Senior Estimator - Civil
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which sections to include based on content.
We have content for About the role (intro). Responsibilities (Job Responsibilities). Requirements/Education and Experience (Education and Experience). Skills (To thrive in this role, you'll need:). Benefits (At Haskell, we offer a comprehensive benefits package...). Pay (The base salary range...). Schedule? Not present. Travel is mentioned but not schedule. No schedule info. So we omit Schedule.
We must not include headings with filler. So include only those sections with real content.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For responsibilities we have many bullet-like sentences but not explicit list. We could convert each responsibility sentence into
- . However we must preserve ALL substantive information; we can break into list items. The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. It doesn't say we must convert prose to list; but if there is a list we should use
- . The responsibilities are presented as paragraphs with headings like Pre-Estimate:, Estimate Development:, etc. We could treat each heading as a subsection? But we only allowed headings for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So inside Responsibilities we can have
- items.
Similarly for Requirements (Education and Experience) we can list items.
Skills: list.
Benefits: list.
Pay: maybe just a
with salary range.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, etc.
We must not include Job ID etc.
We must not include duplicated lines.
We need to preserve all substantive information: So we need to include all details from responsibilities, education/experience, skills, benefits, pay, environmental factors? The environmental factors section is about physical requirements. Should we include that? It's not in the allowed headings list. The allowed headings are limited to those eight. But we could possibly include it under Requirements or Qualifications? The instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It says e.g., meaning those are examples, but we should use those headings for sections. It doesn't forbid other headings, but says use for section headings (e.g. ...). Likely they expect only those headings. However we have environmental factors content; we could incorporate into Requirements or Qualifications as a paragraph. But better to include as a
under Requirements maybe.
We must not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the environmental factors text.
We also have "Travel: Meets with local subcontractors, attends bid walks, project site visits and attends conferences as necessary. Visits active construction projects as appropriate.Approximate travel time required, 10-25%." This is under Responsibilities originally but we could include as a bullet under Responsibilities.
We also have "Misc." bullet: "Ensures the preconstruction process is being communicated and utilized. Must possess strong leadership qualities and communication skills. Assists with employee performance reviews and employee career development. Proven experience with Design-Build and CMAR project delivery methods. Support other department personnel as required, which may include preparing estimates in other disciplines. Work closely with the Project Director and/or Chief Estimator for the overall coordination and preconstruction progression." This is misc.
We need to ensure we don't lose any.
Let's extract sections:
About the role: first paragraph up to "In this role, you will provide accurate and detailed cost estimates." Actually the intro includes culture description then "In this role, you will provide accurate and detailed cost estimates. You will coordinate and conduct crucial estimate review meetings, working closely with the Project Directors, Architects, and Engineers. You will also assist the Director of Preconstruction, Preconstruction Managers, and/or Chief Estimator with final bid closeout." That's role description. We'll put that in About the role.
Responsibilities: All the bullet points under Job Responsibilities: Pre-Estimate, Estimate Development, Subcontractor Management, Post Estimate, Database Management, Training, Travel, Misc. We'll combine into a list.
Education and Experience: "Education and Experience: Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or accredited construction related curriculum preferred plus a minimum of 5 years of estimating experience or 15 years of related experience in the construction industry."
To thrive in this role, you'll need: list of skills.
Benefits: "At Haskell, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, professional development opportunities, and more."
Pay: "The base salary range for this position is $115,000-$175,000. The actual salary will be determined based on the candidate's knowledge, skills, experience, and location."
Environmental Factors: paragraph about physical requirements.
We should also include maybe a short note about EEO removed.
We must not include duplicated lines.
Now produce HTML:
About the role
At Haskell, you’re not just joining a company—you’re joining a nationally recognized Top Workplace where diverse perspectives and inclusive thinking drive stronger outcomes. Whether you’re starting out, growing your expertise, or leading the way, you’ll find a culture grounded in trust, driven by excellence, and built to support your goals. Here, you’ll have the opportunity, flexibility, and sense of belonging to grow your career your way—while making a real impact. In this role, you will provide accurate and detailed cost estimates. You will coordinate and conduct crucial estimate review meetings, working closely with the Project Directors, Architects, and Engineers. You will also assist the Director of Preconstruction, Preconstruction Managers, and/or Chief Estimator with final bid closeout.
