Sr. Estimator; Civil, Heavy​/Highway VA

Position: Sr. Estimator (Civil, Heavy/Highway) VA
COMPANY OVERVIEW

Crisdel Group, Inc. is an industry leading heavy/highway, infrastructure, paving and site preparation contractor serving markets in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Florida.

Established in 1968, Crisdel has more than 50 years of experience constructing a diverse range of high profile construction projects for both public sector agencies and private clients.

Crisdel's commitment to superior customer service, dedication to safety and consistent high quality of our finished product and services is provided by our passionate team of employees.

Great opportunity for a Sr. Civil Estimator to work with an amazing team in a collaborative environment! Working steady hours in a State of the art office, the Sr. Estimator will be responsible for preparing and submitting bids for site preparation, underground utility, highway, roadway, bridge, and asphalt paving projects in Virginia. The qualified

Sr. Estimator will have strong analytical, organizational and planning skills along with knowledge of construction means and methods, project schedule preparation, costs, engineering principles.

Tasks & Responsibilities

* Prepares complete project scope estimates based on proposal documentation with detailed pricing and bid qualifications from concept to completion.

* Evaluates bidding risks and strategies and analyzes alternative solutions, and construction methods to increase competitiveness.

* Reviews, interprets, and analyzes project documentation: drawings, specifications, data, geotechnical reports, addendums, etc.

* Evaluates DBE/SBE goal requirements to ensure project compliance.

* Attends pre-bid meetings and/or performs pre-bid job site visits.

* Prepares and/or reviews "take-off" quantities to ensure accuracy of data used in estimates.

* Analyzes competition and communicates with estimating team.

* Develops relationships with suppliers/vendors by creating strategic alliances to ensure competitiveness.

* Analyzes and scopes vendors/suppliers to determine best value and based on analysis, proactively works to pursue vendors and/or suppliers to commit to best pricing.

* Prepares detailed estimate costs for all self-perform work activities: craft hours, labor, material, and equipment costs from a crew based perspective.

* Formulates all project indirect costs: staffing, project schedules, on-site facilities, support costs with schedule development.

* Researches construction history for techniques related to job elements and productivity, value enhancing, value engineering, and alternative constructability.

* Follows up with clients to ensure bid receipt and to identify potential obstacles and facilitates negotiations for submitted bid proposals.

* Ensures bids proposals are completed in a timely fashion to allow for team review prior to submission.

All employees shall commit to Crisdel's team effort driven process by contributing to the safe and successful completion of the work assigned to them by their foreman. Individuals are also expected to:

* Work safely while adhering to Crisdel's Safety Program & Guidelines as well as adhering to all federal, state and local rules and regulations.

* Adhere to the guidelines set forth in Crisdel's Employment Handbook.

* Work with pride, integrity and honor in an ethical manner which promotes Crisdel in a superior manner.

* Maintain a positive working relationship between co-workers and employees of subcontractors, vendors, inspectors and agency individuals working on a Crisdel job site.

* Work in a productive and efficient manner while maintaining the highest level of quality work.

* Be self-motivated and ambitious.

* Be able to understand and follow verbal and written instructions.

* Report to work on time, take meal breaks only during the allocated time periods and report back to work until the end of the designated shift.

Qualifications

Minimum of 10 years of experience as a field or project engineer or construction estimator

* Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Civil preferred), Construction Management, Engineering Technology.

* Must have the ability to read, analyze, and interpret business documents, technical specifications/procedures, and government…