Sr. Estimator Dmi

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

If you want to take pride in the work you do, be valued for your contributions, have a lasting career in a reputable company, be inspired every day, and have fun with your colleagues, our organization may be the place for you! Our organization provides administrative, accounting, pre-construction, and other support to notable local commercial construction companies that proudly serve our nation's capital for decades. Our firm services general contractors whose project portfolios include work at recognizable federal government landmarks. Our company is looking for talented and motivated personnel that will contribute to the firm?s growth.

The essential role of this position is to:

Primarily responsible for estimating construction projects which includes providing new bid setup, issuance of bid documents, tracking subcontractor responses, keeping subcontractor database up to date, bidding all construction divisions, keeping estimating statistics, and pricing change orders.

Responsibilities:

1. Primarily responsible for estimating projects. Prepare estimates by taking off assigned scopes of work. Acquire understanding of the requirements of the project/program at hand. Select metrics to produce valid estimates.
2. Prepare detailed reports or bids for submission to appropriate parties.
3. Select advantageous deals by evaluating offers and quotes.
4. Analyze data and produce forecasts. Perform risk analysis.
5. Work with Operations to ensure a complete understanding of the scope of work.
6. Review specifications and drawings. Visit sites to gather essential information, attend pre-bid meetings, etc. to determine and prepare scopes of work and required contents of various budgets, pre-con proposals, and hard bids.
7. Ensure sufficient subcontractor coverage for each and every bid.
8. Prepare bid general conditions and review with operations before bid submittal.
9. Assist with pricing change orders if required.
10. Maintain and track bid results for those projects you propose on.
11. Foster relationships with key vendors (subcontractors, architects etc.)
12. Other duties as assigned.