Cost Engineer/Estimator

The Building People, LLC, has a position open for a full-time Cost Engineer/Estimator in Houston, TX. The Engineering Technician shall assist provide the customer with technical support and inspection services relating to maintenance, repair, or alteration of buildings, utilities, parking areas, roadways, and other work/projects on both leased and owned properties.

Responsibilities/Duties

• Utilize Facilities Management software to review estimates submitted by contractors for maintenance, repair, construction, and other work to assure conformance with customer requirements.  Ensures that proposals are technically sound and in compliance with Army regulations.
• Performs technical review & evaluation of plans and reports required to be submitted by the contractor including:  Preventative Maintenance Plans for building structures, Quality Assurance Plans, as-built drawings, shop drawing submissions, and change order requests.
• Reviews drawings and specifications developed by A/E firms for adherence to design requirements, code limitations, and civil, structural, architectural, and engineering fundamentals and principles.
• Prepares cost estimates, technical specifications, preliminary sketches, & scopes of work for the contract purchase of complex repair and construction items, designs, and plans for alterations, remodeling, and repairs to various types of facilities, machinery, and equipment, new construction, and the development of contracts with organizational policies and procedures. 
• To include estimating the cost of manpower and material, estimating length of time the projects will require, determining and analyzing alternatives when appropriate.
• Prepares contract modifications and design deficiency reports.
• May be required to make site visits for the purpose of studying conditions/gathering information to be used in preparation of drawings, etc.
• Other duties as assigned.

*This position will not have supervisory responsibilities.