Senior Estimator

E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc.•Aiken, SC

4d•Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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.
Must be a US Citizen
L Clearance Required
Possesses strong personal computer skills.
Requires considerable proficiency in the use of automated accounting, budgeting, cost management and estimating systems as tools for performing required duties.
Working knowledge and understanding of project management and cost and schedule control at the tactical level is necessary, along with a knowledge of operations, maintenance, or project startup and construction.
Estimating Specialty – Demonstrated skill in conceptual estimating, coordination with technical personnel, 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 is necessary.
Reading, interpreting and generating Material Take-offs from Design drawings for multiple disciplines (mechanical, electrical, etc.)

Nice To Haves

Experience with Success estimating software – preferred

Responsibilities

Develop cost estimates applying basic principles and concepts in a comprehensive manner, complete in all respects, for facilities with varying degrees of complexity.
Ensure the validity of the project coding structures and work packages for the scope of work.
Design or assist in the design of a Work Breakdown Structure that is suitable for capturing all cost components.
Participate 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.
Develop quality material, labor, and subcontract take-offs, coordinate information between the Engineering, Purchasing, and Construction groups, and help determine the Project Execution Plan.
Develop an understanding of indirect and conceptual estimating.
Oversee 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.
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.
Prepare discipline Change Order Estimates for use with Baseline Change Proposals.
Develop and maintain project-level and control-account level specialty estimating schedules.
Prepare the estimate analysis within the Discipline.
Maintain established Specialty Estimating Systems, Procedures, and Manuals.
May present information to management with recommendations on occasion.