Construction Scope Technical Writer/Estimator

Who We Are

Balfour Beatty Investments is a global infrastructure investor operating in the UK, US, and Canada. We provide the investment capability to deliver complex infrastructure projects. Over the past 15 years, Balfour Beatty Investments (formerly known as Balfour Beatty Capital) has established itself as one of the largest investors in the PPP industry, building a portfolio of more than 60 projects worldwide, predominantly in the UK and US.

Balfour Beatty Investments is proud to offer challenging and rewarding work in a variety of functional areas. As a company, we operate with safety and sustainability as our primary focus.  Equally integral components of our culture are our values—Integrity, Teamwork, Excellence, Respect—and our code of conduct. Living up to these commitments requires the fresh ideas, insights and talents of employees as diverse as the audiences we interact with every day.         

The success of our company is built on the efforts of our employees. We are committed to offering our employees a path to professional success through development, training and mentoring opportunities that cover a wide variety of skills and functional areas.

At Balfour Beatty Investments, our employees are our greatest asset and their well-being means a healthier, more productive workplace. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes a variety of health care options, retirement benefits and other flexible benefits.

Our Benefits

• Discretionary bonuses
• Medical and Dental Insurance 1st of the month following employment
• Health, Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts
• Company paid life insurance
• 401K plan with employer matching
• Robust PTO to include, sick, floating holidays, vacation, and personal days
• 2 Volunteer Days per year
• Company paid short-term and long- term disability, parental leave.
• And more!

About the role

This construction professional utilizes his/her experience and education to take concepts/project requests/project plans and articulates those into WRITTEN SCOPES to allow for the execution of those SCOPES via service agreements/contracts.  Estimating is a collateral duty.

While closely interacting with Director, Preconstruction/Proposal Development and VP Renovation & Construction, this candidate will take project concepts and general project plans transferring them to WRITTEN SCOPES allow for successful bidding of such work and ultimately the execution of the work by subcontracted crews.  Interaction with Owner Client for verification of project desires/requirements will also be required along with general estimating efforts to validate subcontractor bids. This is a remote position.

What you'll be doing

• Development of written scopes of work for use in Requests for Proposals
• Interaction with stakeholders
• Understanding the cost development of construction projects

 Who we are looking for 

• Bachelor’s degree reflecting recognition of acceptable writing ability

• 3 or more years of experience in technical writing, construction documentation, estimating support, or military hosing contracting environments
• 3 years of similar experience in WRITING scopes for execution of construction projects
• Experience supporting multifamily renovations and capital repair work, including building envelope, interiors, MEP, utilities, and site amenities
• Strong understanding of construction terminology, building systems, and renovation workflows
• Working knowledge of RSMeans and conceptual estimating practices
• Proficiency with Procore and Microsoft 365, including Copilot
• Experience with EagleView and Hoover, or the ability to learn quickly with demonstrated comparable tool experience
• Excellent writing, editing, formatting, and document control skills
• Strong technology and digital workflow skills
• Ability to travel approximately 10 to 25 percent for field verification and assessments
• Ability to physically access active construction jobsites and residential communities for due diligence, including climbing ladders, accessing roofs, entering attic or crawl spaces, and performing typical field verification activities

• Active and valid driver’s license

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Pay Rate: $90,000 yr.*

*This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs. No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, incentive, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law and any applicable plan documents.