Responsibilities
- Pre-Estimate: Participates in design review meetings. Reviews and monitors scope, cost, and constructability during design development. Participates in the Estimate Plan meeting. Ensures that the strategy developed in the Estimate Plan is achievable within the time and resource constraints, considers multiple viewpoints to generate the win-strategy and evaluates risks in a corporately responsible manner. Review proposal specifications and drawings to determine scope of work and required contents of estimate. Ability to determine the level of resources required to estimate a project.
- Estimate Development: Effectively establish bid strategies required for the company to be successful. Ability to create estimates at various levels of design. Review and understand the construction project schedule. Develop detailed scope of work clarifications and assists in the overall review of final document. Coordinate pre-bid site visits. Conducts precon-only estimate reviews prior to ops reviews. Participates in ops estimate review meetings. Assess Value Engineering options on a basis of cost, schedule, and constructability. Provide recommendation on best solution. Ability to estimate self-perform scopes of work. Ability to identify risk issues and their order of magnitude. Engages in specific RFI’s if estimate lead requires support. Establishes bid strategies for the company to be successful. Review design options and recommend best solution based on cost, engineering quality, method of construction, construction schedule, etc.
- Subcontractor Management: Assist in preparation and review final bid packages to ensure accuracy and completeness, prior to formal quotation. Builds and maintains subcontractor relationships. Develops overarching subcontractor search and communication strategy and ensures consistency in sub engagement teams adhering to that strategy. Ensures that at least three (3) quotes are received per bid package, unless otherwise agreed to by the proposal leader. Verifies that only qualified subcontractors are considered in final subcontractor selection. Meets with local subcontractors as needed. Organizes and leads pre-bid meetings, if required. In conjunction with the Director of Preconstruction, develops process flows when necessary and ensures adherence of team members. Develops standardized documents and ensures use of those documents. Ensures subcontract market has a positive experience with Haskell during the preconstruction phase. Identifies and communicates opportunities for improvement, if necessary. Identifies subcontractors who have a competitive advantage and develops key relationships to employ those advantages. Works with the Business Diversity Coordinator when proposing on federal or public sector agency projects to develop a Small and/or WMBE business participation engagement plan that complies with project requirements. Receives quotes and conducts subcontractor analysis. Organizes and leads scope review meetings. Makes recommendation for selection. Ensures selected subcontractor is a corporately responsible selection. Assists the Project Director with the development of the Risk Register. Assists with the contract manual/bid book development. Maintain strong, supportive relationships with our internal and external clients by providing outstanding customer service. Participate and coordinate design scope reviews throughout the preconstruction progression.
- Post Estimate: Establishes and/or participates with the development of the project budget. Ensures that the budget submitted to accounting complies with corporate cost coding standards. Participates in scope review meetings, if applicable. Assists in subcontractor selection. Participates in lessons learned meeting at project close. Understands budget underruns and overruns, and communicates those lessons learned to the precon department. May assist the Project Management team with change orders. Follow projects during construction by site visits and various meetings to track cost accuracy.
- Database Management: Assists with maintaining historical cost data. Maintains files of working documents as back-up for estimate figures, including current (accurate) information on prices from suppliers through direct contact, price lists, etc. Assists with the maintenance of the preferred subcontractor database. Assists with the maintenance of the bid forms and bid packages database. Responsible or assists with the development and ensures maintenance of estimating database.
- Training: Assists with the development and maintenance of training program. Assists with employee performance reviews. Assists with the development of other estimators.
- Travel: Meets with local subcontractors, attends bid walks, project site visits and attends conferences as necessary. Visits active construction projects as appropriate. Approximate travel time required, 10‑25%.
- Misc: Ensures the preconstruction process is being communicated and utilized. Must possess strong leadership qualities and communication skills. Assists with employee performance reviews and employee career development. Proven experience with Design-Build and CMAR project delivery methods. Supports other department personnel as required, which may include preparing estimates in other disciplines. Works closely with the Project Director and/or Chief Estimator for the overall coordination and preconstruction progression.
Education and Experience
Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or accredited construction related curriculum preferred plus a minimum of 5 years of estimating experience or 15 years of related experience in the construction industry.
Skills
- Experience in estimating, scheduling, budget/cost control, construction, external & internal client relationships, strong subcontractor & vendor relationships/knowledge, computer skills, interpersonal skills.
- Technical expertise with estimating civil scopes including, but not limited to: Site Utilities, Erosion Control, Earthwork/Mass Grading, Stormwater Systems, Shoring Systems, Asphalt & Concrete Site Paving, Landscaping/Hardscaping.
