Description

Position Summary

The Estimator is responsible for analyzing blueprints, specifications, proposals, and other documentation to prepare time, cost, and labor estimates for products, projects, or services. 

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, related field or equivalent work experience. 
• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience. 

Essential Job Functions: 

• Reviews data to determine material and labor requirements and prepares itemized lists. 
• Computes cost factors and prepares estimates used for management purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work; preparing bids; selecting vendors or subcontractors; and determining cost effectiveness. 
• Conducts special studies to develop and establish standard hour and related cost data or effect cost reductions. 
• Consults with clients, vendors, or other individuals to discuss and formulate estimates and resolve issues. 
• Interfaces with other individuals in the organization to obtain support and commitment to the cost estimates. 
• Organizes and manages a centralized cost estimating database and a formal process to support cost estimating to ensure historical data is utilized. 
• Analyzes completed projects to compare estimated costs to actual costs and determine the reason for any discrepancies. 
• Provides improvement recommendations to cost estimating procedures to reduce future discrepancies between estimated and actual costs. 
• Identifies cost trends to assist management in cost reduction and process improvement efforts. 
• The job description is not an all-inclusive list of functions and tasks. Job functions may be added, deleted, or modified at any time by the company without prior verbal or written notification. 

Success Factors/Job Competencies: 

• Proficient math (more specifically geometry, fractions, and percentages), computer, and problem-solving skills are essential. 
• Previous experience reading blueprints and architectural drawings. 
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables on a daily basis. 
• Interpret multiple sets of instructions furnished in various forms (oral, diagram, and schedule form). 
• Must be extremely detail-oriented, and a team player with the ability to manage multiple tasks, produce quality work, and consistently meet deadlines. 
• The ability to attain moderate skills navigating in Estimating Software and manual estimating calculations. 
• Ability to work with a diverse group of people and customers. 
• Regular attendance, punctuality, and dependability. 

Physical Demands/Work Environment: 

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

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. 

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. 

Performance Standards: 

• Annual performance appraisal 
• Attainment of annual goals established by Senior Leadership