Senior Preconstruction Estimator

Senior Preconstruction Estimator

Company: F.H. Paschen

F.H. Paschen has over 115 years of experience in the construction industry. You’ve driven on highways we paved, you’ve travelled through airports we modernized, you’ve commuted through rail stations we constructed, and your children learn in schools we built. We offer versatility, tenacity, ingenuity, and pride—in focusing on safety and quality and in providing more opportunities for our communities and diverse populations to build with us.

We deliver far more than just on time and on budget—we deliver with more Paschen.

The Senior Preconstruction Estimator will lead pursuits, initiate conversations with owners, act as the main point of contact with proposed clients, and manage the Estimating group in certain functions. The Sr. Preconstruction Estimator will be daily involved in the preconstruction phase of various projects by sourcing and reviewing potential opportunities, preparing budgetary estimates/schedules, and formulating work plans based on conceptual or schematic designs through construction documents.

The Sr. Preconstruction Estimator helps develop project GMP by performing quantity take-off, soliciting subcontractor pricing as necessary, and/or applying historical cost data. The Sr. Preconstruction Estimator will be involved with both public and private clients.

• Promote the growth and development of client and designer relationships.
• Maintain positive working relationship with client and architect and/or engineer contacts to facilitate successful project execution.
• Attend client initiated meetings throughout the preconstruction phase of the project.
• Meet with owners, architects, and other industry related professionals to network and promote the interests of F.H. Paschen.
• Monitor and review potential opportunities via various solicitation websites.

• Prepare preliminary budgets, conceptual estimates and detailed estimates (conceptual, schematic, design development, construction) including quantity take-offs.
• Review documents and provide input regarding general conditions, project phasing and site logistics.
• Create subcontractor/material supplier bid lists. Solicit subcontractor input when necessary.
• Prepare bid packages, obtain bids from subcontractors and material vendors, and analyze bids.
• Participate in preconstruction presentations with the owner (e.g., Design Development estimates or Guaranteed Maximum Price (“GMP”) booklets).
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, consultants to identify, track and implement value engineering opportunities to guide the design to optimize cost.
• Maintain a working knowledge of material unit costs, systems square foot costs and total building square foot costs.
• Research, compile and maintain historical database for use in future preliminary budgets and pricing.
• Identify and qualify new material suppliers and subcontractors and place into subcontractor database.
• Review proposal specifications and drawings to determine scope of work and required contents of estimate.
• Prepare discipline estimates by calculating complete takeoff of scope of work.
• Maintain files of working documents as backup for estimate figures, including accurate price information from suppliers.
• Prepare instruction to bidders and other bid solicitation information as required.

• Participate with the preconstruction team during strategy meetings on the approach to the project or estimate.
• Assist in the preparation of preliminary construction schedules and work plans.
• Attend design meetings with owner, architect, engineers, and consultants.
• Participate in the project hand-off meeting between the project Operations team and the preconstruction team.
• Visit on-going projects to verify status of estimate versus project status, meet with the project operations team, and view work in place for experience and comparison to the estimate.

• General work hours are 7:30am - 5pm and 5-day work weeks are standard. Work hours and workdays may vary based on critical work activities and/or required safety supervision.

• Over ten (10) years, experience with…