Senior Estimator: Preconstruction & GMP Lead

Turner Construction Company; Delaware City (DE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner Construction Company is seeking an experienced estimator-focused professional to support Lead Estimators and the Preconstruction Manager during the Launch phase. The role emphasizes value engineering, budget controls, and price data validation for GMPs and bids.

The candidate will perform quantity take-offs, develop pricing for alternatives, and use BIM for estimate visualization to ensure complete GMPs and accurate budgets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from accredited degree program in Engineering, Construction Management, Building Construction or similar, and minimum of 8 years of experience, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Experience in project engineering, field supervision or purchasing
• Building construction, materials, systems, market conditions, trade practices knowledge
• Ability to read, understand and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work and project schedule
• Extensive knowledge of estimating documents and ability to provide accurate qualitative and quantitative analysis of documents
• Conceptual ability, able to work with minimum information and quickly develop understanding of owner/architect requirements
• Project management of competing demands, and meet established deadlines
• Familiar with operating procedures and methods of other departments - Procurement, Operations
• Supervisory or management experience
• Professional verbal and written communication skills
• Proficient computer skills and Microsoft Office suite of applications, and familiar with estimating software
• Travel

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Project Preconstruction Manager and Preconstruction Manager in estimating functions throughout preconstruction phase launch process.
• Coordinate trade partner bid lists with procurement for budget pricing and bidding.
• Lead review meetings with owner, architect, and engineer related to Preconstruction phase.
• Prepare comparison analysis to previous estimates and develop clear messages to explain variances for each project stakeholder.
• Manage distribution of current design documents for trade partner budgeting and bidding; ensure account for sufficient trade partner input.
• Review design documents for completion; assemble comments and requests for additional information needed to provide complete estimates.
• Visit project sites to evaluate existing conditions, identify and capture scope not included in design documents.

Skills

Estimating experience

Project management

Communication skills

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/CM

Tools

Estimating software

MS Office

BIM

Job description

Turner Construction Company is seeking an experienced estimator-focused professional to support Lead Estimators and the Preconstruction Manager during the Launch phase. The role emphasizes value engineering, budget controls, and price data validation for GMPs and bids.

The candidate will perform quantity take-offs, develop pricing for alternatives, and use BIM for estimate visualization to ensure complete GMPs and accurate budgets.