Estimator Job at Conti Civil, LLC.
Who We Are:
Conti Civil is a fourth generation, privately owned construction leader specializing in infrastructure projects. Built on a 110+ year foundation of honesty and integrity, our company has grown and evolved with each generation to where we are today: a highly respected civil contractor for clients nationwide.
We are known for our platform of outstanding project execution. Our track record of delivering high impact construction projects to our clients and our extraordinary commitment to our core values, employees, and communities where we work has been the foundation of our success and longevity. We strive to be the company of choice for our employees, clients, and stakeholders and have earned dozens of awards for project excellence, safety performance and as a best place to work.
To learn more about Conti Civil, LLC. visit https://www.conticivil.com/
What we are looking for:
The Estimator bids and wins highly profitable and feasibly constructible projects that have pricing strategies developed to maximize our profits, cash flow and avoid any losses during construction.
The Estimator is responsible for the coordination of bid documents, labor productions, subcontractor and vendor pricing, subcontractor and vendor buyouts, project start-up meetings, owner estimates, subcontractor and vendor requisitions and cost-to-completes.
Responsibilities:
- Thoroughly investigates the specifications, scope of work, and drawings to develop accurate preliminary budgets, conceptual estimates and detailed estimates including quantity takeoffs
- Create subcontractor/material supplier bid lists
- Prepare bid packages, obtain bids from subcontractors and vendors
- Develops pricing strategies.
- Attends team kick off and schedule oversight meetings, red team reviews, and/or additional reviews.
- Negotiates the best deal for cost, quality, and delivery using the company buyout procedure.
- Demonstrates comprehensive understanding of the contract documents and the potential risks for a project. Makes well-supported recommendations on how to mitigate and price risks.
- Interfaces extensively with the Contracts department to address any risks or issues with the contract.
- Manages the buyout process, writes the requisition, and communicates all required information to the Project Team.
- Participate with the operations team during the 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 estimating team.
- Visit on-going projects to verify status of estimate versus project status, meet with the project operations team, view work in place for experience and comparison to the estimate
- Develops various construction means and methods with the Superintendent and/or Project Manager to optimize safety, cost, equipment utilization, schedule efficiency, and communication with the client.
- Produces and manages project submittals, shop drawings, and material certifications so all are submitted and approved prior to the start of work.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in heavy civil construction with a strong DOT civil background with experience in estimating and/or project operations
- Bachelor s Degree in Engineering or Construction Management or related field preferred
- Background in project start-up meetings, sub-contractor and vendor by-outs, owner estimates, sub / vendor requisitions and cost-to-completes
- Excellent teamwork, communication and people skills a must.
- Has a solid time management system and demonstrates excellent organizational skills.
- Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and ERP systems.
- Working knowledge of estimating, engineering, cost tracking systems and site surveying
- Working knowledge of HCSS highly preferred
- Will require travel to jobsites
What you need to know:
- Conti has great benefits. We provide medical, dental and vision on the first day of your employment. Life insurance, 401(k) matching plan, EAP, wellness programs and many other optional programs are offered as well.
All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment must take a pre-employment drug test and receive a negative result as a condition of hire
Conti Civil is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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