At Keeley Companies, we believe in empowering our people and fulfilling career aspirations. Keeley is a career destination with countless opportunities for advancement, and a world-class family culture that is centered around creating the best possible environment for our people to thrive.
We are looking to hire a Senior Estimator for our Building Group at our corporate headquarters in St. Louis, MO.
Primary Responsibilities

• Review project plans, specification, and contract documents to establish scope of work and quantity takeoffs.
• Request quotes from subcontractors and vendors.
• Conduct estimate kickoff meetings.
• Manage other estimators and assign scope assignments for bid efforts.
• Attend any scope meetings related to project.
• Prepare estimates for each phase of the design/build or budget process as well as for negotiated or competitive bids.
• Contribute value engineering options to customers and owners to establish project value.
• Maintain positive relationships with customers and find prospective new customers.
• Collaborate with Project Managers during pre-bid and post-bid process regarding schedule, strategy, and buyout.
• Review ongoing projects with Project Manager to verify labor production and learn from any problems encountered.
• Complete quantity surveys and takeoffs of work and establish production rates.
• Prepares estimates and work with preconstruction managers to turn estimates into proposals.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field plus a minimum of 2 to 3 years of experience performing primary responsibilities listed above.
• Proficient with Outlook, Excel and Word is a required.
• Ability to build and maintain a positive working relationship with staff, vendors, and clients.
• Experience using Procore, ProEst, Onscreen Takeoff, MC2 , Bluebeam. Not required, but preferred.
• Exceptional time management and customer relation skills
• High attention to detail
• Ability to write proposals and reports

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