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- Consult with clients, procurement, subcontractors, vendors, or other individuals to discuss and formulate estimates and resolve issues.
- Interface with Procurement and Operations to obtain support and commitment to the cost estimates.
- Manage the centralized cost estimating database and data models. Create a formal process to support cost estimating and ensure historical data is utilized.
- Review completed projects to compare estimated costs to actual costs and recommend improvements to cost estimating procedures to reduce future discrepancies between estimated and actual costs.
- Review cost trends to assist management in cost reduction and process improvement efforts.
- Research historical data to develop and establish suggested labor units for each proposal and related to cost data or effect cost reductions from similar historical project actuals data.
- Lead the estimating strategy and implementation efforts to help department continuous improvement.
- Review and approve project summary schedules for validity.
- Manage workload scheduling to ensure timely completion of deliverables.
- Maintains compliance with estimating methodology ensuring quality estimates are produced.
- Review DOR completion, assignments, estimating quantities, and scope of project.
- Review small and disadvantaged business solicitations and evaluations.
- Manage subcontractor solicitations, quotes, RFP compliance, clarifications, exceptions, and evaluations.
- Lead communication and implement feedback from operations/prefabrication team (execution plan, achievable construction and prefabrication schedules etc.) regarding each estimate.
- Review and approve specialty and standard equipment pricing.
- Responsible for the review of final estimates before management review and present the estimate to internal and external clients.
- Lead estimate turnover process to operations/fabrication teams.
- Manage cost history, data base management, and estimating process.
- Make recommendations as to fee, contingency, and escalation.
- Prepare and present estimating data for risk review process.
- Review commercial terms and conditions with legal counsel and address risk issues.
- Review and validate value engineering items, alternates, and options.
- Validate accuracy of estimate clarifications and assumptions.
- Review documents for gaps and overlaps in scope of work.
- Provide leadership, guidance, and instruction to less experienced staff.
- Responsible for QA/QC process adherence.
- Responsible for compliance with company and site safety policies.
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Complies with all policies and standards
- Bachelor Degree Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management or related field and 7 years of direct project Mechanical estimating experience Required or Applicable experience may be substituted for degree requirement Required.
- Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
- Software experience such as Quotesoft, Accubid, Oracle, and PowerBI desired.
- Thorough knowledge of company procedures, estimating techniques, various construction disciplines, cost control systems required.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong organizational skills.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills, and attention to detail.
- Ability to handle large volumes of work and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work independently or in groups, think creatively and analytically, and make quick and sound decisions.
Mechanical Estimator, Sr - Missouri, United States - STSI
Description
Sr. Mechanical Estimator
The Senior Mechanical Estimator will be responsible for leading complex multi discipline estimates for both field and pre-fabrication construction projects with a diverse portfolio of project types and clients.
Requirements:
Candidate MUST have an experience as a Mechanical Estimator.