Senior Estimator- Denver

Blue Ridge Executive Search; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Ridge Executive Search is seeking a Senior Estimator with experience in Municipal Work, Higher Education, Healthcare Public Schools and a variety of other markets. You will prepare concept, budgetary, and final estimates, ensuring accuracy and professional quality across bids.

Responsibilities include coordinating with Estimating Staff, CFO, and Senior VPs on bid content, performing takeoffs, and reviewing designs for cost effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Building Construction is preferred.
• 5+ years of estimating experience.
• Ability to read engineering and architectural drawings and specifications.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Outstanding and professional oral, written communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare concept, budgetary, and final estimate bid proposals with professional quality.
• Consult with Estimating Staff, CFO, Senior VP’s on bid crew rates, labor multipliers, costs and proposal content.
• Conduct in assigned Pre-Construction / CM Meetings with Design Teams and Stakeholders.
• Consult with clients, vendors and personnel in other departments to discuss and formulate estimates in the revolved issues.
• Read and study bid package documents to ensure company compliance and insure that all bids are prepared in a manner consistent with those documents.
• Development takeoffs, evaluation and/or development of construction labor rates and evaluation of subcontract cost estimates and proposals.
• Review of process designs and engineering specifications for cost effectiveness and suggestions for alternatives where applicable (VE)

Skills

Reading drawings

Analytical skills

Excellent communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Building Construction

Job description

Outstanding opportunity working for a great company!!

Seeking a Senior Estimator with experience in Municipal Work, Higher Education, Healthcare Public Schools as well as a variety of other markets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Preparation of concept, budgetary and final estimate bid proposals, insure that budgets quotes and proposals are accurate and completed with professional quality.
• Consult with Estimating Staff, CFO, Senior VP’s on the details of bid crew rates, labor multipliers, general & administrative costs and markups, and proposal content.
• Conduct in assigned Pre-Construction / CM Meetings with Design Teams and Stakeholders.
• Consult with clients, vendors and personnel in other departments to discuss and formulate estimates in the revolved issues.
• Read and study bid package documents to ensure company compliance and insure that all bids are prepared in a manner consistent with those documents, i.e. instructions to bidders, scope narratives, plans, specifications, etc.
• Development takeoffs, evaluation and/or development of construction labor rates and evaluation of subcontract cost estimates and proposals.
• Review of process designs and engineering specifications for cost effectiveness and suggestions for alternatives where applicable (VE)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Building Construction is preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in estimating.
• Ability to read engineering and architectural drawings and specifications.
• Strong Analytical skills.
• Outstanding and professional oral, written communication and interpersonal skills.