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ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY

If you're passionate about turning complex ideas into clear, accurate estimates-and love the challenge of delivering high-design construction within budget-you'll feel right at home on our Preconstruction team at Okland. If you bring creativity to your takeoffs, precision to your numbers, and thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, we want to work with you. As a Senior Estimator, you'll play a key role in shaping projects from the ground up-collaborating, problem-solving, and helping us deliver exceptional value to our clients. If you're someone who takes pride in both the process and the outcome, and you're ready to represent a company that lives its core values, we'd love to connect.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Award winning culture - consistently recognized by Best Places to Work in Arizona, Utah, and Idaho
• Competitive pay - weekly paychecks, salary, bonus incentives, 401(k) with employer match
• Holistic benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, & Disability Insurance; financial literacy resources, and an Employee Assistant Program including legal and mental health support.
• Perks - tenure awards including pro sports tickets, fitness memberships, travel vouchers, and paid work anniversary sabbaticals.
• Award winning work - our projects are consistently honored with recognitions from AIA, ENR, AGC, and more.

YOUR DAY-TO-DAY

• Responsible for providing all of the estimating and pricing on the assigned project that is to be performed by Okland This includes conceptual estimates, schematic estimates, design development estimates, and estimates for bidding.
• Responsible for ensuring the estimating and pricing for the project is completed on time so that other members of the Okland project team can review it and make recommendations and/or adjustments.
• Responsible for accurate estimate and pricing, which includes additional research and the correct use of additional resources, including subcontractors.
• Submits requests to architects and /or owners to obtain clarifications and answers to questions, contradictions, conflicts, inadequacies, and other confusing issues represented by the plans, specifications and other documentation.
• Presents estimates to the owner in a clean and clear format.
• Provides all estimate breakouts required by the bid documents, the client, or internal personnel.
• Includes the following estimates where applicable: taxes, insurances, bonds, Owner Controlled Insurance Program (OCIP), special wage rates, productivity, and fees & permits.
• Uses sound estimating judgment in making decisions by frequently referring to comparable historical data on related projects, with cost escalations added as required.
• Estimates complete concrete general requirements or conditions, including demolition, earthwork, crane needs, ready-mix adjustments, steel embeds and rough carpentry.
• Reviews and prices all items before others see it.
• Uses Estimating software for all concrete general requirements and structural excavation/backfill estimates.
• Ensures that the subdivision, section, and elements descriptions of estimates are properly coded in Estimating software.
• Turns in completed concrete estimate to company officers for pricing review.
• Establishes a rough draft schedule of the project in order to develop estimate pricing, general conditions, and concrete general requirement.
• Provides estimate for project general conditions, as requested.
• Sets up the recap on the project, as requested.
• Maintains estimates by deleting and/or archiving those not used in the last seven years.
• Maintains a strictly high level of confidentiality regarding financial specifics of projects, including estimates, bids, contract amounts, change orders, cost, financing arrangements, fees and other financial information.
• Reviews established budget estimate and bid, and assists the project manager and job cost accountant with setting up the proper codes and organization of the job cost report.
• Transmits to the owners and architects the appropriate estimate summaries, recapitulations, and general conditions, etc., in a PDF format only.
• Markets the company to the owner and architectural team; engages the Business Development Department in pursuing future opportunities.
• Regular, timely, and predictable attendance is required for this position.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists with the solicitation of bidders and plan distribution, as requested, by developing and compiling a list of bidders invited to bid the project and prequalifying a bidder for a project.
• Assist with bids, as requested, by taking the role of bid captain; this includes taking bids, bid pricing, analyzing bid packages, putting together a bid, and turning in a bid.
• Assists the project manager in subcontracting the project and getting the project started.
• Attends and represents the company in project estimating meetings, project review meetings, and pre-bid meetings (as requested).

YOU'RE READY FOR THIS ROLE IF

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Construction Management (or related field) preferred
• 3-5 years cost estimating experience, including reading and researching blueprints, quantity take-offs, and estimating practices.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIREMENTS

• Knowledge of construction and renovation terms, materials, techniques, procedures, and practices
• Knowledge of architectural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.
• Knowledge of construction cost estimating techniques, procedures, and practices, including material quantity take-offs, labor unit work hours, labor rate analysis, and material unit pricing.
• Knowledge of value engineering and total life cycle costing techniques, procedures, and practices
• Knowledge of construction cost estimating computer software.
• Knowledge of PC-based project management software and other applications (e.g., word processing, spreadsheets, and database programs).
• Ability to analyze bids, cost proposals, and cost estimates, including labor rates, fringe benefits, overhead, and profit.
• Ability to read, interpret, and understand construction drawings and specifications.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to read and understand construction schedules.
• Ability to coordinate action to accomplish work objectives while exercising necessary flexibility
• Ability to meet predetermined deadlines.
• Ability to work cooperatively with management, coworkers, public utilities, contractors, vendors, architects/engineers, and other public entities.
• Proficient in MC2 estimating software, Excel, Microsoft word, and Outlook.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential responsibilities of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential responsibilities.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk and/or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and/or crawl. The employee must also occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close vision and color vision. The employee is also required to frequently inspect the project and may be exposed to ongoing construction and various weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment may range from moderate to loud.