducts a thorough and detailed project take-off to quantify all items in the scope
• Creates the complete estimate accounting for all aspects of the scope of work, including correct alternates, general conditions, inputting valid vendor and subcontractor pricing, materials and equipment costs, and proper labor production and wage rates aligned with the bid strategy
• Solicits subcontractor and supplier pricing, reviews prequalification requirements, and determines the best-qualified subcontractors
• Identifies project-specific risk issues, the potential impact on Kent Companies, and potential strategies to help mitigate those risks
• Prepares accurate and comprehensive proposals, including durations, assumptions, a complete list of exclusions, and all required documentation for submission
• Follows up with each customer to gather feedback on pricing and scope (postmortem), promotes the Kent differentiators, and requests a meeting with each customer to discuss how Kent can provide value to the project
• Provides timely follow-up, closure, and tracking of all identified opportunities using Unanet CRM
• Participates in post-bid interviews when requested to provide accurate details about the scope, sequence, assumptions, expectations, and exclusions
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