What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Estimator position at Fort Point?
SENIOR/LEAD ESTIMATOR
This Estimator will develop, manage, and/or execute estimating activities on EPC projects. Must have strong working knowledge of home office services and field construction costs and able to work with engineering drawings and specifications.
Responsibilities include:
Ensure adherence to the preparation or supervision of cost estimates in accordance with the approved procedures during various project phases including Pre-FEED and FEED.
- Provide cost estimating (including conceptual) guidance to projects
- Work with the team to define an appropriate Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Prepare the estimate plan (conceptual) including establishment of the estimating methodology and cost estimating principles applicable to the estimate preparation
- Review design scope criteria and quantities for completeness and coordinate with the project to develop additional estimating bases when information is incomplete.
- Support the collection, verification and integration across all work scope into the cost estimate.
- Compare and analyze scope, quantities and cost data between projects.
- Develop escalation model where required and assist with the development of owners cost
- Coordinate identification of areas of risk in the compilation of cost estimates and evaluate appropriate levels of contingency
Skills/Experience:
- Thorough technical and practical estimating skills
- Ability to create conceptual estimator for industrial EPC projects