Provides and coordinates complete estimating services for project pursuits as assigned; manages project pursuit including staff and consultants. This position will have an emphasis on our Light Industrial portfolio of work.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- Takes active role in bid strategy throughout pursuit plan and proposal kickoff meetings for assigned projects
- Compiles, gains approval for, and carries out estimating project approach; implements quality control measures to ensure accuracy and completeness of estimates
- Reviews proposal specifications and drawings to determine scope of work and required contents of estimate
- Maintains use of best practices in all pursuits
- Solicits subcontractor and supplier bids and interfaces with their representatives in order to receive response bids prior to bid letting
- Establishes, maintains, and enhances business relationships with valued trade partners
- Utilizes and supports subcontractor prequalification program
- Maintains and improves subcontractor database through best practices for entering and updating subcontractor information
- Ensures scopes of work are properly and accurately quantified for all bids and budgets
- Computes cost factors and prepares estimates used for bidding and budgeting purposes including self-performed work; selecting subcontractors; and determining cost effectiveness and cost realism
- Scopes and tabulates subcontractor and supplier bids for conformance with bid documents to aid in determining the value of the work
- Utilize and assist in updating estimating software and conforms to established policies and procedures
- Identifies opportunities for improvement in departmental processes, approach, and execution of estimating and preconstruction functions; presents recommended actions/solutions
- Manages relationships with clients within ongoing assignments and as opportunities present
- Analyzes and gathers cost data; organizes data into a useful format for use in future pricing and updates to cost database
- Interfaces with other individuals in the organization to obtain support and commitment to cost estimates
- Participates in compiling technical responses and qualifications for RFPs and RFQs
- Monitors industry news sources, procurement services, and other sources to identify possible bid opportunities; participate in outside industry organizations
- Provides opportunity information and updates for CRM software
- Assists with established risk assessment process
- Responsible for subcontractor and supplier bid coverage on assigned projects including adequate coverage by qualified trade partners
- Compiles preliminary project schedules including preconstruction and construction phases
- Provides peer review of cost estimates on assigned projects, as well as review of cost estimates performed by more junior members of estimating project team
- Owns the pricing and bidding process for assigned projects; reviews the work of others and ensures that quality control measures are employed consistently; analyzes risks involved with bidding process and consults / advises management team of the same
- Identifies and analyzes industry cost trends and their effect on current and future projects
- Prepares and conducts presentations to internal audiences for the purpose of explaining project specifics , review of estimates, and project risks/opportunities; assist in preparation of and participation in presentations to external audiences, including but not limited to clients
- Coordinates, supervises, and trains assigned estimating staff to support developmental objectives; establish training and development plans for direct reports
- Reviews prime contracts and confirm estimates to adhere to requirements
- Manages preconstruction efforts on assigned projects; coordinates the efforts of the design team on design-build projects
- Exercises initiative or, as directed, performs additional duties to meet the needs of the organization
Qualifications
- Actively leads, collaborates with, and functions well within a team-oriented environment across multiple projects
- Proficient in general construction practices and principles; Strong proficiency in reading and interpreting construction documents
- Possess diversity across varying construction market sectors preferred
- Proficient in analyzing and collecting cost data
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Proficiency in estimating and CRM software
- Experience with supervising or managing direct reports is strongly preferred, but not required
- Experience in preparing presentations and presenting related to project specifics, overview of estimate, and project risks/opportunities, and to various audiences including clients
Education
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree from a four-year college, university, or equivalent experience
Experience
- 10 years or more of related work experience preferred
- Will have supervisory responsibilities
Physical Demands
- Physical demands for this position are moderate. Typically the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be walking, standing, bending or carrying of items (25-50 pounds) such as plan documents, papers, books, parts, etc. There may be times of physical exertion, such as long periods of standing; walking over rough, uneven or rocky surfaces; recurring bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching, climbing or similar activities. The work may require specific but common physical characteristics and abilities such as above-average agility and dexterity. Requires a good ability to see, hear, and speak
- Standard project site environment may include machinery, parts and chemicals; may require protective gear
Cerris and our group of companies are an Equal Opportunity Employer-EEO/AA/M/F/D/V/VEVRAA
