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At Keeley Companies, we believe in empowering our people and fulfilling career aspirations. Keeley is a career destination with countless opportunities for advancement, and a world-class family culture that is centered around creating the best possible environment for our people to thrive.
We are looking to hire an Estimator for our office in Fargo, ND! This role will be responsible for participating and supporting management with customer focused coordination and preparation of projects within the Industrial Group. This position will participate in competitive bid efforts including estimates beginning at the earliest stages of conceptual design through completed construction documents.
Primary Responsibilities
- Review project plans, specification, and contract documents to establish scope of work and quantity takeoffs.
- Request quotes from subcontractors and vendors.
- Attend any scope meetings related to project.
- Prepare estimates for each phase of the design/build or budget process as well as for negotiated or competitive bids.
- Contribute value engineering options to customers and owners to establish project value.
- Maintain positive relationships with customers and find prospective new customers.
- Collaborate with Project Managers during pre-bid and post-bid process regarding schedule, strategy, and buyout.
- Review ongoing projects with Project Manager to verify labor production and learn from any problems encountered.
- Complete quantity surveys and takeoffs of work and establish production rates.
- Prepares and executes estimates for proposed change orders.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field plus a minimum of two years of experience performing primary responsibilities listed above.
- Proficient with Outlook, Excel and Word is a required.
- Ability to build and maintain a positive working relationship with staff, vendors, and clients.
- Experience using Procore, ProEst, Onscreen Takeoff, MC Squared, Bluebeam
- Exceptional time management and customer relation skills
- High attention to detail
- Ability to write proposals and reports
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