Estimator

Paycom - ATS; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

HarborFab in Fort Worth, TX is seeking a Senior Estimator for the steel fabrication division. The role focuses on conceptual estimates, bid preparation, and developing scopes of work for projects from design through fabrication and erection.

You will analyze blueprints and specifications to prepare time, cost, and labor estimates, track drawings, and ensure competitive bids through market awareness and value engineering.

Qualifications

• Experience in steel fabrication estimating (minimum 5 years).
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Understanding of fabrication and erection processes in steel projects.

Responsibilities

• Analyze blueprints and specs to prepare time, cost and labor estimates.
• Manage drawings and project documents from design to final issuance for bids.
• Prepare itemized material and labor lists and compute cost factors.
• Conduct value engineering and prepare schedules of values for bids.
• Review quotes and monitor market trends to maintain competitiveness.
• Assist in development of bid packages and budgets for proposals.
• Coordinate with clients, vendors, and internal teams on estimates.

Skills

Steel fabrication estimating

Communication skills

Erection knowledge

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: Harbor Fab HQ Office - Fort Worth, TX 76179, Position Type: Full Time, Job Category: Business Development, Miscellaneous Steel Estimator

The Estimators performs conceptual estimates, preparing bid packages, soliciting bids from subcontractors, creating scopes of work for the projects, provide estimate input on projects at various stages of design development.

General Purpose of the Position:

Analyzes blueprints, specifications, proposals, and other documentation to prepare time, cost and labor estimates for products or services.

Primary Responsibilities (grouped by Key Results Areas)

Estimating:

• Manages the tracking and issuance of drawings (design, shop and erection) from detailer, internal review, submittal to/from approval, to final issuance for fab/construction to all appropriate parties.
• Tracks documents and updates company project list
• Review to determine material and labor requirements and prepares itemized lists
• Computes cost factors and prepares estimates for management review such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work; preparing bids; selecting vendors or subcontractors; and determining cost effectiveness.
• Conducts special studies to develop and establish standard hour and related cost data or effect cost reductions.
• Prepare and review structural and miscellaneous steel fabrication estimates, plate fabrication, (tanks, hoppers, chutes, ductwork), and specialty items such as dredge pontoons, cranes, log kickers from start to finish.
• Perform value engineering, takeoffs, proposals, and schedule of values
• Verify status of quotes and keep up with market and other trends to enable competitiveness.

Business Development

• Actively maintains knowledge of industry trends and professional technology to present best-in-class company image while seeking, accepting, preparing, and presenting clients proposals
• Assist in business development departmental efforts in identifying new work opportunities
• Executes company protocols for deliverables such as bid packages, deliverable formats, and budget projection tools

Organization:

• Organizesandmanageseverlytimedcostestimating…

Administration:

• Provide improvement recommendations to cost estimating procedures to reduce future discrepancies between estimated and actual cost
• Identifies cost trends to assist management in cost reduction and process improvement efforts

Communication:

• Consults with clients, vendors, or other individuals to discuss and formulate estimates and resolve issues.
• Interfaces with other individuals in the organization to obtain support and commitment to the cost estimates.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies:

• Good communication skills
• Complete understanding of steel fabrication and erection
• Experience in Steel Fabrication estimating 5 years minimum.

Qualifications: