Project Manager/Estimator - Insulation

The Brock Group provides specialty craft and maintenance services to key industries across North America. We are dedicated to offering the safest and highest quality service and solutions. We view ourselves as partners with our customers, our employees and the communities in which we operate. Our performance-driven culture is led by having and developing the best people, the most efficient processes and the right tools for the job.

Broad Function

The Insulation Project Manager/Estimator is responsible for ensuring that all requirements and work activities performed under contract are performed safely, cost-effectively and with proper quality. In addition to providing guidance and supervision of Insulation projects, this role will perform or support the Estimator duties of: analyzing drawings, specifications, proposals, and other documentation to prepare time, cost, and labor estimates for products, projects, or services on behalf of the organization.

Essential Functions

• Promote, demonstrate and instill Brock’s Bsafe and Bbest culture in all aspects of the business
• Oversee all aspects of designated projects for the territory
• Review Insulation data to determine material and labor requirements and prepares itemized lists.
• Compute cost factors and prepares estimates used for management purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work; preparing bids; selecting vendors or subcontractors; and determining cost effectiveness.
• Source and bid materials and equipment to ensure Brock receives competitive pricing.
• Utilize industry experience and current data from Project Controls to develop accurate productivity factors.
• Consult with clients, vendors, or other individuals to discuss expanding scope of work and formulate estimates and resolve issues.
• Interface with Operations and other individuals in the organization to obtain support and commitment to the cost estimates.
• Familiar with regional impacts on material and labor costs arising from tight labor markets, local tax and insurance rates, prevailing wages and per diem, freight costs.
• Attend job walks and pre-bid meetings as required
• Support a centralized cost estimating database and a formal process to support cost estimating to ensure historical data is utilized.
• Coordinate with Project Controls and Operations to analyze completed projects to compare estimated costs to actual costs and determine the reason for any discrepancies.
• Provide improvement recommendations to cost estimating procedures to reduce future discrepancies between estimated and actual costs.
• Identify cost trends to assist management in cost reduction and process improvement efforts

Working Conditions

• Working conditions include outdoor and indoor field, yard and shop locations.
• Working indoors in an office environment
• Utilization of Personal Protective Equipment is necessary.
• Travel as required

Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to work within a highly service-oriented team culture
• Strong understanding of operational impacts on profitability
• High degree of technical ability such as: read/interpret engineering plans/drawings/scopes of work, product knowledge, etc.
• Proven communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational skills with ability to multi-task
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Excel, Word, and Access
• Proficient in estimating and scheduling programs such as MIKE, 3E, P6, etc.
• Ability to work with all levels of the Company
• Ability to meet deadlines and work independently

Education & Experience

• College Degree preferred. At least 3 years direct field industry experience
• Knowledge of how to build an estimate from a scope of work and associated drawings
• Craft knowledge in insulation
• Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in construction

• Advanced craft certifications preferred

Location Information:

OH Office

Location of Job: US:OH:Lima

Shift:

Exempt: No

Work Type: Full Time

Working Conditions:

ORIENTATION - Must be able to successfully pass Brock and/or Safety Council Site Specific Orientation requirements.

HEAVY WORK - Lifting up to 50 pounds of force from the floor to the waist and 35 pounds of force from the waist to above shoulder.

CLIMBING - Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, and the like, to elevations in excess of 100 feet, to maintain three-point contact at all times.

LADDERS - Using vertical ladders Frequently up to 100 feet - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.

STAIRS & RAMPS - Using stairs or ramps: Occasionally up to 100 feet - Activity exists up to 40% of the work shift.

BALANCING - Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, on unprotected elevated surfaces using fall protection equipment; or maintaining body equilibrium when performing scaffold construction at elevations using fall protection equipment. Frequently - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.

STOOPING - Bending body downward and forward by bending at the waist, requiring full use of the leg and back muscles on a repetitive basis. Frequently - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.

KNEELING - Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. Occasionally - Activity exists up to 40% of the work shift.

CROUCHING - Bending the body downward and forward by bending legs and waist. Frequently - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.

REACHING - Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in order to receive materials from ground level weighing up to 50 pounds as it is being passed and 35 pounds from overhead. Frequently - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.

GRIPPING - Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand or hands to receive materials weighing up to 50 pounds. Picking, pinching, or otherwise working with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling. Frequently - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.

VISION - Have 20/40 vision with or without correction in at least one eye.

HEARING - Must be able to hear a forced whispered voice in one ear, the better ear, at not less than five feet with or without the use of a hearing aid.

WEATHER EXPOSURE - Exposure to outside atmospheric conditions. Conditions can range from -10 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Constantly - Condition exists in excess of 60% of the work shift.

PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT - Must be able to properly do all required personal protective equipment for the requirements of the job for up to the entire work shift.

INSULATION TOOLS - Use Insulation tools commonly associated with type or work.

We conform to all the laws, statutes, and regulations concerning equal employment opportunities and affirmative action. We strongly encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply to all of our job openings. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, age, disability status, Genetic Information & Testing, Family & Medical Leave, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We prohibit Retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer or the government, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint or otherwise oppose discrimination.