- Knowledge of estimating software (preference for Beck Destini, Accubid, Blue
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. It doesn't say we must convert prose to list; but if there is a list we should use
- . The responsibilities are presented as paragraphs with headings like Pre-Estimate:, Estimate Development:, etc. We could treat each heading as a subsection? But we only allowed headings for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So inside Responsibilities we can have
- items.
Similarly for Requirements (Education and Experience) we can list items.
Skills: list.
Benefits: list.
Pay: maybe just a
with salary range. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, etc. We must not include Job ID etc. We must not include duplicated lines. We need to preserve all substantive information: So we need to include all details from responsibilities, education/experience, skills, benefits, pay, environmental factors? The environmental factors section is about physical requirements. Should we include that? It's not in the allowed headings list. The allowed headings are limited to those eight. But we could possibly include it under Requirements or Qualifications? The instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It says e.g., meaning those are examples, but we should use those headings for sections. It doesn't forbid other headings, but says use
for section headings (e.g. ...). Likely they expect only those headings. However we have environmental factors content; we could incorporate into Requirements or Qualifications as a paragraph. But better to include as a
under Requirements maybe. We must not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the environmental factors text. We also have "Travel: Meets with local subcontractors, attends bid walks, project site visits and attends conferences as necessary. Visits active construction projects as appropriate.Approximate travel time required, 10-25%." This is under Responsibilities originally but we could include as a bullet under Responsibilities. We also have "Misc." bullet: "Ensures the preconstruction process is being communicated and utilized. Must possess strong leadership qualities and communication skills. Assists with employee performance reviews and employee career development. Proven experience with Design-Build and CMAR project delivery methods. Support other department personnel as required, which may include preparing estimates in other disciplines. Work closely with the Project Director and/or Chief Estimator for the overall coordination and preconstruction progression." This is misc. We need to ensure we don't lose any. Let's extract sections: About the role: first paragraph up to "In this role, you will provide accurate and detailed cost estimates." Actually the intro includes culture description then "In this role, you will provide accurate and detailed cost estimates. You will coordinate and conduct crucial estimate review meetings, working closely with the Project Directors, Architects, and Engineers. You will also assist the Director of Preconstruction, Preconstruction Managers, and/or Chief Estimator with final bid closeout." That's role description. We'll put that in About the role. Responsibilities: All the bullet points under Job Responsibilities: Pre-Estimate, Estimate Development, Subcontractor Management, Post Estimate, Database Management, Training, Travel, Misc. We'll combine into a list. Education and Experience: "Education and Experience: Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or accredited construction related curriculum preferred plus a minimum of 5 years of estimating experience or 15 years of related experience in the construction industry." To thrive in this role, you'll need: list of skills. Benefits: "At Haskell, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, professional development opportunities, and more." Pay: "The base salary range for this position is $115,000-$175,000. The actual salary will be determined based on the candidate's knowledge, skills, experience, and location." Environmental Factors: paragraph about physical requirements. We should also include maybe a short note about EEO removed. We must not include duplicated lines. Now produce HTML:
About the role
At Haskell, you’re not just joining a company—you’re joining a nationally recognized Top Workplace where diverse perspectives and inclusive thinking drive stronger outcomes. Whether you’re starting out, growing your expertise, or leading the way, you’ll find a culture grounded in trust, driven by excellence, and built to support your goals. Here, you’ll have the opportunity, flexibility, and sense of belonging to grow your career your way—while making a real impact. In this role, you will provide accurate and detailed cost estimates. You will coordinate and conduct crucial estimate review meetings, working closely with the Project Directors, Architects, and Engineers. You will also assist the Director of Preconstruction, Preconstruction Managers, and/or Chief Estimator with final bid closeout.
Responsibilities
- Pre-Estimate: Participates in design review meetings. Reviews and monitors scope, cost, and constructability during design development. Participates in the Estimate Plan meeting. Ensures that the strategy developed in the Estimate Plan is achievable within the time and resource constraints, considers multiple viewpoints to generate the win-strategy and evaluates risks in a corporately responsible manner. Review proposal specifications and drawings to determine scope of work and required contents of estimate. Ability to determine the level of resources required to estimate a project.
