NYC Ground-Up Estimator — Own Your Takeoffs Through Closeout

Archstone Builders; New York (NY); Presencial; USD 140 000 - 175 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Resumo da oferta

Archstone Builders is seeking an experienced Estimator for our New York City office to own takeoffs, pricing, and trade packages from concept through buyout. You will work on ground-up commercial, residential, and mixed-use projects across NYC, with hands-on ownership from award through close‑out.

The role emphasizes thorough quantity takeoffs, open-book budgeting, and proactive subcontractor outreach. Strong Bluebeam/Excel/Procore skills and NYC DOB knowledge are essential.

Qualificações

• 3–6 years of estimating or preconstruction experience with a general contractor, construction manager or specialty subcontractor.
• New York City construction experience, ideally on ground-up work.
• Confident quantity takeoff ability across multiple trades.
• Willingness to own your packages through construction and close-out, not just through buyout.
• Resourcefulness on the phone. A good part of a competitive bid is hunting down coverage in trades nobody has priced yet.
• Working knowledge of NYC DOB filings, controlled and special inspections, and site logistics on constrained lots (hoisting, sidewalk sheds, protection).
• Strong takeoff and estimating software skills — Bluebeam, advanced Excel and Procore.
• Bachelor's degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or a related field — or equivalent industry experience.

Responsabilidades

• Analyze drawings, specifications and geotechnical reports and prepare quantity takeoffs for your assigned trades.
• Apply unit pricing for material, labor and equipment to establish a value for the work.
• Support conceptual, SD, DD and CD budgets under the direction of the senior estimating team, through open-book conversion to a stipulated sum.
• Reconcile each estimate against the previous issue and be able to explain the movement.
• Draft the qualifications, assumptions and exclusions that define the basis of your numbers.
• Run subcontractor solicitation — issue bid packages, chase returns and drive coverage on your trades.
• Dig for bidders rather than waiting on the standard bid list.
• Chase the subcontractors who are pricing our competitors too — same job, and we want their number.
• Prepare bid levelling and scope comparison sheets; flag gaps and overlaps between trade packages before they become change orders.
• Draft trade scopes of work and support buyout through to subcontract award.
• Review subcontractor change order claims against the base contract scope awarded and the drawings — establish whether it is genuinely a change or something already bought.
• Test the labor and material charges and rates in a claim for reasonableness before anything is passed on.
• This is a review role, not a pass-through. We are not looking for someone to collate a subcontractor's change order behind a cover page and forward it to the client.
• Stay on your projects after award. We do not hand the job to a project manager at buyout — the estimator carries it through construction to close-out.
• Review and process change orders as the work proceeds — claim against scope awarded first, then rates.
• Track allowance expenditure against what was carried, and reconcile unused allowance back to the client.
• Handle RFIs, ticket pricing and subcontract execution on your packages.
• On cost-plus work — which we rarely do — support cash flow, billing and subcontractor payments.
• Understand the full scope of the project through document review and by asking the right questions of the design team and owner.
• Contribute value engineering options and flag risk and long-lead exposure to the project team.
• Communicate clearly with estimators, project managers, subcontractors and the design team.

Conhecimentos

Quantity takeoff

Estimating

Preconstruction

Communication

Team coordination

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in construction management

Ferramentas

Bluebeam

Excel

Procore

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Archstone Builders is seeking an experienced Estimator for our New York City office to own takeoffs, pricing, and trade packages from concept through buyout. You will work on ground-up commercial, residential, and mixed-use projects across NYC, with hands-on ownership from award through close‑out.

The role emphasizes thorough quantity takeoffs, open-book budgeting, and proactive subcontractor outreach. Strong Bluebeam/Excel/Procore skills and NYC DOB knowledge are essential.