SPW Estimator — Construction Cost & Risk

DPR Construction; East Brunswick Township (NJ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

DPR Construction is seeking a Senior SPW Estimator to prepare detailed cost estimates for self-perform work across multiple trades in New Jersey. You will apply technical knowledge of materials, labor, and production methods to reflect accurate quantities and risks in project estimates.

Collaborating with field leaders, engineers, and procurement, you’ll ensure estimates align with execution plans and budgeting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Prepares comprehensive SPW cost estimates, integrating material, labor, equipment, and production data for multiple scopes.
• Analyzes drawings, models, and specifications to validate quantities, identify risks, and confirm scope completeness.
• Collaborates with field leaders, engineers, and project teams to verify production rates and align estimates with execution plans.
• Coordinates with procurement teams to evaluate vendor and supplier pricing for SPW materials and equipment, levelling supplier and trade partner bids for SPW work, ensuring that all proposals are consistent with project assumptions and identifying any variances.
• Develops variance analyses and cost studies to support value engineering and constructability discussions.
• Coordinates with scheduling and operations teams to ensure SPW scope aligns with phasing, access, and sequencing plans, and maintains historical cost and production data to support continuous improvement in estimating accuracy.
• Communicates estimate assumptions, findings, and recommendations clearly to project stakeholders, and identifies SPW-related risks, constraints, and uncertainties and incorporates appropriate allowances or contingencies in partnership with operations teams.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or related field

Job description

DPR Construction is seeking a Senior SPW Estimator to prepare detailed cost estimates for self-perform work across multiple trades in New Jersey. You will apply technical knowledge of materials, labor, and production methods to reflect accurate quantities and risks in project estimates.

Collaborating with field leaders, engineers, and procurement, you’ll ensure estimates align with execution plans and budgeting.