What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Estimator position at Firman Solutions?
Position Overview
Manage the work to obtain new business opportunities for the company by evaluating and estimating construction costs, receiving competitive and responsible bids ready for contracting, providing conceptual/budget bids for negotiated and GMP projects.
Essential Job Functions:
- Review the scope of construction work to be completed so as to validate the type of work, basic materials, project duration and suggest responsibilities for construction.
- Use information available and background knowledge to assemble complete and competent bidder’s list, to coordinate pre-bid meetings, hold bid openings, bid review meetings, and to review job costs throughout the project for trends.
- Make phone calls to subcontractors/vendors soliciting bids as required and update digital bidding software with their intentions to bid.
- Generating estimating deliverables on assigned projects.
- Create, maintain, and improve Estimating cost database(s).
- Develop and coach Estimators and Assistant Estimators.
- Monitor the marketplace for project/relationship opportunities.
- Develop accurate conceptual cost models.
- Perform takeoffs (Quantity Survey) via digital takeoff software.
Qualifications
- At least five to ten years' experience in the Construction Industry
