Responsibilities:

• Reviews and evaluates requests for estimates
• Reviews estimates and revisions for completeness and accuracy
• Reviews construction documents and understands scope of work to bid
• Prepare cost analysis by recapitulating material, labor, equipment, subcontractor, and overhead costs occurred in heavy civil projects
• Executes take-offs of construction documents
• Inputs take-offs data into estimating software
• Utilize the company approved costing methodology, data, and systems to present estimate results in a detailed breakdown format suitable for use by the project manager and the project team
• Attend client pre-bid meetings, visit job sites, and keep a record of all verbal information disseminated by the client during the pre-bid meeting
• Prepare project cost estimates from the client’s RFQ documents or bid packages. Source and incorporate all relevant submissions required into the bid package for submission
• Generate proposals and recognize and incorporate the necessary notes and exclusions
• Maintain cost estimating tools including databases, spreadsheets, and other computer based applications to keep updated information on past performance and industry standards
• Coordinate estimate handoff on successful pursuits. Organize all relevant estimate information and lead handoff meetings to pass all relevant information to the operations team
• Maintain lines of communications between company departments, project manager, and client with regards to cost estimating activities
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management
• Three years of experience in Civil Construction, both in DOT and private/commercial markets preferred.
• Experience with construction estimating software such as, InEight, Hard Dollar, AGTEK, PlanSwift, Bluebeam.
• Experience and capability of estimating earthwork, utilities and concrete paving

Experience

• 3 year(s): Experience in Civil Construction, both in DOT and private/commercial markets

Education

• Bachelors or better in Construction Management Services or related field

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)