Senior Estimator - Federal

Gilbane Building; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive health & welfare benefits

Profit-sharing/401k plan

Gilbane University training

Job summary

Gilbane Building Company seeks a Senior Estimator for its Federal division in Florida. The role involves leading a team of estimators, pricing multiple projects, and coordinating with Preconstruction.

The candidate should have extensive estimating experience in federal projects and strong leadership skills during bid processes. You will have opportunities for training through Gilbane University and participate in multi-project bid coordination, with a focus on value engineering and cost

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management or equivalent
• 7-10+ years relevant experience in estimation
• Experience in Federal construction programs/markets desired but not required
• Lump Sum Bidding experience

Responsibilities

• Read plans and specifications and understand RFP requirements for Civil, Structural, Architectural and related sections
• Analyze, quantify, and provide cost estimates for the scope of work including General Requirements
• Develop labor crews, productivity, and input for project schedule
• Advise designers on solutions with lowest initial cost in design-build projects
• Write effective RFIs and create bid packages
• Identify and engage with subcontractors during bidding
• Collect, analyze, and compare bids from subs and suppliers
• Develop risk register values and track price escalations

Skills

Communicate Effectively

Act Inclusively

Solve Problems

Agility & Adaptability

Drive for Results

Innovation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management

7-10+ years experience

Tools

Winest

On-Screen Take-off

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for a highly rewarding opportunity that provides extensive career growth opportunity? Gilbane is seeking a Senior Estimator in our Federal division.

Who are we?

As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on-time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more!

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Who are you?

You are someone who acts inclusively, showing empathy and treating others with respect and dignity in order to uphold Gilbane’s core value of Caring and "People First" workplace culture. You seek to listen in order to understand and can convey information clearly. You’re a strong problem solver who can identify, prioritize, and implement alternatives for solutions, and you demonstrate adaptability by collaborating with others and supporting team members to achieve excellence. A self-starter who shows passion, commitment, and ownership all while delivering on business outcomes and driving results. You’re someone who identifies opportunities for new and improved ways of doing things that result in value-add solutions.

Your core values match Gilbane’s: Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Toughmindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.

What’s in it for you?

As a Senior Estimator, you will supervise a team of Estimators in an effort to price and bid multiple projects. You will work under an experienced professional that will provide you with opportunity to learn the department’s standard operating procedures and build strong relationships with the Preconstruction team. You will have a heavy hand in the coordination and supervision of other Estimators and will price/bid projects that shape your community. Additionally, Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through several resources for those that are early in their career. Our award-winning Learning & Development department, Gilbane University, offers a variety of in-person and webinar-based trainings to help you excel in your career.

Responsibilities

• Read plans and specifications and understand the requirements of the RFP focusing on the Civil, Structural, and Architectural, and other related specification sections.
• Analyze, quantify, and provides cost estimates for the / scope of work. Inclusive of Gilbane’s General Requirements.
• Develops accurate labor crews, crew productivity and provides input for project schedule.
• Advise designers, in design-build projects, on solution with the lowest initial cost to meet the RFP.
• Write effective RFI’s.
• Creates and coordinates comprehensive bid packages.
• Identify and engage with C/S/A subcontractors throughout the bidding process.
• Create and distribute the C/S/A bid scope of work checklist.
• Collect, analyze, and compare competitive subcontract and supplier bids.
• Develops and recommends appropriate risk register values for this scope of work.
• Tracks and reports on current material and labor prices, including escalation.
• Tracks and reports on current material and equipment to identify long-lead items.

Qualifications

KEY COMPETENCIES

Communicate Effectively ‑ Listen to understand and clearly convey information in all forms based on the audience to ensure shared meaning of the message.

Act Inclusively ‑ Ensure that actions and behaviors are respectful; show empathy and treat others with dignity. Leverage capabilities and insights of individuals with diverse perspectives, abilities, and motivation.

Solve Problems ‑ Identify, prioritize, and implement alternatives for a solution.

Demonstrate Agility/ Adaptability ‑ Maintain effectiveness and adjust to change by exploring the rationale, trying new approaches, and collaborating with others to make the change successful. Create an atmosphere of open‑mindedness to change.

Drive for Results ‑ Show passion and commitment while delivering on business outcomes. Create a sense of individual ownership and accountability.

Champion Innovation ‑ Identify opportunities for new and improved ways of doing things that result in value added, unique and differentiated solutions.

Experience/Education

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management field and/or office experience equivalency.
• 7-10+ years relevant experience
• Experience in Federal construction programs and markets is desired but not required.
• Lump Sum Bidding.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Extensive knowledge of Winest, On‐Screen Take‐off, and similar software for take‑offs and estimate pricing for C/S/A systems construction.

Supportive computer skills for varied formats such as basic Windows applications plus pdf’s, TEAMS, Zoom, etc.

Ability to present estimating deliverables to management and explain advantages in utilizing one contractor over another, scope gaps, cost swings, etc.

Ability to conceptually estimate projects with limited information.

Ability to estimate multiple facility types such as hospitals, hangars, office structures, specialized mission structures, base improvements, renovations, and additions.

Ability to maintain healthy working relationships with industry partners (Owners, designers, subcontractors, etc.) for the development of estimating deliverables.

Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Gilbane offers an excellent total compensation package which includes competitive health and welfare benefits and a generous profit-sharing/401k plan. We invest in our employees’ education and have built Gilbane University into a top training organization in the construction industry. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.

Gilbane is an affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status.