Cost Estimator

Pyrovio; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Cost Estimator in Pittsburgh, PA. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of professional cost estimating experience, particularly in energy utilities and construction projects. Responsibilities include collaborating with stakeholders, generating parametric estimates, and facilitating the use of existing estimating tools. A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical or Civil Engineering is required, along with proficiency in relevant software and methodologies.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of professional cost estimating experience.
• Experience estimating construction projects for energy utilities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and AACE Cost Engineering.
• Proficient in AACE Cost Engineering Practices and TCM framework.
• Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or related fields
• Familiarity with Enterprise Estimating Systems like Sage is a plus.
• Familiarity with process improvement methodologies like Lean & Six Sigma is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to understand scope of projects.
• Generate parametric estimates for energy projects.
• Facilitate updates to estimating tools and methods.
• Facilitate the identification of changes to the parametric estimating tool to provide data in a more usable format for subsequent use in the project schedule and cost management.
• Utilize estimates vs actuals cost comparisons from projects to refresh & update cost data in parametric estimating tool.
• Revision of existing cost data in parametric estimating tool, to assist with structuring of the enterprise estimating system and work with developers for implementation.
• Improve coordination of estimates to avoid duplication of estimates, improve ownership, and avoid overlaps in estimate scope.
• Train estimators on revised tools, especially for contracted estimators and assist with development of standard work instructions to standardize project scoping and estimating.
• Ability to use estimating software to generate cost estimates and to go through the QAQC process.
• Have the flexibility to attend client and company meetings as needed.

Skills

Cost estimating

Project management

Microsoft Office Suite

AACE Cost Engineering Practices

Lean & Six Sigma methodologies

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

Estimating software

Enterprise Estimating Systems like Sage

Job description

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with project sponsors/stakeholder groups to understand scope of a project.
• Utilize pre-existing parametric estimating tool to generate parametric estimates in accordance with AACE estimate class requirements for substation and transmission projects based on conceptual scope of work for the project.
• Utilize existing estimating templates to generate assembly-level cost estimates for projects based on detailed scope of work and 30-50% engineering design.
• Facilitate the identification of changes to the parametric estimating tool to provide data in a more usable format for subsequent use in the project schedule and cost management.
• Utilize estimates vs actuals cost comparisons from projects to refresh & update cost data in parametric estimating tool.
• Revision of existing cost data in parametric estimating tool, to assist with structuring of the enterprise estimating system and work with developers for implementation.
• Improve coordination of estimates to avoid duplication of estimates, improve ownership, and avoid overlaps in estimate scope.
• Train estimators on revised tools, especially for contracted estimators and assist with development of standard work instructions to standardize project scoping and estimating.
• Ability to use estimating software to generate cost estimates and to go through the QAQC process.
• Have the flexibility to attend client and company meetings as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of professional cost estimating experience, in developing estimate packages for design & construction.
• Industry experience estimating construction projects for energy utilities and/or above/below grade civil estimating.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite of products
• Proficient in AACE Cost Engineering Practices and TCM framework.
• Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or related fields
• Familiarity with Enterprise Estimating Systems like Sage is a plus.
• Familiarity with process improvement methodologies like Lean & Six Sigma is a plus.

Travel Requirements: less than 10% on-site.

Remuneration & Benefits at Industry standards with no constraints for a qualified candidate