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Senior Estimator

Responsibilities:

• Prepares both commercial and residential estimates as per bid procedures
• Prepares subcontractor evaluations
• Monitors, assists, critiques and prepares schedules, if required, for any estimates
• Participates in start-up and closeout meetings
• Reviews drawings, specifications and owner requirements with Project Managers and Superintendents
• Prepares general conditions cost and coordinate with Project Managers the monitoring process of all general conditions cost
• Reviews all plans and specifications and permit set of drawings
• Orders all drawings and specifications and distribute to plan room and subcontractors
• Prepares bid invitation, call-out list and send out
• Posts bid date and time, obtains all bid numbers and confirms coverage
• Sets up bid room, acquires bid assistance
• Reviews insurance and bond specifications
• Prepares cover letters and bid proposal, including the cost breakdown, clarifications, scope and exclusions
• Retrieves and recirculates all plans and speculations
• Coordinates all job walks
• Processes all R.F.I.s for estimating and job addendums
• Prepares subcontractor re-cap
• Does subcontract takeoffs
• Responds to all subcontractor inquiries in relation to bids
• Attends client interviews if required
• Assists Project Managers with scopes of work
• Provides value engineering services
• Tracks blueprinting and postage expenses
• Sets up bid fax in Constructware
• Keeps subcontractor list current
• Establishes unit pricing for conceptual estimating
• Establishes estimating library and data base history for estimating
• Prepares subcontractor comparison sheets for evaluation
• Prepares estimate turnovers to project managers
• Buys out projects for all subcontractors and vendors
• Completes estimate start up checklist
• Processes owners bid form
• Verifies all asbestos requirements
• Reviews insurance requirements
• Archives past bids

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 10 years experience in the construction industry performing responsibilities equivalent to those listed above
• Minimum five years in a management role
• Intermediate to Advanced level in Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Intermediate to Advanced level in Microsoft Project
• Beginning to intermediate level in Constructware
• Intermediate level understanding of digital images (how to open, view, customize and print them)
• Strong organizational skills, flexibility, and the ability to prioritize work assignments
• Extreme attention to detail
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Availability to work extended hours as required by project schedules or urgent circumstances
• Ability to travel throughout all areas of construction sites during all phases of a project
• Leadership and motivational skills

For immediate consideration, please forward a copy of your current resume to info@profrecruiters.com referencing job #1565 or a link to this job.

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