Senior Estimator - Light Industrial

Cerris Builders

$80K — $110K *
Real Estate & Construction
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proficiency in all estimating project assignments
  • Expertise in primary concentration area
  • Advanced technical skills in scheduling, constructability, cost analysis, and preconstruction services
  • Ability to conduct effective meetings and presentations
  • Strong analytical thinking and conflict management skills
  • Proven leadership competency with project-level responsibilities
  • Meticulous attention to detail in complex tasks

Responsibilities

  • Manage estimating and preconstruction efforts on high-value, complex projects
  • Coordinate with designers and clients, particularly on design-build projects
  • Train and develop estimating personnel
  • Perform cost and risk analysis with proposed mitigation strategies
  • Identify and resolve conflicts in bid documents
  • Enhance processes for estimating team productivity
  • Conduct client presentations and internal project reviews
  • Develop relationships with design professionals and trade partners
  • Monitor industry news for project pursuits and market trends

Benefits

  • Training and development opportunities
  • Engagement in high-profile projects
  • Opportunities for networking with industry professionals
  • Supportive environment for professional growth and leadership
  • Flexible work conditions including travel as needed
Full Job Description
Nature of Work

The Senior Estimator provides and coordinates complete estimating services for project pursuits as assigned; manages project pursuit including staff, and consultants.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

  • Manage estimating and preconstruction efforts on assigned projects. Perform critical preconstruction assignments consisting of high value, complex, and high-risk scopes.
  • Interact with designers and clients in performance of assignments. Coordinates the efforts of the design team on design-build projects as assigned.
  • Responsible for training and development of estimating personnel as assigned.
  • Responsible for performing cost and risk analysis on assigned projects. Provides risk analysis and proposes steps to mitigate risk.
  • Identify conflicts and ambiguities within the bid documents and coordinate trades to work towards resolution to ensure complete scope and responsive bid.
  • Work to enhance and refine established processes to maximize productivity of estimating teams.
  • Take part in presentations to clients. Conduct internal presentation of projects, and project handoffs.
  • Developing network of relationships with design professionals, owner's representatives', and clients, while maintaining a broad network of relationships with trade partners.
  • Manage and lead project handoff meetings. Actively participate in the 360 project review process. Ensure that action items are properly addressed and lessons learned are captured.
  • Monitor industry news and other sources for potential project pursuits and market trends. Communicate these opportunities to estimating leadership and business development.


Qualifications

  • Proficiency with all estimating project assignments
  • Developed expertise in prime area of concentration.
  • Demonstrates advanced level technical skillset in project scheduling, constructability reviews, compiling cost data, cost analysis, budgeting, proposal response, preconstruction services, general conditions and contract requirements review, and value engineering.
  • Conduct effective meetings and presentations to a variety of
    audiences.
  • Analytical Thinking - Works simultaneously with broad issues and detailed analysis. Can balance multiple perspectives.
  • Demonstrates sound project level leadership (1 direct
    report).
  • Attention to Detail - Ability to work with others on complex tasks while installing tools and checks to ensure accuracy.
  • Managing Conflicts - Proactive and empathetic in resolving
    interpersonal conflict.


Education

  • A minimum of a bachelor's degree from a four-year college/university
    or equivalent experience.


Experience

  • 10+ years of relevant work experience.
  • Field experience is highly preferred.


Physical Demands and Working Environment

  • Physical demands for this position are moderate. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be walking, standing, bending or lifting moderately heavy (25-50 pounds) items. The work may require specific but common physical characteristics and abilities such as above-average agility and dexterity. Availability to travel as needed.


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