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Pyrovio is Hiring a Cost Estimator Near Los Angeles, CA
Job Description
Estimator - Pyrovio Consulting
- Full Time
- Experienced
Are you looking to grow your career in Estimator with a rapidly growing company helping Fortune 500 companies achieve performance excellence? Keep reading!
About Us:
We help organizations successfully develop and implement their strategies. We assist a diverse client base across all industries in meeting the demands of today’s challenging markets. The unique proprietary approach that we adopt has resulted in rapid growth of the company and its client base.
Our clients include Fortune 500 companies as well as multi-national companies in all sectors: private, public, and government. We have performed engagements in the US and other countries.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with project sponsors/stakeholder groups to understand scope of a project.
- Utilize pre-existing parametric estimating tool to generate parametric estimates in accordance with AACE estimate class requirements for substation and transmission projects based on conceptual scope of work for the project.
- Utilize existing estimating templates to generate assembly-level cost estimates for projects based on detailed scope of work and 30-50% engineering design.
- Facilitate the identification of changes to the parametric estimating tool to provide data in a more usable format for subsequent use in the project schedule and cost management.
- Utilize estimates vs actuals cost comparisons from projects to refresh & update cost data in parametric estimating tool.
- Revision of existing cost data in parametric estimating tool, to assist with structuring of the enterprise estimating system and work with developers for implementation.
- Improve coordination of estimates to avoid duplication of estimates, improve ownership, and avoid overlaps in estimate scope.
- Train estimators on revised tools, especially for contracted estimators and assist with development of standard work instructions to standardize project scoping and estimating.
About You:
- Minimum 5 years of professional cost estimating experience, in developing estimate packages for design & construction and
- Industry experience estimating construction projects for energy utilities and/or above/below grade civil estimating.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite of products
- Proficient in AACE Cost Engineering Practices and TCM framework
- Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or related fields
- Familiarity with Enterprise Estimating Systems like Sage is a plus.
- Familiarity with process improvement methodologies like Lean & Six Sigma is a plus.
Perks and Benefits:
- Competitive Compensation
- Comprehensive Benefits - Medical, Retirement, Holidays, PTO etc.
- Ability to carve your own career path and gain deep professional expertise by working with multiple clients and engagements and oversee the implementation of your recommendations.
- Opportunity to develop and advance within a growing organization.
Additional Information:
- For more information, please visit our website at www.pyrovio.com.
Job Summary
Full Time
$86k-110k (estimate)
06/02/2024
06/15/2024
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