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Summary :
The Director of Estimating is responsible for providing cost estimates for Airport Food & Beverage and Retail facilities; and performing all other responsibilities as directed by the business or as assigned by management.
Essential Functions:
- Collaborates with Design, Procurement, Project Management, Restaurant Development Portfolio managers, Business Development Finance, Developers and company Executives.
- Accountable to understanding and interpreting the Request for Proposals from airports and design criteria to ensure an accurate capex estimate.
- Works directly with the Design and Procurement teams to ensure the accuracy of estimate through the review of the renderings and floor plans to ensure we maintain budgets.
- Produces detailed and conceptual estimates for renovations, conversions and new-build of Food & Beverage and Retail locations.
- Reviews drawings and provides updated estimates at 10%, 30% and 90% to ensure we are within budget, or if not, identifies the magnitude of the cost over-run.
- Provides value engineering (VE) ideas/suggestions as needed during all stages of a project.
- Analyzes for the Project Director the general contractor and FF&E bids and scope changes for accuracy in quantities and pricing. Highlight any areas of concern for the PD.
- Utilize and maintain companies program management ftp site (USGN) estimating module.
- Provides capital comparison and analysis by market and project type for each project estimated to validate cost verses historical data.
- Provide reports from database project costs, project comparisons, and track department performance against budgets and cost per square foot goals.
- Creates and maintains project costs database
- Maintains a working knowledge and understand of industry cost trends; guides team on trends and opportunities to avoid overruns.
Reporting relationship and other important information
- The Director of Estimating position as described falls under the Fair Labor Standards act as an Exempt position
- This position typically reports to the Senior Director, Design and Construction Program Support.
- The position may require travel occasionally to support the requirements of the business up to 20%.
Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Work Environment
- Requires an understanding of construction management financial and operational acumen typically gained through a Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Project Management, or related field of study, and 7 - 10 years of experience estimating construction projects in commercial real estate development and/or multi-unit restaurant companies.
- Requires supervisory experience, including delegation of tasks, issue resolution, coaching, and motivating others.
- Requires experience reading and interpreting legal agreements, construction documents and be adept at conceptual estimating
- Requires ability to integrate quantitative and qualitative data to identify interdependencies, trends, opportunities, etc. (intuitive business sense).
- Requires a demonstrated ability to interact confidently and effectively with internal and external stakeholders and senior leadership.
- Requires experience with MS Office including strong working knowledge of Excel. Experience with Peoplesoft and estimating and project management software strongly preferred.
Seniority level
- Director
Employment type
- Full-time
Job function
- Business Development, Design, and Quality Assurance
- Industries: Construction, Hospitality, and Food and Beverage Services
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