Overall Responsibility: This role will be involved in projects with our Planning and Design Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges. The ideal candidate will have a technical background in construction, renovations, and/or facility management.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for assessing, adjusting or creating an estimation template.
- This role will be responsible for creating detailed, market-related owner’s cost estimates for
assigned projects’ scope changes, work delays, etc.
- Responsible for reviewing change requests and determining material requirements,
processing, and job routing.
- This role will involve coordination of meetings with clients or other stakeholders.
- Responsible for leading client and contractor negotiations to resolve contract changes and
claims.
- Responsible for developing construction cost estimates and preparation of estimate references as required by the Estimating Lead, in accordance with the program requirements.
- Responsible for ensuring all estimates are accurate and account for all risk factors.
- Responsible for reviewing quantitative surveys for all types of construction systems and
materials.
- Responsible for seeking additional useful estimating data from various sources.
- Review construction schedules with supporting documentation to assist the project teams.
- Assist the Project Team in evaluating and monitoring the Contractors progress schedule as
well as consulting and troubleshooting issues throughout the construction of the project.
Required Qualifications:
- Knowledge/Experience with estimating software and resources, RS Means online, InEight Estimate, Sage Construction Suite, Autodesk Construction Cloud or other software.
- Have excellent computer skills within working knowledge of Primavera P6 scheduling software and/or Microsoft Project.
- Experience with U.S. Postal Service Facilities Technical Group and various USPS building
design criteria.
- Familiarity with federal, state, and/or local government and transportation agency contracting a plus.
- 5 - 10 years of relevant experience in Project Estimating and Scheduling.
- Ability to communicate in English, both written and verbal (professional level required).
- Previous relevant experience in the engineering and construction industry is considered an
- asset.
- Adaptability and flexibility including the ability to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity, and
change.
- Ability to multitask, work on several projects or tasks at once, manage time, organize, and set priorities.
- Strong interpersonal skills, as the role requires continuous interaction with team members.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, including report writing, editing, and
proofreading abilities.
- Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office suite and Outlook; highly advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Ability to utilize Microsoft Office products, specifically Word and Excel will be required.
- Experience with construction schedules for the design-build phase of the projects.
- Possess a working knowledge of construction practices and sequencing.
- Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling knowledge/experience and the ability to analyze schedules to determine duration and logical issues.
