Junior Project Cost Estimator
About The Position
Vanir is a proud minority- and woman-owned company, recognized as a national leader in program, project and construction management (PMCM) and real estate development. Since 1964, we have consistently exceeded client expectations. Ranked as a top PMCM firm by Engineering News-Record (ENR) for more than three decades, our award-winning team provides a full range of services to public and private sector clients in the aviation; healthcare; education (K-12 and higher); justice and essential services; science and technology; state and local government; transportation; water and wastewater; energy; and commercial, residential and nonprofit markets.
Requirements
- Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, engineering, or construction management
- Two (2) years full-time paid professional experience in construction estimating of facilities or School Construction.
- Knowledge of current local construction labor and material costs
- Experience in developing and estimating the scope of work for change orders
- Ability to compare the independent cost estimate with contractor proposal to identify differences
- Ability to develop scope of work based on RFI/RFC answers and estimates the detailed costs of those scopes of work independent of the contractor proposal
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Fact-find and in-depth skills
Responsibilities
- Prepare preliminary independent cost estimates of projects for comparison with designer or contractor for PM/CM to establish negotiating position.
- Assist in preparing change order estimates for Owner Authorized Representatives to establish negotiating position
- Provides support in price negotiations
- Prepares claim analysis and estimates
- Prepares detailed estimates of construction costs based on drawings, specifications and sketches
- Assists in reviewing contractor’s claims and proposals for merit and accountability
- Conducts research on recent cost and price changes in supplies and services
Benefits
- 401(k) Savings with employer matching contributions
- medical
- dental
- vision
- health savings account (HSA) with employer contributions
- life
- AD&D
- disability benefits
- flexible spending account (FSA)
- voluntary benefits
- Teladoc
- pet insurance
- paid time off
- national employee assistance program (EAP)
- employee referral program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
