What are the responsibilities and job description for the Estimator position at Danella Companies?
Overview
Danella, a national utility contractor, is seeking an Estimator, compensation is based on experience.
Medical, dental, vision, and life insuarance after 90 days.
Companyy vehicle for applicants over 21 years old.
Responsibilities
General Expectations
- Identify and construct cost estimates through an examination of the resources and labor required to execute certain projects.
- Examine supplier pricing to ascertain the cost of each component individually and negotiating with merchants and suppliers to secure the most competitive pricing
- Save time on future estimates by maintaining cost databases and include typical expenditures.
- Review the project’s requirements.
- Analyze the plans and understand them.
- Determine the budget and time restrictions.
- Understand the price of each component’s supply.
- Calculate the amount of labor needed to complete the job.
- Collaborate with other team members and contractors.
- Perform calculations for various ways to profitability.
- Keep up good contacts with the suppliers.
- Describe the expense and resource required for projects to translate a clear picture to PM of project quotation development. Required but not limited to preliminary schedule, schedule of values and copy of bid design
- Provide support to team members with that may not be listed to move projects forward for the benefit of the company at supervisors’ approval or request.
Qualifications
- A capacity for blueprint interpretation.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
- Outstanding organizing abilities.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Excellent communication skills, and time-management skills
- Strong analytic abilities, math skills, and must be a critical thinker.
- Working knowledge of Excel spreadsheets, word processing programs, and construction management software’s. (Blue beam, CAD software, estimation software and all Microsoft products.)
- Ability to coordinate and work independently.
