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Construction Project Estimator
Job description
The duties and responsibilities of a construction estimator include the following:
Salary: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Job description
The duties and responsibilities of a construction estimator include the following:
- Checks completeness and best practices on the drawings.
- Consults with customers vendors, staff from other departments, or construction supervision to discuss and generate estimates and resolve concerns. Consult with customers vendors, staff from other departments, or construction supervision
- Examines blueprints, construction drawings, and other documentation to prepare time, cost, materials, and labor estimates.
- Estimates cost to be used in choosing vendors or subcontractors.
- Changes and modifications to cost estimates are discussed with engineers, designers, owners, contractors, and subcontractors.
- Analyzes the budget for direct and indirect costs.
- Monitors construction, examine contractors payment requisitions, and suggest the release of construction money during frequent site visits.
- Ensures that the as-built conditions adhere to the contract drawings and specifications.
- Examines building timelines, payment breakdowns by trade, job cost reports, and payment requisitions.
- Advises customers on how to employ bonding procedures to reduce construction risk.
- Maintains a high degree of contact and communication with clients.
- Manages numerous projects at the same time.
- Assists the departments of sales and operations.
- Gives customers and outside vendors quotes.
- Obtains pricing and gathers information from suppliers to create detailed bids.
- Understands, develops, compiles, and presents high-level cost estimates for a variety of projects.
- Establishes detailed cost estimates and communicates with multiple stakeholders about cost drivers and value engineering opportunities in all trades as the design progresses.
- Uses effective and attractive communication tools to elevate risks and communicate opportunities.
- Maintains a positive attitude by ensuring that all stakeholders are involved and committed to the programs objectives.
- Creates what-if scenario estimations for program strategy and decision-making.
- Establishes and maintains a local client base capable of referring losses. Most of the clients are insurance adjusters, although they may also include local company owners, schools, and municipalities.
- Uses Xactimate Sketch, to create precise floor plans
- Understands work ethics of appropriate building codes
- Creates and sticks to reasonable budgets and deals with overruns as they arise.
- Demonstrates a thorough understanding of all applicable local construction codes.
- Maintains a construction timeline and collaborates with trades and management to get the job done on time. When additional resources are required, identify and provide solutions.
- Examines the breadth and value of the plans and specifications. It is your responsibility to guarantee that the drawings and specifications are accurate. Determine the extent of work required to finish each project and give subcontractor recommendations.
- Examines the bid packets that will be distributed to potential subcontractors. Complete the scope sheets that will be included in the bid packages and keep track of the bids progress to ensure that all proposed bids are received on time.
- Examines the location and current conditions.
- Checks the scope, amount, accuracy, and completeness of all proposals.
- Performs amount take-offs and collaborates with staff estimators to ensure that all quantity take-offs are correct and complete.
- Subcontractors and vendors should be interviewed about project scope and capability to ensure that they have the necessary ability, manpower, and resources to complete projects on time and within budget.
- Examines and ranks all subcontractor bids to ensure that pricing comparisons are correct and that any potential missing elements are addressed.
- Determines the projects final cost (GMP).
- Collaborates closely with the Marketing Department to evaluate pricing and help produce final proposal documents for client presentations.
- Assists the Project Manager in preparing an estimate for incorporation into the job cost.
- Assists the Project Manager in comparing actual and expected costs.
- Looks for new subs, suppliers, processes, equipment, and so on for competitive advantages.
- A bachelors degree in construction management.
- Construction administration, engineering,
- Knowledge of construction costs estimation software such as RS Means, Timberline, Procore, or equivalent.
- 5+ years of experience working on big commercial or industrial Construction Projects is necessary, as well as 3+ years of estimation experience (All trades preferred).
- Prior experience as a general contractor and estimator.
- Knowledge of cost estimation software.
- Construction processes, pricing, and procedures are all familiar to you.
- Vendor management, procurement, and construction management experience.
- Membership in ASPE and AACE International is preferred, as is qualification as a Certified Professional Estimator (CPE).
- Estimating experience with civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, and life safety systems is required.
Salary: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
- 8-hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Bonus pay
- Colorado Springs, CO 80917: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
- Construction estimating: 10 years (Required)
- heavy civil construction: 4 years (Required)
- roadway construction: 4 years (Required)
- Driver's License (Required)
- 25% (Required)
