What are the responsibilities and job description for the Estimator position at Lithko Contracting?
Who We Are
When you join our team at Lithko Contracting, you are building your career alongside the leaders in concrete construction.
We apply our expertise across industries from industrial and manufacturing facilities to healthcare and educational institutions to chip plants and data centers. Annually, we place over 100 million square feet of concrete and earn over $1.7 billion in revenue.
With a nationwide presence of over 25 locations and more than 5,000 coworkers, you'll find endless opportunities to develop your skills, grow your career, and build beyond expectations.
The Role
Lithko Contracting is seeking an Estimator to join our team in Lexington, KY. The Estimator will assist the Estimating staff and Pre-Construction Lead with all aspects of estimating, including quantity take-off, pricing and bidding of commercial and industrial construction projects.
Key Responsibilities
When you join our team at Lithko Contracting, you are building your career alongside the leaders in concrete construction.
We apply our expertise across industries from industrial and manufacturing facilities to healthcare and educational institutions to chip plants and data centers. Annually, we place over 100 million square feet of concrete and earn over $1.7 billion in revenue.
With a nationwide presence of over 25 locations and more than 5,000 coworkers, you'll find endless opportunities to develop your skills, grow your career, and build beyond expectations.
The Role
Lithko Contracting is seeking an Estimator to join our team in Lexington, KY. The Estimator will assist the Estimating staff and Pre-Construction Lead with all aspects of estimating, including quantity take-off, pricing and bidding of commercial and industrial construction projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Sets up an estimate to include correct alternates, general conditions, inputting correct vendor and subcontractor pricing, correct labor production and wage rates in alignment with bid strategy.
- Conducts a take off by owning all items from take-off software through identifying and quantifying all necessary concrete scope items.
- Responsible for providing correct project information to the appropriate parties during the turnover and planning phases.
- Validates that accurate and detailed information was provided to the operations team to plan for execution.
- Experience with structural concrete estimating preferred.
- Knowledge of Microsoft programs, including Word, Excel, Outlook.
- Must have good organizational and communication skills.
- Experience in estimating for a Self-Perform General Contractor or Concrete Contractor is a plus.
- Experience with a variety of project types with emphasis on Commercial/Industrial preferred.
- General knowledge of construction principles/practices required with experience on projects over 1 million dollars.
- Knowledge of negotiated bids, and hard bids.
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or Engineering preferred.