ESTIMATOR

About You

Responsible. You own everything you do from start to finish. You stand by your word and you value open communication, details, and clear expectations.

Communicative. You value your strong communication skills and appreciate open dialogue. You know how to share information with team members at all organizational levels and you care about gaining alignment and building rapport with clients, trade partners, project teams, and field crews.

Detail-Oriented. You know how much details matter, and because of that you go out of your way to ensure you have all the necessary information to make an informed decision. People who work with you enjoy your ability to dig into a complex problem and identify key elements needed to solve it.

About Us

At Lewis, where every employee is an owner, our people are empowered to make decisions – big and small – to meet the goals of our clients. We are passionate about our work and driven to build quality buildings that stand the test of time. With fulfillment as one of our six core values, Lewis has a collaborative and supportive culture committed to the success and development of our people.

About The Position

In Order to Succeed in this role

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent years of work experience can apply
• Proven hands on estimating and budget/bid preparation experience with ability to produce estimate work products either independently or collaboratively with other teammates
• Excellent communication skills, and able to clarify and present budgets both internally to project operations leads and externally to clients and design teams
• Familiarity with all major elements of commercial building construction and a working knowledge of high-level pricing metrics for major systems, including site/civil, structure, exterior closure, interiors, vertical transportation, and MEP elements
• Proficiency with estimating software. Lewis primarily uses Sage software for detailed estimates, Bluebeam for onscreen takeoff, and Excel for budget summaries, variances, and comparisons
• Possess thorough understanding of how VDC/BIM integrates into the estimating process
• Solid understanding of utilization of Revit models for scope review, communication and quantity generation and extraction
  
  

Primary Functions & Essential Responsibilities

Estimating Generation

• Collaborate with Sr. Estimators, Pre-con Managers, and project operations leads to complete estimate work plans for each effort
• Participate in budget kick-off and review meetings, including superintendent peer reviews
• Use Sage and Excel to price budgets in detail and then summarize for communication and variance tracking
• Liaise with Sr. Estimators, Pre-con Managers, and project operations leads as estimates progress toward completion.
• Partner with operations teams, including field resources, to ensure budgets incorporate thoughtful phasing, scheduling, sequencing, hoisting, and safety considerations
• Build expertise in pricing self-performed work, general conditions, and construction work support
• Train various personnel within the Operations group on Lewis’ estimating tools, templates, and standards
• Extract and catalog unit pricing from subcontractor budgets for useful reference by others
• Connect with actual project costs to ensure future work is budgeted with the benefit of current performance
• Periodically visit job sites to strengthen relationships within Lewis, obtain estimating feedback, and expand construction knowledge
• Participate in collection, discussion, and communication of internal data on current market trends and escalation
  
  

Verify work products to ensure accuracy

• Enter surveyed quantities into final estimates
• Team with project operations to assist in RFP development
• Procure subcontractor pricing consistent with estimating work plans. Use invitation to bid software to host project budget documents, communicate budget/bid requirements, and solicit pricing from subcontractors
• Follow up with solicited subcontractors during budget timeframes to ensure adequate scope coverage and timely receipts of responsive pricing
• Review budgets/bids for scope alignment. Follow-up with subcontractors if budgets/bids don’t align with our expectations, or if more information is required
  
  

Recap (compare) subcontractor budgets/bids

• Enter subcontractor pricing into final estimates
• Extract unit pricing information from subcontractors’ budgets and bids to ensure we maintain connection to current market pricing
  
  

Standardization of Estimating Process

• Identify, plan, and complete special departmental assignments for lean process development and standardization
• Team with the Preconstruction group to innovate, automate, and improve estimating and preconstruction tools
• Develop and update budget comparisons of similar systems, summarized and with detail
• Collect, synthesize and compare Lewis historical costs, self-performed work productivities, project crew mix and overtime performance, etc.
• Tabulate project cost summaries and comparisons for completed projects
  
  

Relationships and Safety

• Develop relationships with our subcontractors to obtain timely, responsive, accurate quotes, and further understand their means and methods
• Develop relationships throughout Lewis Operations staff to partner on the generation of budgets that can be achieved during the execution of actual project parameters and constraints
• Develop relationships with key design teams and clients through over-the-shoulder, collaborative estimating. Represent Lewis as a trusted advisor to our clients and influencers
• Partner with both the Preconstruction and Operations groups to integrate detailed safety planning early into our budgeting and preconstruction efforts
  
  

A 100% employee-owned general contractor, Lease Crutcher Lewis offers a comprehensive healthcare plan with medical, dental, and vision coverage. Our employer-funded Lifestyle Spending Account supports physical wellness for employees and their pets, and our employer-funded Headspace membership supports mental wellness. We also offer a generous Health Savings Account with annual employer sponsored contributions. Lease Crutcher Lewis provides support for a financially healthy future, including our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (enrollment covered at no cost to you) and a 401(k) with a competitive matching program. To support employee philanthropic efforts, employees are eligible for volunteer PTO and charitable giving matching programs.

Lease Crutcher Lewis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of, and will not be discriminated against, based on the basis of race, color, gender, pregnancy or breastfeeding, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, disability, or other status protected by state or federal law.