Senior Estimator

Clifton Larson Allen  (CLA) Search has been retained by Menemsha to identify a Senior Estimator to serve their team. The Senior Estimator is responsible for preparing budgets, estimates, and pre-bid packages for construction projects to be built for clients under various contractual relationships. Responsibilities also include working directly with the subcontractors, business development and project management teams developing sections of schematic, design development and construction document estimates including soliciting and evaluating subcontractor bids, and scopes of work, preparing quantity surveys, reviewing project plans and specifications for various categories of work including both large, small and program projects.

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• Lead with timely roll-out and execution of the entire estimate deliverable process
• Conduct initial analysis of drawings and specifications to ensure required documentation is present and determine scope of work
• Develop full-scope estimates based on construction document
• Critically analyze bid documents and understand risk and opportunities and articulate those to management
• Resourceful and diligent in seeking solutions to problems and adapting to new situations
• Provide detailed quantity take off of specific trades when required
• Solicit and analyze subcontractor and vendor pricing input when required
• Attend project site pre-bid meetings, site tours, and post-bid interviews as required
• Develops unit costs accurately
• Performs technical/plan review when require
• Accurately assesses and plans takeoff workload
• Gather and monitor actual cost vs. estimated cost, maintaining project cost history
• Builds effective relationships with customers, design team, subcontractors, suppliers, and user groups that reflect and support company core values and meets or exceeds the customer’s expectations
• Manage multiple projects concurrently with an ability to multitask
• Knowledge and efficiency in the following Software:
  Microsoft products (e.g., Word, Excel, Office, Outlook)
• Perform ROM budgets on projects of all sizes
• Work with Design/Build teams on regular constructability reviews
• Work with bid coordination to ensure adequate coverage
• Work with bid coverage to ensure all vending pricing is accurate
• Speak with vendors and subcontractors to qualify bids
• Ability to speak with clients – this is especially true for ROM budgeting.
• Ability to work with PM to establish correct schedule for projects

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related field
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in Estimating, or equivalent
• Have some public bidding experience
• Be able to estimate projects between $1M and $30M
• Have ability to conceptualize ROM pricing from basic info provided by owners
• Working knowledge of Excel spread sheets, Procore and Word processing programs
• Experience with estimating take-off software such as Planswift
• Understanding of the influence of market conditions on pricing
• Vast knowledge of all trades: scope, time frames/field execution, typical missed scope/exposures