Pay Range: $140k - $180k/yr depending on experience.
Overview:
Since 1996, our company has been a premier pipeline company in Southern California, providing quality solutions and installations for wet utilities including sewer, water, storm drain systems, and fire lines. We specialize in both conventional and highly complex pipeline projects for leading commercial, industrial, and residential builders, municipalities, utilities, and contractors. As a proud partner with the Laborers' Union, we continue to provide the best support to our team of employee-owners, their families, and our community. Surveyed as a Top Workplace for the 8th year in a row by our Employee-Owners, we continue to provide superior on-the-job training, career advancement, safety, and a dynamic company culture while practicing our Guiding Principles; Mutual Respect, Accountability, and Responsibility. Come join our family, We Dig Your Future!™
Responsibilities:
Assign responsibilities for estimating team on each project, ensuring scope, materials, and labor are accurate.
Utilize the company-approved costing methodology, data, and systems to present estimate results in a detailed breakdown format suitable for use by the project manager and project team.
Prepare and assist the team in cost estimates assuring that all necessary costs are detailed and included in the estimate; such as management services, equipment and material costs, construction costs, operating costs, and other costs associated with wet pipeline projects.
Identify risk issues and their order of magnitude and communicate with the team.
Solicit subcontractor and/or supplier information and pricing.
Prepare conceptual budgets based on minimal information.
Analyze alternate means and methods to determine the most economic alternative.
Build effective relationships with customers, design team, specialty contractors, suppliers, and user groups that reflect and support company core values and meet or exceed the customer's expectations.
Familiar with, and able to explain the details behind estimates, including the basis of the man-hours allocated for each task, personnel resources needed to execute each task, etc.
Review general conditions, schedule, scope of work, equipment and labor projections, and site logistics.
Assist the Project Management department by: Ensuring transfer of information on successful proposals including the Take-Off Meeting, assists in the preparation and review of work plans, and participate in periodic reviews or project site visits as appropriate.
Actively participate in industry, client, and community relations to enhance the company image.
Maintain and communicate data on construction and material cost trends affecting project costs.
Other duties as assigned by management.
Qualifications:
Ten (10) or more years of experience in Estimating leadership with ten (10) years in private estimating experience with at least five (5) or more years emphasis in wet pipeline industry projects.
Bachelor's Degree in project management, engineering, technical, or construction preferred. Equivalent work experience will be considered.
Experience with B2W (Bid 2 Win) and Planswift a plus.
Ability to professionally communicate the basis for individual work product when in a highly concerned environment.
Ability to breakdown construction operations into a logical sequence of activities.
Ability to adapt to needs of project should it be independent work or working within the team.
Ability to read and understand Civil Plans and understand complex project deliverables via project bids.
Ability to understand written procedures, write routine documents, speak clearly, and understand multi-step written and verbal instructions in English.
Strong organization, record-keeping, and follow-up skills.
Must demonstrate good attendance and the ability to multi-task and prioritize.
Must have a valid CA Driver's License and satisfy MVR hiring requirements.