What are the responsibilities and job description for the Estimator position at Timberlake Construction?
Do you have 3-5 years of estimating experience with a GC and love doing scope review, takeoffs, pricing, and bid leveling for commercial construction projects? If so, we'd like to hear from you! The Estimator will implement Timberlake processes while preparing construction estimates for competitive bids and assist with negotiated work when needed. This position will assist in the preparation of more complex estimates and fully produce lesser cost estimates under the review of the Director of Estimating. Estimators are also responsible for the solicitation of bids, review of project construction documents (plans and specifications), calculation of quantities, and review of subcontractor’s scopes of work, evaluation of overall costs, construction feasibility discussions, preliminary scheduling and logistics evaluations, and assistance with the development of economical construction options.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
- Develop and maintain vendor relationships.
- Manages the subcontractor solicitation process to obtain adequate responses.
- Manages internal estimating teams for hard bid projects as assigned, including assembly of teams, delegation of tasks, overseeing progress, and serving as the bid tabulator on bid day.
- Review of vendor proposals for scope, time and cost accuracy.
- Review and understand project construction documents (plans and specifications). Posting, processing and managing of all relevant documents during the bidding process. This includes ordering bid bonds and preparing bid day documentation and bid forms.
- Communication with design team and Owners during the preconstruction process.
- Offer trade specific knowledge to the estimating team as needed.
- Collaborate with the Estimating and Operations teams to establish project (bid) specific workflow and project logistics and schedules.
- Preform quantity take-offs and generate bid tabulation sheets.
- Work with operations through the project buyout process.
- Fully produce lesser cost estimates under the review of the Director of Estimating.
- Assist in the preparation of more complex estimates with the assistance of the Precon Team.
- Identification of potential cost options and alternates to ensure economical construction options.
- Create preliminary schedules with the input of Operations Team.
- Initiate job start up processes.
- Evaluate constructability and logistics of projects.
WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field is preferred.
- A minimum of 3 years of commercial construction estimating experience, preferably for a general contractor involving the full range of trades.
- Trade specific background in Mechanical, Plumbing, HVAC, Electrical, Structural Steel or other major building components is desired.
- Working knowledge and experience with the Microsoft Suite including Projects and Blue Beam or equivalent software.
- Experience with Procore preferred.