Pre-Construction Estimating & Bid Coordinator

Barrette Workforce Solutions, LLC; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Barrette Workforce Solutions, LLC is seeking a Pre-construction Estimator to supervise and enforce responsibilities of Superintendents and to manage client and consultant relationships with GMCA, Inc. The role includes handling all project purchases and ensuring accurate profit/loss statements.

Travel to client sites is required; relocation support may be available. You will assist in procurement, training, strategizing new business, bidding, and preparing comprehensive proposals and scopes of

Responsibilities

• Assist Pre-construction Managers with information procurement and process setup.
• Assist and participate in preconstruction training, work product, scheduling and performance.
• Participate in strategies for new business development, marketing, and procurement of new client relationships.
• Establish new client relationships.
• Maintain positive relationships with existing clients.
• Manage procurement of all documents, information, articles, plans and specifications and correctly assemble proposals, bids and presentations to clients.
• Participate in preconstruction strategies and formulation of proposals and presentations.
• Assist in the creation of clear scopes of work for each subcontractor bid incorporated into GMCA, Inc. proposals.
• Assist in the procurement, pre-qualification and vetting of new subcontractor and vendor relationships beneficial to GMCA.
• Assist in the maintenance of GMCA subcontractor Data Base.
• Assist in Competitive bidding, budgeting, forecasting, client negotiations with head of Preconstruction Department.
• Analyze potential project risk factors and pitfalls on a case-by-case basis.
• Create and assemble quantity takeoffs, subcontractor and vendor quotations to maintain thorough and consistent bidding practices.
• Learn and possess a good understanding and working knowledge of the company estimating software, forms and procedures necessary to formulate an entire estimate.
• Maintain estimating records for each proposal type and category. Assist with the preparation and presentation of the Preconstruction hand off to the Construction department.
• Provide support to Estimating Department in creating marketing material.
• Assist in canvassing market for new potential construction and renovation projects.
• Contact owners, architects, engineers to find leads for new projects.
• Create and send out marketing material to potential new clients. Follow up as necessary.
• Coordinate creation of bid proposals and assure all required forms are filled out and turned in with each proposal.
• Act as a liaison for bid bond, bond and insurance requests for projects.
• Work with Estimators in creating project and bid proposals.
• Document control of all drawings, specifications and amends during bid process.
• Review all proposals for completeness.

Job description

Barrette Workforce Solutions, LLC is seeking a Pre-construction Estimator to supervise and enforce responsibilities of Superintendents and to manage client and consultant relationships with GMCA, Inc. The role includes handling all project purchases and ensuring accurate profit/loss statements.

Travel to client sites is required; relocation support may be available. You will assist in procurement, training, strategizing new business, bidding, and preparing comprehensive proposals and scopes of