Company - Construction
Title - Estimator
Title: Base Salary: $87,500-92,500+
Variable/Bonus: $5,000-6,000
reporting to - Director of Preconstruction and Estimating
Key Performance Indicators
Productivity:
Financial:
Risk:
CSAT:
Vendor:
Communications:
Mandate
Stay updated on industry trends, material costs, and labor rates to ensure competitive pricing.
Optimize Margin
Lump Sum, Construction Management, Design Build duties
Sometimes you might need to do “Take Offs”
Maintain accurate records of estimates, proposals, and correspondence with clients & vendors.
Develop and maintain cost structures and databases to streamline the estimating process.
Analyze project specifications and drawings to develop comprehensive cost estimate.
Present estimates to senior leadership, providing clear rationale and risk assessments.
Logistics:
Why New Role: Growth
Project sizes - $10 - 100M
Should be in the office daily at the beginning
Profile:
Character, Experience, Intelligence, Coachable (in this order)
Character: Will Want Desire, Self Awareness, Accountability, Integrity
Experience: Capital Project Estimating Experience ICI experience Must Have (Residential/Civil/Infrastructure not as attractive)
CET background attractive
CCDC5 Understand Audience: Customer/Engineering/Architects/Trade Negotiating skill set.
Clear lines of communication and language skill across diverse line of businesses.
Stories Relating to: i. Margin on similar project sizes ii. iii. Risk mitigation, predictiveness Close ratios, business wins influence iv. Productivity increases v. Proposal delivery on tight timelines vi. ICI project wins
Intelligent – high IQ
Coachable – You'll be learning new things.