Chief Estimator
Full-Time
Responsibilities
- Communicate with owners, representatives, fabricators, general contractors, suppliers, and consultants.
- Coordinate bid preparation requirements.
- Assist in preparing budgets, subcontracts, purchase orders, and preliminary project schedules.
- Ensure proper project hand off when project is taken over by construction team.
- Review proposal specifications, drawings, and conditions to determine scope of work.
- Estimate indirect cost including management, construction equipment, and tools.
- Review all proposals internally before being submitted to owner, fabricator, and/or general contractor customers.
- Engage in proposal presentations as necessary.
- Training and mentoring of estimating staff and direct reports.
- Maintain strong and positive relationships with operations teams.
- Prepare budget pricing, unit price schedules, and lump sum pricing.
Requirements
- 10+ year's steel construction estimating experience.
- Excellent communication skills with a strong math aptitude.
- Experience in industrial & commercial structural & miscellaneous construction work.
- Able to work with speed and accuracy, consistently meeting deadlines.
- Experience in conceptual estimating and design build.
- Strong business communication and leadership skills, supervisory experience preferred.
- Experience with design models.
- Bachelor's degree in construction management, civil engineering, architecture, or related field preferred.
- Proficient with all Microsoft Office programs.
PBI is an equal opportunity employer.