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    McCarthy Building San Jose, United States

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    Senior Estimator

    Preconstruction / Estimating - San Jose, CA Sacramento, CA San Francisco, CA

    McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is one of America's premier commercial construction companies.

    Our reputation for tackling the toughest building challenges starts with our focus on building high-performing teams that collaborate with clients and industry partners starting in the earliest stages of design, throughout construction and beyond project completion.

    With offices and employees nationwide, we specialize in a wide range of project types including healthcare, education, renewable energy, marine, water/wastewater, commercial office and retail, hospitality/entertainment and airports.

    Originally founded as a family business in 1864, today we are proud to be 100 percent employee-owned.


    The Senior Estimator will participate in all aspects of the bid and estimating process from review of plans and specs to soliciting and negotiating prices from contractors and suppliers through completion of bid/estimating effort including closeout.

    Performs quantity take-off, pricing, scoping and bidding of construction projects involving more complex trade packages and self-perform work.


    Key Responsibilities:
    Estimating Support for Projects


    • Performs quantity take-offs.
    • Assists in the pricing and bidding of construction projects.
    • Develops and documents logical assumptions during conceptual estimating activities and applies these assumptions to takeoff tasks.
    • Communicates with architects and consultants to clarify scope of work, materials, and schedule requirements, and documents these clarifications.
    • Conducts reviews of milestone documents for the development and pricing of value alternative opportunities.
    • Actively participates in the internal estimate review process.
    • Assists with final assembly of estimate for presentation to owner.
    • After the bid, collects and organizes all bid information for future reference.
    • Aids field operations with change order pricing if needed.
    Subcontractor Analysis for Bids


    • Directs, coordinates and provides information and documents to subcontractors.
    • Prepares contractual exhibits for scope of work for subcontracts.
    • Participates in hard bid/estimating and GMP budgeting activities by soliciting subcontractor support and evaluating bids.
    Industry Knowledge / Relationships


    • Builds relationships with subcontractors to obtain a competitive advantage for McCarthy.
    • Attends industry events and represents McCarthy to the industry in a professional capacity.
    • Builds and maintains relationships with internal McCarthy clients.
    • Keeps current with latest estimating technology and techniques.
    • Demonstrates basic conceptual estimating skills by interpolating data.
    • Questions designs and assumptions and presents ideas to manager on the project.

    Skills and Qualifications:

    • Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or Engineering and/or 5-7 years of equivalent experience required
    • General knowledge of construction principles and processes.
    • Ability to synthesize cost data from a wide range of sources into a conceptual estimate.
    • Ability to read and interpret drawings and specifications.
    • General knowledge of negotiated bids, hard bids, and GMP processes.
    • Working knowledge of estimating technology and tools such as OST, MC2, QTO and BIM related software.
    • Strong math and analytical skills.
    • Attention to detail.
    • Solid interpersonal and communication skills.
    • Strong work ethic and core values.
    • Demonstrates behaviors consistent with McCarthy core values.
    • Maintains a "value added" approach to estimating.


    McCarthy Building Companies is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer regardless of race, color, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religious beliefs, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

    For California locations only, the salary range for this position is: $90,000 - $125,000. This does not include possible bonus and other benefits which can impact total compensation.

    Compensation offered may vary based on work location, experience, qualifications, specialty, training, and market and business considerations, among other factors.

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