- Estimate Development: Effectively establish bid strategies required for the company to be successful. Ability to create estimates at various levels of design. Review and understand the construction project schedule. Develop detailed scope of work clarifications and assists in the overall review of final document. Coordinate pre-bid site visits. Conducts precon-only estimate reviews prior to ops reviews. Participates in ops estimate review meetings. Assess Value Engineering options on a basis of cost, schedule, and constructability. Provide recommendation on best solution. Ability to estimate self-perform scopes of work. Ability to identify risk issues and their order of magnitude. Engages in specific RFI’s if estimate lead requires support. Establishes bid strategies for the company to be successful. Review design options and recommend best solution based on cost, engineering quality, method of construction, construction schedule, etc.
- Subcontractor Management: Assist in preparation and review final bid packages to ensure accuracy and completeness, prior to formal quotation. Builds and maintains subcontractor relationships. Develops overarching subcontractor search and communication strategy and ensures consistency in sub engagement teams adhering to that strategy. Ensures that at least three (3) quotes are received per bid package, unless otherwise agreed to by the proposal leader. Verifies that only qualified subcontractors are considered in final subcontractor selection. Meets with local subcontractors as needed. Organizes and leads pre-bid meetings, if required. In conjunction with the Director of Preconstruction, develops process flows when necessary and ensures adherence of team members. Develops standardized documents and ensures use of those documents. Ensures subcontract market has a positive experience with Haskell during the preconstruction phase. Identifies and communicates opportunities for improvement, if necessary. Identifies subcontractors who have a competitive advantage and develops key relationships to employ those advantages. Works with the Business Diversity Coordinator when proposing on federal or public sector agency projects to develop a Small and/or WMBE business participation engagement plan that complies with project requirements. Receives quotes and conducts subcontractor analysis. Organizes and leads scope review meetings. Makes recommendation for selection. Ensures selected subcontractor is a corporately responsible selection. Assists the Project Director with the development of the Risk Register. Assists with the contract manual/bid book development. Maintain strong, supportive relationships with our internal and external clients by providing outstanding customer service. Participate and coordinate design scope reviews throughout the preconstruction progression.
- Post Estimate: Establishes and/or participates with the development of the project budget. Ensures that the budget submitted to accounting complies with corporate cost coding standards. Participates in scope review meetings, if applicable. Assists in subcontractor selection. Participates in lessons learned meeting at project close. Understands budget underruns and overruns, and communicates those lessons learned to the precon department. May assist the Project Management team with change orders. Follow projects during construction by site visits and various meetings to track cost accuracy.
- Database Management: Assists with maintaining historical cost data. Maintains files of working documents as back-up for estimate figures, including current (accurate) information on prices from suppliers through direct contact, price lists, etc. Assists with the maintenance of the preferred subcontractor database. Assists with the maintenance of the bid forms and bid packages database. Responsible or assists with the development and ensures maintenance of estimating database.
- Training: Assists with the development and maintenance of training program. Assists with employee performance reviews. Assists with the development of other estimators.
- Travel: Meets with local subcontractors, attends bid walks, project site visits and attends conferences as necessary. Visits active construction projects as appropriate. Approximate travel time required, 10‑25%.
- Misc: Ensures the preconstruction process is being communicated and utilized. Must possess strong leadership qualities and communication skills. Assists with employee performance reviews and employee career development. Proven experience with Design-Build and CMAR project delivery methods. Supports other department personnel as required, which may include preparing estimates in other disciplines. Works closely with the Project Director and/or Chief Estimator for the overall coordination and preconstruction progression.
Education and Experience
Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or accredited construction related curriculum preferred plus a minimum of 5 years of estimating experience or 15 years of related experience in the construction industry.
Skills
- Experience in estimating, scheduling, budget/cost control, construction, external & internal client relationships, strong subcontractor & vendor relationships/knowledge, computer skills, interpersonal skills.
- Technical expertise with estimating civil scopes including, but not limited to: Site Utilities, Erosion Control, Earthwork/Mass Grading, Stormwater Systems, Shoring Systems, Asphalt & Concrete Site Paving, Landscaping/Hardscaping.
- Knowledge of estimating software (preference for Beck Destini, Accubid, Blue
- items.
Similarly for Requirements (Education and Experience) we can list items.
Skills: list.
Benefits: list.
Pay: maybe just a
- . The responsibilities are presented as paragraphs with headings like Pre-Estimate:, Estimate Development:, etc. We could treat each heading as a subsection? But we only allowed headings for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So inside Responsibilities we can have