Metals Estimator – SPW Cost & Value Analysis

DPR Construction; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Job summary

DPR Construction is seeking a cost-estimating professional to prepare detailed Self-Perform Work (SPW) estimates for diverse projects in Colorado. You’ll evaluate drawings, quantify scopes, and ensure estimates reflect production rates and market conditions.

You will work with field leaders, engineers, and procurement to align estimates with execution plans, manage contingencies, and support continuous improvement in estimating tools and data management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 4–6 years of experience in estimating, preconstruction, or cost analysis for self-perform or construction projects
• Certifications and Licenses: None required.

Responsibilities

• Prepares comprehensive SPW cost estimates, integrating material, labor, equipment, and production data for multiple scopes.
• Analyzes drawings, models, and specifications to validate quantities, identify risks, and confirm scope completeness.
• Collaborates with field leaders, engineers, and project teams to verify production rates and align estimates with execution plans.
• Coordinates with procurement teams to evaluate vendor and supplier pricing for SPW materials and equipment, levelling supplier and trade partner bids for SPW work, ensuring that all proposals are consistent with project assumptions and identifying any variances.
• Develops variance analyses and cost studies to support value engineering and constructability discussions.
• Coordinates with scheduling and operations teams to ensure SPW scope aligns with phasing, access, and sequencing plans, and maintains historical cost and production data to support continuous improvement in estimating accuracy.
• Communicates estimate assumptions, findings, and recommendations clearly to project stakeholders, and identifies SPW-related risks, constraints, and uncertainties and incorporates appropriate allowances or contingencies in partnership with operations teams.

Skills

Self-perform estimating

Cost estimating

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Takeoff quantities

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or related field

Job description

DPR Construction is seeking a cost-estimating professional to prepare detailed Self-Perform Work (SPW) estimates for diverse projects in Colorado. You’ll evaluate drawings, quantify scopes, and ensure estimates reflect production rates and market conditions.

You will work with field leaders, engineers, and procurement to align estimates with execution plans, manage contingencies, and support continuous improvement in estimating tools and data management.