Senior Indirects Estimator, NS&E

About the role

The role involves leading and preparing construction indirects estimates for specific project proposal activities, providing estimating assistance and guidance to projects, developing conceptual estimates, performing cost analysis, and assisting in developing and updating historical databases.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and reviews capital cost estimates.
• Develops productivity analysis of construction operations and verifies results by craft staffing level and crew analysis of work operations by craft.
• Works with other disciplines and functions to collect all necessary data on scope and quantities to prepare an accurate indirects estimate.
• Performs analysis on functional input.
• Participates in establishing pricing structures to be applied to quantities for estimates.
• Ensures that estimate is in line with market trends and pricing.
• Manages variations and changes to base estimate and ensures that implications of changes are evaluated before finalizing the solution.
• Influences aspects of the specification in the interests of cost rationalization.

Requirements

• Takes ownership of sections of the estimating database(s) summarizing, updating, and maintaining databases for discipline estimates and historical cost data.
• Supports the development of estimating standards and procedures.
• Generates and retrieves reports in the appropriate software application, understands and summarizes the data in the required presentation for management reviews.
• Leads and prepares construction indirects cost studies utilizing historical data, statistical analysis and cost and quantity comparisons.
• Ledges and prepares construction indirects cost studies utilizing historical data, statistical analysis and cost and quantity comparisons.
• Assists projects in identifying scope deviations.
• Analyzes cost/price data from suppliers/subcontractors and direct work with the ability to generate comparative data (historical costs and other metrics) as part of the cost/price analysis.
• Participates in and contributes to Value Engineering studies.

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience.
• Significant experience in complex industrial project construction and estimating.
• Demonstrated understanding of estimating core processes and procedures.
• Knowledge and experience in EPC estimating practices and methods, including demonstrated ability to organize, perform, and present cost estimating products with a minimum of supervision.
• Knowledge of project schedules and ability to predict/extrapolate costs curves based on the experience of scheduled activities/cost correlation analysis.
• Knowledge of craft labor performance, equipment production and derivation of composite craft/category labor rates.
• Understanding of charging practices and the relationship of charging practices to commercial terms, invoicing and profitability.
• Knowledge of current industry and technical developments.
• Knowledge of global market pricing for commodities and construction practices.
• Ability to negotiate successfully with procurement and vendors and accurately evaluate alternative solutions.
• Technical and practical comprehension of engineering, procurement and construction methods and techniques.
• Knowledge of applicable work processes and systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft software applications (Word, Excel [lookups and pivot tables to analyze large data sets], PowerPoint).
• Proficiency in estimating applications used for discipline estimates.
• Skilled in oral and written communication with a demonstrated ability to present information to peers and management.
• Demonstrated ability to work with people of varied backgrounds and objectives.

Skills

• Experience in parametric estimating techniques.
• EPC/EPCM site experience on major infrastructure projects.
• Experience in estimating for U.S. Government customers.
• Intermediate knowledge of the applicable Bechtel processes and systems.
• Knowledge of administrative and supervisor practices.

Benefits

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At Bechtel, our employees enjoy a competitive total rewards package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, along with optional disability and supplemental insurance options, generous paid time off (160 hours annually, accrued 6.16 hours per pay period), nine paid holidays, paid parental leave, discretionary bonuses, and a well-designed 401K plan with matching and profit-sharing components.

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