Senior Estimator
EmergencyMD, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Position Description:
Senior level estimator who specializes in General trades to report to Program Controls Manager and Chief Estimator.
- Plan and participate in the preparation of construction cost estimates of buildings or other structures from drawings, outlines, and specifications.
- Prepare estimates per design based on scope and building.
- Evaluate cost estimating deliverables prepared by consultants for cost containment, accuracy, uniformity and completeness.
- Prepare fair cost estimates for cost proposals from Contractors for extra.
- Perform special studies and prepare reports when contractors' bids vary from the construction cost.
- Conduct construction/project site visits gathering relevant information and determine what information to be used to produce project estimates.
- Evaluate pricing documents, historical and vendor cost data for the development of cost estimates and price recommendations.
- Evaluate quotes, bids, change orders, value engineering reports, and claims for accuracy and completeness estimates.
- Compile and analyze data on all factors that influence costs such as material, labor, equipment and profit.
- Prepare technical evaluations, cost estimating draft report, memos and letters and present recommendation to management.
- Very familiar with CSI Master Format (with Uni-format is a plus).
Minimum Required Qualifications:
- 10-15 years recent professional experience in the preparation of complete cost estimates for type I, II, or III, and V building construction as defined by the State building code including two years in a supervisory capacity.
- Expert in theories, principles, and practices of cost estimating and contract.
- Expert in JOC (Job Order Contracting) form of contracting.
- Full knowledge of construction methods for buildings.
- Full knowledge of current local construction labor and material.
- Extensive experience in developing and estimating the scope of work for change.
- Ability to compare cost estimates with contractors' proposal to quickly identify.
- Ability to develop scope of work based on RFI/RFC answers and estimate the detailed costs of those scopes of work independent of the contractor proposal.
- BS/BA Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Business or related. Additional qualifying experience in excess to the minimum stated above may be substituted for the required education on a year for year basis.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Expert in usage of eGordian Database for JOC (Job Order Contracting) estimating.
- Knowledge of Prevailing Wage/Union Labor rates.
- Knowledge and use of RS Means including NECA and MCAA labor productivity.
- Knowledge and use of RS Means Cost Estimating online system.