Senior Business Analyst-Estimating

Pinnacle Specialty Group, Inc.•Aiken, SC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Pinnacle Specialty Group is a woman-owned and operated small business specializing in providing project and contract management for Professional, Technical, Engineering, IT and Support Services. We offer full benefits to include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, 401K - Company Matched. Responsible for organizing, developing, analyzing, and maintaining project controls, financial analysis or estimating applications required to monitor established objectives, and to prepare status and management reports that identify variances in the work execution strategy and recommend solutions. Provide management with the capability of maintaining cost and schedule control throughout the life cycle of a complex project or work activity. Under limited supervision, responsible for the coordination and limited direction of estimating activities. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Develop cost estimates applying basic principles and concepts in a comprehensive manner, complete in all respects, for facilities with varying degrees of complexity. Conceptual design estimates are based on less than 15 percent complete designs, nd can determine the upper project funding limits. Ensures the validity of the project coding structures and work packages for the scope of work. Designs or assists in the design of a Work Breakdown Structure that is suitable for capturing ail cost components - Participates with the Lead Estimator in the development of the estimate basis - Identify areas of incomplete design definition within engineering drawings or other scope definition documents within a discipline or specialty. - Recognize omissions of necessary elements of the work scope. - Develop quantity estimates for all commodities within a discipline from drawings and develop quantities utilizing parametric estimating techniques for undefined scope. Develops quality material, labor, and subcontract take-offs, coordinates information between the Engineering, Purchasing, and Construction groups, and helps determine the Project Execution Plan. Develops an understanding of indirect and conceptual estimating - Oversees the development of Discipline Material Take-Offs, Material Pricing, and Labor Effort-hour Units - Provide detailed and credible explanations of complex estimates to internal and external customers. Requires negotiating skills and tradeoffs to generate acceptance. - Perform assigned tasks related to establishing or implementing cost estimating databases using field, technical and commercial/industrial information that requires analysis and conversion. - Perform trend analysis and evaluate data to support recommended alterations to databases. Present this information to upper management with recommendations for actions. - Prepares discipline Change Order Estimates for use with Baseline Change Proposals - Develops and maintains project-level and control-account level specialty estimating schedules - Prepares the estimate analysis within the Discipline – Maintains established Specialty Estimating Systems, Procedures, and Manuals - May present information to management with recommendations on occasion.

Requirements

A Master's degree in business / construction management / technical / engineering or a related area and 2 years of practical experience.
A Bachelor's degree in business / construction management / technical / engineering or a related area and 5 years of practical experience.
An Associate's degree and 8 years of practical experience.
A high school diploma and 12 years of relevant experience.
Strong personal computer skills.
Considerable proficiency in the use of automated accounting, budgeting, cost management and estimating systems.
Working knowledge and understanding of project management and cost and schedule control at the tactical level.
Knowledge of operations, maintenance, or project startup and construction.
Demonstrated skill in conceptual estimating.
Demonstrated skill in coordination with technical personnel.
Demonstrated skill in interfacing with engineers.
Knowledge of field construction techniques, labor, and equipment requirements.
Ability to apply concepts and methods to quantify work condition impacts on costs.
Construction / Engineering / Estimating experience - required.
Reading, interpreting and generating Material Take-offs from Design drawings for multiple disciplines (mechanical, electrical, etc.) - required.
Experience with Microsoft office software especially Excel and Word – required.
Proof of U.S. citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Success estimating software – preferred

Responsibilities

Organizing, developing, analyzing, and maintaining project controls, financial analysis or estimating applications required to monitor established objectives.
Preparing status and management reports that identify variances in the work execution strategy and recommend solutions.
Providing management with the capability of maintaining cost and schedule control throughout the life cycle of a complex project or work activity.
Coordinating and directing estimating activities.
Developing cost estimates applying basic principles and concepts for facilities with varying degrees of complexity.
Determining upper project funding limits for conceptual design estimates.
Ensuring the validity of project coding structures and work packages for the scope of work.
Designing or assisting in the design of a Work Breakdown Structure.
Participating with the Lead Estimator in the development of the estimate basis.
Identifying areas of incomplete design definition within engineering drawings or other scope definition documents.
Recognizing omissions of necessary elements of the work scope.
Developing quantity estimates for all commodities within a discipline from drawings.
Developing quantities utilizing parametric estimating techniques for undefined scope.
Developing material, labor, and subcontract take-offs.
Coordinating information between Engineering, Purchasing, and Construction groups.
Helping determine the Project Execution Plan.
Developing an understanding of indirect and conceptual estimating.
Overseeing the development of Discipline Material Take-Offs, Material Pricing, and Labor Effort-hour Units.
Providing detailed and credible explanations of complex estimates to internal and external customers.
Performing assigned tasks related to establishing or implementing cost estimating databases.
Performing trend analysis and evaluating data to support recommended alterations to databases.
Presenting information to upper management with recommendations for actions.
Preparing discipline Change Order Estimates for use with Baseline Change Proposals.
Developing and maintaining project-level and control-account level specialty estimating schedules.
Preparing the estimate analysis within the Discipline.
Maintaining established Specialty Estimating Systems, Procedures, and Manuals.