Title: Chief Estimator (Construction - Department Lead)
Location: Miami, Florida
Terms: Full-time
As Chief Estimator, you'll be a vital part of our team, ensuring our projects are accurately estimated and competitively priced.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Managing the preconstruction process and team, reviewing project documentation, and establishing relationships with stakeholders.
- Deliver various levels of construction pricing/pursuit packages (ROM's, Conceptual Estimates, Competitive Bids, Cost+/GMP, bid leveling, etc.) which are complete in terms of scope coverage, notes, clarifications, & clearly outline profitability which meets the corporate strategy.
- Presenting budgets and proposals, strategizing opportunity assignments, and creating project schedules.
- Overseeing subcontractor proposals, resolving design conflicts, and leading project transfer meetings.
- Developing new business opportunities, conducting employee evaluations, participating in business development, and training estimating staff.
- Collecting key construction documents and analyzing blueprints to generate detailed scopes of work and estimates.
- Collaborating with leadership to identify business development opportunities, build strategic initiatives, and recommend workflow process improvements.
- Developing tailored lists of subcontractors and vendors, distributing plans and scope documents to secure competitive pricing, and communicating with them to obtain comprehensive bids within set timelines.
- Consolidating all costs, including materials, production, and shipping, to determine the final proposed bid price for clients.
- Maintaining thorough communication with customers regarding Requests for Information (RFIs) and clarifications.
- Attending necessary handoff meetings upon bid acceptance to ensure efficient information transfer.
- Reviewing vendor offers and quotes to identify the most advantageous options.
- Cultivating relationships with key vendors (subcontractors, suppliers, engineers, etc.).
- Managing paperwork for the submittal process, including reviewing architectural drawings, drafting shop drawings, resolving layout conflicts through the RFI process, coordinating appliances/equipment, and handling mockup samples.
Who We Are Looking For:
- You have at least 5+ years of project estimation experience with a bachelor's degree in construction management.
- You are knowledgeable about general construction products, systems, services, and procedures.
- You are a natural leader and enjoy inspiring and motivating others to perform at their best.
- You have an appetite for learning and are keen on turning feedback into action and continuous self-improvement.
- You are very organized and able to handle multiple projects at once while meeting deadlines.
- You are committed to a high standard of integrity and work ethic, ensuring work is done correctly and at a top level of quality.
- You have a great attitude about doing whatever it takes to get the job done, covering the details, supporting the team, and keeping everything running smoothly.
- You take responsibility and accept ownership of your actions.
- You are highly collaborative, always working to get results, and have exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
