Remote Sr. Rebar Estimator / Detailer
About The Position
This remote, full-time role is a key position responsible for reinforcing-steel estimating, detailing, preconstruction support, and development of the company’s estimating and detailing function. The successful candidate will serve as a technical resource for estimating, project management, and operations teams, while helping establish estimating standards, production rates, a historical cost database, and a reinforcing-steel preconstruction process. Periodic travel to project sites and company meetings is required. The candidate will independently review structural drawings and specifications, perform reinforcing-steel takeoffs, develop labor and material pricing, understand detailing requirements, identify constructability issues, and communicate project costs and risks to management. The role also supports project turnover, change-order pricing, field questions, and estimating process improvements. Over time, the successful candidate is expected to assume responsibility for the company’s reinforcing-steel estimating and detailing function. The strongest candidates have substantial hands-on reinforcing-steel industry experience, particularly with a fabricator, reinforcing contractor, placer, or major concrete contractor. A formal college degree is not required when the candidate has substantial relevant industry experience.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of reinforcing-steel industry experience; preference for 10 or more years.
- Significant experience estimating reinforcing steel.
- Significant experience detailing reinforcing steel or reviewing placing drawings.
- Experience with large commercial, industrial, wastewater, infrastructure, heavy civil, or other concrete-intensive projects.
- Experience estimating projects involving substantial reinforcing-steel tonnage.
- Strong ability to read structural drawings and specifications.
- Strong understanding of reinforcing-steel fabrication and field placement.
- Working knowledge of ACI and CRSI requirements and industry practices.
- Strong mathematical and analytical skills.
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
- Ability to communicate effectively with project managers, engineers, contractors, vendors, and field personnel.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with AutoCAD, MicroStation, RebarCAD, aSa, Tekla, SDS/2, or comparable software.
- Experience working for reinforcing-steel fabricators, rebar placing contractors, rebar detailing companies, large concrete contractors, heavy civil contractors, industrial concrete contractors, or wastewater treatment construction contractors.
- Experience with wastewater treatment plants, industrial facilities, power, data centers, bridges, foundations, tanks, or other heavily reinforced concrete structures.
- A formal college degree is not required if the candidate has substantial relevant industry experience.
Responsibilities
- Perform complete reinforcing-steel quantity takeoffs from structural drawings and specifications.
- Develop estimates for material, fabrication, detailing, placing labor, equipment, freight, and other project costs.
- Establish project-specific labor-hour and production assumptions.
- Analyze bar sizes, tonnage, congestion, splice requirements, couplers, dowels, embeds, and other reinforcing requirements.
- Review plans and specifications for scope gaps, discrepancies, constructability concerns, project risks, and potential cost exposures.
- Prepare conceptual, preliminary, and final estimates; assist management with bid strategy and selling price.
- Solicit and evaluate material, fabrication, freight, and subcontractor pricing when required.
- Maintain organized estimate documentation and assumptions.
- Review structural drawings and specifications for detailing requirements and prepare and/or review reinforcing-steel placing drawings and bar lists.
- Coordinate reinforcing steel with structural, architectural, and MEP requirements.
- Identify conflicts, congestion, and constructability issues before they reach the field.
- Review bar sizes, bends, laps, development lengths, couplers, dowels, and construction joints.
- Coordinate reinforcing-steel RFIs, drawing revisions, and changes throughout projects.
- Review shop and placing drawings for accuracy and constructability.
- Work with project management and field personnel to resolve detailing and constructability issues.
- Participate in project turnover from estimating to project management, preconstruction meetings, and project strategy discussions.
- Develop historical cost information and compare estimated versus actual production and labor performance.
- Assist project managers with change-order pricing and cost analysis, and provide technical support to field supervision when required.
- Establish standardized estimating procedures, templates, checklists, production-rate databases, and quality-control procedures for takeoffs and placing drawings.
- Help select and implement estimating and detailing software.
- Mentor junior estimators and detailers as the department grows and build and lead a scalable estimating/detailing department.
Benefits
- Competitive annual performance bonus based on estimating accuracy, gross-margin performance, successful project awards, department development, process improvements, project support, and overall company performance.
- Health insurance.
- Dental and vision insurance.
- 401(k).
- Paid time off.
- Paid holidays.
- Company-provided technology.
- Flexible work arrangement.
- Professional development.
- Opportunity for advancement into department leadership.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
