Construction Estimator

Shickel Corporation
Bridgewater, VA, United States
Full-time

SUMMARY

Analyzes drawings, specifications, proposals, and other documentation to prepare time, cost, and labor estimates for products, projects, or services by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Reviews data to determine material and labor requirements and prepares itemized lists.

Computes cost factors and prepares estimates used for management purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work, preparing bids, selecting vendors or subcontractors, and determining cost-effectiveness.

Conducts special studies to develop and establish standard hours and related cost data or effect cost reductions.

Communicate with clients, vendors, or other individuals to discuss and formulate estimates, resolve issues, follow up on bids, and win estimated work.

Interfaces with other individuals in the organization to obtain support and commitment to the cost estimates.

Organizes and manages a centralized cost estimating database and a formal process to support cost estimating to ensure historical data is utilized.

Analyze completed projects to compare estimated costs to actual costs and determine the reason for any discrepancies.

Provides improvement recommendations to cost estimating procedures to reduce future discrepancies between estimated and actual costs.

Identifies cost trends to assist management in cost reduction and process improvement efforts.

Analyze work orders, specifications, contracts, and drawings to determine information such as material to be used, level of precision required, type of operations, and sequence of operations required.

Prepare customer quotes for material and labor to design, fabricate, install, and / or refurbish commercial metal jobs. Assist other departments with quotes.

Use software and spreadsheets to analyze problems, make estimates, and give quotations.

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