Senior Estimator-Civils

Balfour Beatty, Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) with company match

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Vacation Time

Sick Time

Holidays

Job summary

Balfour Beatty US is seeking an experienced Senior Estimator for our Southwest Region estimating team in Austin, TX. You will prepare full takeoffs for highway projects, including structures, earthwork, paving, and utilities, with bid-build and design-build scopes.

The role requires coordinating with vendors, reviewing plans and specs, mitigating risks, and mentoring junior staff to ensure accurate, competitive bids. Proficiency with HCSS Heavy Bid and P6 scheduling is preferred.

Qualifications

• 10 years of estimating experience on large highway projects.
• Working knowledge of TxDOT standards and specifications.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word/Excel) and Bluebeam; HCSS Heavy Bid experience.

Responsibilities

• Review proposal specifications and drawings to determine scope and required contents of estimate.
• Prepare estimates by calculating the complete takeoff of scope of work.
• Maintain files of working documents and price data from suppliers.
• Utilize HCSS Heavy Bid to develop a comprehensive project estimate.
• Communicate with vendors for quotations and efforts.
• Review plans to recommend cost-effective solutions based on quality and materials.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to junior estimating staff.

Skills

Estimating experience

Highway project experience

TxDOT standards knowledge

Microsoft Office (Word/Excel)

Bluebeam

HCSS Heavy Bid

P6 CPM scheduling

Earthwork modeling

Strong communication

Time management

Tools

HCSS Heavy Bid

Bluebeam

Microsoft Office

P6 (Primavera) scheduling

Job description

As an industry leader Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive benefits package that includes competitive salaries, paid time off, education assistance and much more including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent Care and Medical Reimbursement)
• Vacation Time
• Sick Time
• Holidays

Summary

Balfour Beatty is seeking an experienced Heavy Highway/Civil Senior Estimator to join our Southwest Region estimating team in Austin, TX. As a Senior Estimator, candidates will have the knowledge and experience to prepare portions of contract proposal estimates for all scopes of work on a typical highway project (structures including retaining walls and bridges, concrete paving, storm sewer, earthwork, etc.), including the interpretation and takeoff of project plans and specifications to complete a full estimate of the work. The Senior Estimator will have the ability to be responsible for all scopes of work for both bid-build and design-build projects for the region estimating team. The Senior Estimator will have the experience to both assist and function in many of the roles of the Chief Estimator.

Essential Job Functions

• Review proposal specifications and drawings to determine scope of work and required contents of estimate.
• Prepare estimates by calculating the complete takeoff of scope of work.
• Maintain files of working documents as back-up for estimate figures, including current (accurate) information on prices from suppliers through direct contact, sales brochures, price lists, etc.
• Utilize HCSS Heavy Bid estimating software to develop a comprehensive project estimate and ability to participate in the management of the estimate.
• Communicate with vendors in support of quotations.
• Review plans and specifications and recommend best solutions based on cost, engineering quality, or availability of materials.
• Identify, assess, and find ways to mitigate project risks.
• Provide leadership, training, and mentoring to junior estimating staff.

Qualifications

• 10 years of estimating experience and/or related project management training with large highway projects is preferred.
• Experience with all scopes of a typical highway construction project and the ability to estimate or review all scopes as needed.
• A working knowledge of TxDOT standards and specifications is preferred.
• Proficient experience with Microsoft Office (Word/Excel) is required.
• Proficient experience with Bluebeam is required.
• HCSS Heavy Bid experience and/or related software for pricing work is required.
• The capability to build and manage a P6 CPM schedule on projects is preferred.
• Experience with earthwork modeling.
• Strong computer, communication, and time management skills.

About us

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way.Through Zero Harm®, we are challenging the construction industry’s assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.

Consistently ranked among the nation’s largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).

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