Senior Estimator

Position: Senior Estimator Location: Mesa, AZ

Full time

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Receives bid requests through the sales department for estimation purposes.
• Analyzes drawings, specs, and related documents to produce detailed takeoffs. Diligently works with the
• sales group to meet all deadlines for bid submission.
• Understand contractual language and consult with appropriate employees to ensure the Client meets all
• requirements.
• Collects and organizes vendor quotations and negotiates to ensure quotes meet contract documents.
• Review completed projects to verify material, equipment, and project management time budgets were
• accurate and adjust accordingly for subsequent bids.
• Creates and presents reports to upper management.
• Participate in awarded contract startup meetings to fully convey bid thought process and scope elements.

ESSENTIAL JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Experience 5 years experience as a senior estimator
• 10 years experience in the metal industry
• Ability to interpret specs, bid invitations and perform takeoff
• Architectural sheet metal and ACM estimating experience.
• Ability to meet bid deadlines.
• Strong organization and documentation skills, strong math skills (plane, geometry, statistical inference, fractions,
• percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations, etc.).
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent goals.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Strong math skills
• Strong critical thinking skills
• Well-organized and good follow-through
• Strong documentation skills

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Talking in person and by phone, use of hands, fingers,
• hearing, use of computer, vision, depth and color
• perception, ability to adjust focus

LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS

• Construction Terminology
• Able to read, analyze, and interpret periodicals,
• business journals, specs, plans
• Able to professionally address project specification
• and drawing requirements to project teams.
• Able to present information to top management,
• general contractors, and public groups.