What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Estimator position at Gray & Son?
Job Description
Job Description
Job Purpose
Provide support to Estimators in quantity of take-off, estimating software, reading plans and specs and bidding.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Perform quantity take-off for Earthwork, Sediment & Erosion Control, Storm Water Management, Storm Drain and Paving; Utilize HCSS and Agtek, as required; review plans and specifications for take-off purposes; contact engineers to request Autocad files, request missing information, and clarify conflicts between the plans and notes / specification ; create HCSS bid items, enter quantities, validate and provide reports to estimators.
- Keep Estimators apprised of problems / concerns; review vendor / subcontractor quotes and enter pricing into HCSS; submit plans and materials as required; visit job sites and take digital pictures; confer with Superintendent(s) to clarify field construction processes before take-off; attend Pre-Bid meetings & Preconstruction meetings; provide copies of the signed plans for Operations, as well as vendors for manufacturing; act as the liaison between the field crews and the Estimating Department.
- Solicit vendors for material quotes and subcontractors for job pricing; provide plans and specifications; establish and maintain strong working relationships with vendors, subcontractors and engineers; review vendor quotes and order materials; request revised quotes if they are outdated or there have been significant price changes in the industry.
- Review approved plans looking for changes from the Bid set; confer with the Estimator & applicable Superintendent(s) for start date and staging; review Sequence of Operations; revisit any unusual issues that could affect scheduling; provide the Estimating / Operations / Accounting Liaison with Vendor quotes; review Code Sheet for quantities; arrange for fabrication and delivery of materials.
Education & Experience
Required Skills
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee must regularly lift or move up to 10 pounds and frequently lift or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Company Description
Gray & Son was founded in 1908 with a name synonymous with quality in commercial and residential construction. Through the years, we’ve expanded our services, added to our fleet and welcomed new employees, but we’ve never stopped living up to our name.
Today, Gray & Son is a leading contractor in the Baltimore metropolitan area for both private and public construction projects. We specialize in asphalt paving, land excavating, utilities, concrete, demolition, soil stabilization, sediment control / storm water management and commercial snow removal.
Uniquely qualified to manage the entire construction project for our customers, Gray & Son has the resources to provide many types of construction site work and restoration projects, including residential subdivisions, commercial lots, roadways, schools, park construction, health-care facilities, churches, athletic fields, industrial sites, shopping centers and more.
We put pride in everything we do at Gray & Son ... from owning all of our fleet and reinvesting in our business, to ensuring that all of our employees and work sites are safe, to serving our customers and our community with unsurpassed service.
After all, our reputation depends on it.
Company Description
Gray & Son was founded in 1908 with a name synonymous with quality in commercial and residential construction. Through the years, we’ve expanded our services, added to our fleet and welcomed new employees, but we’ve never stopped living up to our name. Today, Gray & Son is a leading contractor in the Baltimore metropolitan area for both private and public construction projects. We specialize in asphalt paving, land excavating, utilities, concrete, demolition, soil stabilization, sediment control / storm water management and commercial snow removal. Uniquely qualified to manage the entire construction project for our customers, Gray & Son has the resources to provide many types of construction site work and restoration projects, including residential subdivisions, commercial lots, roadways, schools, park construction, health-care facilities, churches, athletic fields, industrial sites, shopping centers and more. We put pride in everything we do at Gray & Son ... from owning all of our fleet and reinvesting in our business, to ensuring that all of our employees and work sites are safe, to serving our customers and our community with unsurpassed service. After all, our reputation depends on it.
