Senior Estimator - Atlanta, United States - PEAK Technical Staffing USA

Description

• The Senior Estimator will lead the estimating team to calculate the cost of a broad range of projects.
• The goal is to provide accurate information that will help in operations and strategic planning, performing quantity takeoffs, producing proposals, reviewing bid instructions, blueprints, specifications, and related bid documents. T
• he position will manage estimating staff, subcontractors, vendors, and project owners and must have experience in bridges, trail projects, excavation, underground utilities, heavy highway including GDOT and federal contracting.

• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Creates, manages and maintains bid schedule
• Prepares cost estimates and budgets for projects being bid
• Provide verification of quantity takeoffs from bid documents completed by support staff
• Both hard bid and design/build conceptual estimating is required
• Prepare and identify cost factors such as construction duration, labor, equipment, and materials
• Analyze project construction staging and workflows and their constructability and/or identify means and methods to improve the schedule
• Extensive experience bidding projects ranging in size from $5 million to $100 million
• Provide and coordinate full estimating duties on heavy-civil , GDOT heavy-highway and other construction projects
• Review of specifications and plans
• Attends regular bid meetings, mandatory preconstruction events and other site visits
• Bid and pre-construction scoping
• Solicit and coordinate subcontractor and supplier quotes
• Issue subcontractor award notices or letters of intent
• Coordinate successful bid hand-offs to project management group
• Directs and participates in obtaining quotes for materials and subcontractor participation
• Reviews, understands and incorporates project historical data to assist in determining appropriate equipment and labor requirements and production costs
• Lead bid review and review technical proposal details with company senior management prior to bid submission
• Participates in review of required bid documentation, close-out process and submission of bid to project owner
• Works with the company centralized cost estimating software (HCSS Heavy Bid), to assist with improvements and refinements needed in that process
• Analyzes completed projects to compare estimated costs to actual costs and determine the reason for any discrepancies
• Identifies cost trends to assist management in cost reduction and process improvement efforts
• Visit project sites, prepare RFI's, and partake in pre-proposal meetings
• Partner with team members and other stakeholders to generate strategy for the project
• Develop estimates for the trades that are self-performed
• Work alongside stakeholders, suppliers, and subcontractors through the bid process
• Identify risk as part of the proposal preparation process
• Prepare written statement of qualifications and/or proposals that respond directly to project owners' requests for qualifications and requests for proposals
• Partner with team members to close the estimate
• Review pricing history for estimates based on regional and historical costs.
• Reviews and evaluates requests for estimates and prepares project information for presentation to management for selection to pursue
• Lead and participate in estimate strategy planning
• Oversee HCSS estimate entry from creation thru close-out
• Prepare cost analysis by recapitulating material, labor, equipment, subcontractor, and overhead costs occurred in heavy civil industry projects
• Reviews estimates and construction documents for efficiency and understands scope of work to bid.
• Attends client pre-bid meetings, job showings, and job site visits
• Maintains detailed notes and records of all verbal information disseminated by the client during pre-bid meetings and job showings
• Must have the ability to explain details behind each estimate, including the basis of the man-hours allocated for each task, personnel resources needed to execute each task, etc.
• Maintains cost estimating tools including databases, spreadsheets, and other computer-based applications to keep updated information on past performance and industry standards
• Determines and evaluate alternative project execution approaches based on the scope of work and the most cost-effective execution methods available
• Maintains lines of communication between company departments, project managers, and client with regards to cost estimating activities
• Collaborate with our operational staff to validate any construction productions as well as the means, methods, and equipment ideas utilized in item pricing
• Manage bid process and conduct bid review
• Other duties as assigned Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction management, or related field is preferred; or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience preferred
• 10+ years of relatable estimating experience with knowledge of Heavy Bid, Heavy Job, AGTEK, Microsoft Project, P6 (Primavera), Bluebeam, Vista, and Procore
• Specific knowledge and experience in estimating utility, structural concrete, and deep foundation work is a plus
• Working knowledge of the Microsoft 360 platform preferred
• Leadership attributes including, but and not limited to organizational and critical thinking skills, the ability to analyze data and trends, professional conduct at all times
• High-stress tolerance; must be able to thrive in a high-pressure environment
• A highly motivated self-starting, autonomous individual who can work independently and set their own priorities, yet also function well as part of the overall team.
• 10+ years of experience as an estimator in hard bid and unit priced work in a DOT or Federal contract setting
• Conduct business with 100% integrity and professionalism
• Ability to prioritize estimating tasks and workflow to meet estimate review schedules and bid dates
• Ability to read, interpret, and understand project plans, specifications, and scope of work and have in-depth understanding of contract administration
• Flexibility to effectively deal with changing priorities and timelines through analytical problem-solving
• Experience with scheduling and scheduling software
• Displays tactful, mature, and professional demeanor with well-developed interpersonal skills including the ability to work with diverse teams
• Fluent in reading plans/drawings/standards and documents in order to prepare estimates
• Must be able to adapt easily to changing deadlines Performance Standards
• Safety Culture:Foster a safety culture by modeling and reinforcing expected jobsite behaviors
• Team Orientation: Communicate in an open, honest, and respectful manner
• High Integrity: Acts with unyielding integrity and honesty in business transactions, promoting company policies and holding self and other employees accountable, keeping promises and commitments
• Ownership Mentality: Assumes responsibility and makes decisions within own level of authority; seeks approval when appropriate
• Good Judgment: Knows when to stand tough and when to be flexible. Sees the big picture and the ramifications of actions
• Versatility: Is open to change. Adjusts positively to changing work priorities and business conditions

• Sit, stand and walk continuously throughout the scheduled workday
• Stand, reach, drive and use fine motor skills frequently throughout the day
• Occasionally bend, kneel, squat and climb throughout the workday
• Lift up to 50lbs. on occasion
• Must work in a manner that will not jeopardize the health and safety of him/herself or others
• Ability to travel as needed Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to read and comprehend English