Overview

Come join the William Charles team! As a leader in heavy civil construction, rail construction, general contracting, environmental construction & remediation, and electrical contracting, we connect people and places through the neighborhoods, rail facilities, and highways that we build. We're always in search of great resources to join our highly skilled, professionally trained team, who is dedicated to helping others - and our customers - succeed in every way. 

POSITION SUMMARYWilliam Charles is in search for a Commercial & Industrial Building Estimator. The responsibilities and duties include providing takeoff and cost estimates for commercial and industrial buildings and structures. The opportunity is available in our Benicia CA, Scottsdale AZ, Rockford IL and Indianapolis IN office locations.

Responsibilities

• Review, analyze and interpret contract documents for complete understanding of the work and owner deliverables to provide accurate, detailed cost estimates.
• Review opportunity pursuits and develop preliminary budget estimate and itemized summary for go/no-go evaluation.
• Participate in preconstruction efforts for design build or other alternative delivery projects.
• Identify critical issues and develop risk exposure summary with associated cost impacts
• Provide creative and innovative thinking to analyze and develop strategy and value engineering solutions.
• Effective communication and interaction with clients, engineers, subcontractors and suppliers
• Perform and review quantity takeoff comparisons to provide evaluation for accuracy and acceptance
• Work with scheduling staff and Operations to develop accurate and precise bid schedules
• Present complete and accurate estimates to ensure confidence in decision making.
• Company representation at pre-bids and site visits
• Provide assistance on heavy civil estimates as required

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Architecture or Construction Management
• Minimum 5 years of experience in commercial construction estimating
• Additionally, experience in heavy civil construction is preferred but not required

Combination of equivalent education and work experience may be considered

• Highly knowledgeable in cost estimating for commercial or industrial building projects
• Precise attention to details and exceptionally organized
• Highly motivated self-starter
• Must be capable managing time for self and ability to prioritize and schedule efficiently
• Due to our Nationwide footprint, many meetings and reviews would be conducted via teleconference depending on the assigned teams for any given pursuit.
• Limited travel will be required for pre-bids, site walks, owner meetings, home office, etc.
• Thrive in fast-paced environment with ability to deliver under deadlines
• Proficient in Bid2Win or similar estimating software and exceptional Microsoft Office skills; Primavera P6, Bluebeam and AutoCad experience is a plus
• Excellent analytical and mathematical skills.

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• Timely decision making
• Functional/technical skills
• Intellectual horsepower
• Organizing
• Patience
• Perseverance
• Planning
• Process management
• Time management

MasTec Statement

MasTec, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer. The Company's policy is not to unlawfully discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also MasTec's policy to comply with all applicable state, federal and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

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