Senior MEP Cost Manager

Senior MEP Cost Manager

Company: Rider Levett Bucknall RLB

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Reporting to: Office Director

Salary Range: $101,500 - $169,000

Overview: The Senior MEP Cost Manager is responsible for oversight of construction projects and keeping within expected budgets, schedules and adhering to the company’s quality standards and client satisfaction. This position coordinates the mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, and electrical aspects of projects with other disciplines to assure complete scope coverage. The manager interfaces with clients, consultants, designers, superintendents, and subcontractors to initiate any action required to achieve project goals and ensure consistency with company policy.

The Senior MEP Cost Manager should have the ability to identify opportunities within a project that will add value and help successfully accomplish the client’s desired outcome.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate a positive proactive approach to the role and will be committed to delivering customer service excellence.

• Prepare estimates, cost options, cost strategies, change order reviews, valuations of work in progress and bid analyses according to the MEP needs.
• Acts as lead individual on bid and preconstruction estimates.
• Prepare preconstruction estimates for schematic and design development levels for the project.
• Review construction plans and specifications to complete quantitative take‑offs and support estimators.
• Communicate with subcontractor base regarding project scope, schedule, risks, etc.
• Lead and support bid day tasks including finalizing project cost & alternates; verifying subcontractors’ scopes & costs; analyzing project risks; resolving conflicts and questions on bid scopes.
• Provides work as required to budget for MEP trades.
• Provides complete estimates on MEP trades.
• Develops and establishes ability to budget MEP work without 100% of documentation to the point of developing ability to conceptually budget, visualize and plan a project.
• Compiles and analyzes data on all factors that influence costs, such as material, labor, equipment, and profit margins.
• Performs complex cost estimates and analysis for capital and professional services projects.
• Evaluates cost estimating deliverables prepared by consultants for cost containment.
• Evaluates quotes, bids, change orders, value engineering reports, and claims for accuracy and completeness of stated costs.
• Acquires and evaluates pricing documents, historical and vendor cost data for the development of cost estimates and price recommendations.
• Accurately forecasts costs of future projects and changes to existing projects.
• Prepares technical evaluations, cost estimating draft reports, memos, and letters and presents recommendations to management.
• Work as integral part of our Estimating Team to perform plan and specification analysis, takeoff and pricing of various construction projects.
• Work with subcontractors and vendors to define scope and perform subcontractor and vendor analysis.
• Responsible for managing a complete estimate through final review and closeout.
• Participate in Value Engineering studies and negotiations with contractors.
• Attend client meetings as needed.
• Undertake other cost‑related tasks as directed by supervisor.
• Contributes to team performance by collaboration and effective communication.
• Contributes to and understands the clients desired project outcomes, identifies opportunities to add value to accomplish the desired outcomes.
• Adds to team effort by accomplishing other duties as assigned.

• Minimum Education (or substitute experience) required: 4‑year college degree in Construction Management, Structural Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Cost Estimating or equivalent recognized technical qualification related to MEP.
• Minimum Experience required: 5‑10 years’ relevant experience in construction cost estimating across various building types from program, conceptual, schematic, design development and construction document stages of design in elemental and CSI format.
• Knowledge and understanding of execution of cost management services; good planning, organization, and communication skills essential.…