Estimator, Engineering

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Why choose us?
Our founding company was built more than 50 years ago and has a legacy of welcoming new employees with our commitment to providing the best place to work we can financial security, and premier health and wellness programs for you and your family while enjoying an adventurous and dynamic culture.

What does Brice Highway LLC do?
For Brice Highway, we work with our clients to identify the optimal plan forward, assemble the best available team, and deliver exceptional results. We bring design to life with a focus on cost estimating, scheduling, cost performance, compliance, change management, and safety and risk management in vertical and horizontal construction. We specialize in design-build and construction, engineering where we are committed to developing engineering solutions to meet our client’s most complex requirements, and in infrastructure and utilities.

What can you expect?
As the Chief Estimator, you will work in Houston, TX and the surrounding areas as the primary lead of the estimating team who has overall responsibility for the creation of estimates produced by the Estimating Department. You will be responsible for the oversight of the estimating process for all projects bid and awarded, and will follow and help establish new standardized procedures, methods, and processes for estimating and training estimating resources.

How will you do it?

• Oversee analysis of past performance on projects and establish estimating standards for all future estimates.
• Assist in oversight of historical cost database and bid management and estimating software.
• Work with senior company managers to oversee department standards for deliverables such as bid packages, deliverable formats, and budget tracking tools.
• Work directly with the senior company managers to finalize all processes when using HCSS Heavy Bid.
• Administrator of all HCSS Heavy Bid Libraries.
• Update equipment rates on an annual basis.
• Update labor rates on a quarterly basis at a minimum, understand, and account for project specific wage rate criteria, if any.
• Manage the conformity of all project bids estimates for the creation and use of budget cost data.
• Assign responsibilities for estimating team on each project.
• Review project plans and specifications and coordinate with the team to confirm complete scope.
• Identify risk issues and their order of magnitude along with long lead time procurement concerns.
• Solicit subcontractor and/or supplier information and pricing and save data in appropriate locations within software.
• Manage and maintain companies bid history and prospective work opportunities.
• Prepare instructions for bidders, bid form and other bid solicitation information as required.
• Review general conditions, schedule, scopes of work, site logistics and other exhibits as prepared by Operations.
• Ensure the flow of project information is maintained and documented from estimate to budget.
• Review and/or manage the review and scope of specialty contractor bids.
• Coordinate technical proposal requirements with the Marketing Department.
• Review constructability issues with operational staff.
• Maintain and communicate data on construction and material cost trends affecting project costs.
• Analyze alternate means and methods to determine the most economical alternative.
• Builds effective relationships with customers, design team, specialty contractors, suppliers, and user groups that reflect and support company core values and meets or exceeds the customer's expectations.
• Work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.
• Perform other duties as directed.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
This position does not have any supervisory responsibilities but that may change depending on company’s needs.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Advance ability to prepare accurate budgets and cost estimates, in-depth knowledge of fiscal management principles and procedures.
• Knowledge of construction, architectural, and building industry standard operating practices/procedures with a focused and proven track record for civil construction.
• Knowledge of basic revenue models, project ledger, and cost-to-completion…