Reports to: Director of Pre-Construction
FLSA Status: Exempt
Salary Range: $50,000-$90,000
Position Description: Estimators are responsible for attending pre-bids, pre-proposals, and site visits, which will require the ability to generate questions and translate this information back to the estimating team. Short-term goal for this position is to develop estimates and cost information for the estimating team’s review. Estimating position preferred to have previous experience in construction estimating that includes multifaceted civil work, including urban drainage, utility, roadway, bridge, and large acreage park development.
Secondarily, the successful candidate will be working in parallel with:
– Project managers and project administration (internally)
– Business development and marketing administrator (internally)
Essential Functions:
– Develop quality take offs and incorporate them into ECI’s estimating system
– Develop subcontractor relationships and manage subcontractor bid solicitations
– Review past estimates, purchase orders, subcontracts, and job costing reports to incorporate into production rates and unit costs in order to generate quality estimates
– Actively research and gather information on potential bids and proposals
– Communicate with vendors and suppliers to gather product information and gather current costing rates
– Review proposal specifications, drawings, attend pre-bid meetings, and site visits to determine the project’s scope of work and develop an approach for estimates
– Set up projects in heavy bid and help maintain up-to-date information in HCSS
– Read and understand key components of geotechnical reports, civil design plan review
– Help maintain technical information within RFP’s
– Participate in ECI project interviews as applicable and any other essential function as outlined by lead estimator
– Preconstruction meetings, bid tabulations, estimates, proposals as needed
