What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Estimator position at Shawmut?
Overview
At Shawmut, you will have the opportunity to own your career and deliver impact within our culture of ownership and innovation focused around providing the gold standard of client service for the world’s most recognizable and elite brands and institutions. We are building over $30M projects up to $300M across all sectors, and most notably Academic and Life Sciences.
Here’s a glimpse into what we are offering:
- 100% Paid Health, Life, Long/Short Term disability – Dental and Vision offered as well
- Shawmut Flex – we have offered a flexible work remote environment for years and we encourage a flexible work environment that meets the business needs
- ESOP – be an employee owner!
- 401K with Match
- Generous Paid Time Off policy (Including vacation, summer Fridays, holidays, personal sick and volunteer day – which we can explain at time of interview)
- The Extras: cell phone, laptop, tuition reimbursement, discounted gym membership, pet insurance, auto & homeowner (mortgage network & insurance savings) and many more.
Responsibilities
We are looking for someone with a great attitude with a relationship focus, and the ability to work in cohesion with the field and operations teams. We’re proud that the culture we’ve built as a 100% employee-owned company as we have been recognized with over 70 Best Place to Work awards—including Best Workplace by Fortune Magazine three years in a row, Fortune Best Workplace for Women, Fortune Best Workplace for Millennials, Great Place to Work’s Best Workplace for Parents, and one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes.
- Work in partnership with the project manager to plan the job prior to project initiation i.e. general conditions study, procurement schedule, logistics, etc
- Develop comprehensive understanding of project strategy and deploy this throughout the estimating process
- Ensure that the information required to begin the estimating process is accurate and available
- Establish the pre-construction budget and manage the associated funds
- Ensures that the best bids are obtained for each trade, based on the needs of the project
- Structure a fair and comprehensive final sub bid process by incorporating all information from previous budgets, by educating all subs on the Shawmut view of the project, including, but not limited to detailed written scope of work, logistics, etc., so that they are all bidding on the same work
- Present information and proposals effectively to clients based on their needs and preferences
Qualifications
- 10 years’ experience in all areas of commercial construction estimating or a related field with established subcontractor relationships
- Vast knowledge of all trades: scope, time frames/field execution, typical missed scope/exposures
- Experience estimating mid to large size projects including academic, life science, healthcare, and hospitality upwards of $40M
- Solid conceptual estimating experience
- Timberline (Precision Estimating) experience is a plus
Eligible candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship or restriction, now and in the future.
Shawmut prohibits discrimination against any staff member or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, religion, national origin, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, disability, creed, citizenship status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
