Estimator

Estimator

New Rochelle, NY office

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree in Engineering, Construction Management or similar from an accredited institution and 10+ years of relevant estimating and project management experience. 
• 5 or more years experience estimating for heavy civil projects
• Previous estimating experience on projects over $100M in value
• Good communication skills to effectively solicit and work with individual project owner’s representatives, material suppliers and subcontractors in pre-bid estimate preparations and post-bid negotiations.
• Capable of effectively working within a cohesive Heavy Civil estimating staff to facilitate comprehensive cost proposals and conclude efforts during joint venture team reviews on major projects when applicable.
• Previous experience in alternative delivery methods such as design/build and CMAR is preferred.

Job Description:

• Develop estimates for bridge, highway, railway, airports, dams, tunnels and / or transit projects.
• Read, analyze, interpret and obtain a thorough understanding of contract proposals, drawings and specifications.
• Both self-perform and/or direct others in quantity take-off for both unit price and lump sum project bidding schedules, summarizing in an Excel spreadsheet format.
• Analyze various scopes of work and produce comprehensive unit price estimates by creating production crews and including specific equipment and materials in a project cost software program.  HCSS is the current project cost estimating program utilized.

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree in Engineering, Construction Management or similar from an accredited institution and 10+ years of relevant estimating and project management experience. 
• 5 or more years experience estimating for heavy civil projects
• Previous estimating experience on projects over $100M in value
• Good communication skills to effectively solicit and work with individual project owner’s representatives, material suppliers and subcontractors in pre-bid estimate preparations and post-bid negotiations.
• Capable of effectively working within a cohesive Heavy Civil estimating staff to facilitate comprehensive cost proposals and conclude efforts during joint venture team reviews on major projects when applicable.
• Previous experience in alternative delivery methods such as design/build and CMAR is preferred.