Senior Estimator - Lead Bid Strategy & Cost Control

DEW Construction; Keene (NH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

DEW Construction is seeking an experienced Estimator to join our team. The role focuses on understanding customer needs, developing scopes, and producing thorough estimates for subcontractors, with attention to cost control and risk.

The Senior Estimator will plan, manage, and coordinate estimates across trades, visit sites, review bid documents, and collaborate with the preconstruction team to deliver competitive proposals.

Qualifications

• 4-year engineering degree or equivalent combinations of technical training and/or related experience.
• Minimum 10+ years of estimating and cost control management experience.
• CPM conceptual scheduling skills.
• Familiar estimating projects of varying size; $100,000 to $75+MM.
• Experience with estimating software: Timberline, On-Screen Take-off, Building Connected, etc.
• Extensive knowledge of corporate construction procedures, estimating techniques, all engineering disciplines, cost control systems, and QA/QC.
• Advanced math and computer skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.

Responsibilities

• Interprets specifications, drawings and attends pre-bid meetings to determine the scope of work and required contents of estimates.
• Investigates site conditions before bidding, identifying the waste area, borrow area, and dumpsites.
• Swiftly identify risks and strategies to mitigate.
• If required, develop self-performed scopes (labor and material) and review with General Superintendent.
• Reviews design options and recommends the best solution based on cost, engineering quality, or availability of materials.
• Uses historical unit price and productivity data.
• Reviews and incorporates historical data from purchase orders, subcontracts, productivity analysis reports into unit and man hour figures.
• Determines and understands critical path schedule and sequence of work.
• Investigates value engineering options.
• Prepares estimates by calculating complete takeoff of scope of work; prices individual work items.
• Reviews terms and conditions of subcontractor and vendor quotes; serves as liaison with subcontractors and vendors during the bidding process.
• Maintains files of working documents as backup for estimate figures, including current (accurate) information on prices from suppliers.
• Reviews all pricing with the Director of Estimating, and preconstruction team.
• Provides technical support to additional personnel preparing estimates for assigned trades.
• Establishes up budgets.
• Participates in presentations to clients (if required).
• Visits project sites to observe construction methods.
• Ensures all working documents and data are maintained to back-up estimate figures.
• Maintains skills for software tools and technology utilized.
• Participates in project hand-off meetings; attends meetings with supplies and subs (as needed).
• Communicates and reinforces the Company vision, values, and goals.
• Performs additional assignments per supervisor’s direction.

Skills

10+ years estimating experience

CPM scheduling

Advanced math

Excellent communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Timberline

On-Screen Take-off

Building Connected

Job description

DEW Construction is seeking an experienced Estimator to join our team. The role focuses on understanding customer needs, developing scopes, and producing thorough estimates for subcontractors, with attention to cost control and risk.

The Senior Estimator will plan, manage, and coordinate estimates across trades, visit sites, review bid documents, and collaborate with the preconstruction team to deliver competitive proposals.