- Perform accurate and thorough quantity take-offs
- Use available historical data to determine productivity and pricing rates
- Conduct site visits as a part of the estimating process
- Prepare estimates with current software in accordance with company standards
- Organize and format estimates for ease of comprehension by the end user
- Effectively communicate and collaborate with company personnel, vendors, and clients
- Review estimates with company management
- Ensure vendor interface for current material and equipment pricing and availability
- Participate as necessary in transfer of project to operations staff to ensure successful handover
- Pursue training and education to increase your effectiveness as an estimator
- Manage time effectively and prioritize tasks to ensure completion of all duties and tasks assigned
- Represent Company at all times with professionalism and a commitment to quality
- Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations to include health, safety, and welfare
- Ensure compliance with AISC protocols and requirements per the PBI Quality Management Program
- Regular and reliable attendance at work
- Other duties as assigned by Company Management.
- Facilitate the subcontractor bid process
- Assume a proactive role in the bidding and negotiations for the project
- Excellent computer skills with MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)
- Intermediate skill level with Onscreen Takeoff software (Planswift, etc.)
- Intermediate skill level with 3D BIM software (Tekla, Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks, SDS/2, etc.)
- This position requires the ability to view a computer monitor, use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms, and sit or stand at a work station for long periods of time.
- Able to conduct job site visits when necessary for the estimating process.
- Education: B.S. in Construction Management, Engineering, or equivalent; Or a graduate of a technical school or completed Internship Program
- Experience: Minimum of 5 years commercial construction experience in preconstruction/estimating; Minimum 3 years of experience within the steel industry.
- Demonstrates excellent written and oral communications and team skills.
- Works independently, with little or no direct supervision, with an interest in quickly learning and applying new skills and abilities.
- Must be dependable, consistent, diligent, and thorough.
- Creative and resourceful in completing tasks accurately in a compressed timeframe.
- Applies knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures in construction field.
- Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job.
- Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
- Demonstrates professionalism and pride of ownership in assigned responsibilities.
- Demonstrates flexibility through changing conditions.
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Job Description
A Steel Estimator prepares budgets, estimates, and proposals for steel erection scopes of work on construction projects. In addition to structural and miscellaneous steel estimating, a Steel Estimator also performs takeoffs and installation estimates for scopes of work involving structural precast concrete panels and mechanical equipment setting.
This individual is involved in the entire estimating process from securing and maintaining bid documents, following specifications, performing takeoff, requesting quotes from suppliers/subcontractors, and meeting all summary requirements for proposal submission to Owners/General Contractors. A Steel Estimator must have a high attention to detail, exceptional organizational skills, and professional demeanor while working through a continuous flow of project scopes and due dates.
Essential Functions