What are the responsibilities and job description for the Construction Estimator position at Henry General Contractors, Inc.?
Main responsibility of this position is to perform pre-construction services, creation of hard bids, negotiated bid budgets, general conditions.
This Estimator should also have the ability to make presentations at interviews and/or pre-construction conferences if required.
General responsibility for efficiently estimating the operations of one or more construction projects, most being vertical construction with an occasional horizontal construction. Previous Federal experience a plus. This job is located in Springfield, MA.
KNOWLEDGE
- Strong understanding of all aspects of vertical construction
- Good knowledge of heavy construction management software
- Capable of project managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to “buy out” contracts
- Familiar with working alongside the internal finance department, to keep job costs current
- Willingness to share knowledge with younger, less experienced staff
- Comfortable making “in-person” appearances at various town, state, Federal presentations
- Ability to manage the estimating department as well as provide the estimating, and a willingness to mentor others in the estimating team.
Key competencies:
Must be prepared to take initiative with little direction. They must be proficient in the use of Microsoft excel and word. They must be able to use the formula functions and generate a spreadsheet for estimates. Experience with estimating software highly desirable. Ability to interact with Project Managers and Superintendents to ensure a thorough understanding of General Conditions. They must be able to take contract documents, break them down, and generate a spreadsheet with will totally out the project cost. In order to accurately estimate the project’s general conditions, the project duration must be determined. Basic schedule generation knowledge is required. Be detailed oriented.
Salary : $75,000 - $85,000