Senior Estimator

Senior Estimator

Join a value driven team consistently recognized as a Denver Post Top Workplace where your growth matters and the work you do makes a meaningful impact in our communities. At Haselden, our vision is to be a great builder, and our purpose is to fulfill our customers’ needs completely. Haselden’s team members take great pride in providing our customers with a superior level of service and our simple but profound purpose statement is top of mind for every team member.

Whether on the job site or supporting the project from the main office, we offer a progressive, positive, and challenging, yet fun work environment and cutting-edge tools to help you with career growth, personal development and achieving your maximum potential. Our extensive benefits program, dynamic team atmosphere and strong core values help create the best environment for our staff and the best service for our clients.

• Vehicle Allowance + Gas Card
• Flexible PTO
• Team Member Bonus Program
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Savings Account
• Basic Life & AD D
• 401K Plan
• Short- & Long-Term Disability
• Voluntary Life and AD D
• Voluntary Accident & Critical Illness Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Maternity & Paternity Leave
• FMLA

The Senior Estimator is responsible for the overall project estimate while providing leadership, training, and mentoring for their team under the Preconstruction Manager. Works with clients, architects/engineers, subcontractors/suppliers to plan cost factors for building projects; analyzes construction documents, specifications, proposals, and other documentation to prepare time, cost, and labor estimates for projects by performing the following duties.

• Supports Business Development in project acquisition including pre-planning, budgeting, and interviewing for requests for proposals.
• Attend pre-proposal meetings and perform site visits as required to assist in the preparation of requests for proposals.

• Consults with clients, architects, subcontractors, and material suppliers to discuss and formulate estimates, effect cost reductions, and resolve issues.
• Effectively runs preconstruction meetings, charrettes, or workshops as necessary.
• Has the ability to manage and track multiple preconstruction projects at once.
• Creates, maintains, and manages the preconstruction / design schedule for projects.
• Presents and explain project budgets to clients, designers, and operations teams as necessary.
• Assures that the project team acts with integrity and employs ethical behavior during all stages of the estimating process.

• Prepares estimates with the proper level of detail for all design stages:
  Conceptual, Schematic Design, Design Development and Construction Documents.
• Assists the preconstruction manager in managing the estimating team in the assembly and submission of bids.
• Utilizes proficiency in basic estimating techniques for CSI divisions 2-14, and 31-33 to assemble estimates and train estimators assigned to assist them in the preparation of estimates and bids.
• Assists with system analysis of building components and MEP Systems.
• Has the ability to manage the estimate and coordination of MEP systems on smaller projects.
• Prepares quantity take-offs and estimates costs of materials, labor, and use of equipment required to fulfill all provisions of the contract.
• Appropriately fills scope gaps with their own estimate or infill from other subcontractors and suppliers.
• Studies specifications to assist the operations team in planning procedures for construction on basis of starting and completion times and staffing requirements for each phase of construction.
• Helps lead the Pursue, Plan, & Execute (PP&E) Process with the operations team throughout preconstruction in reviewing plans and specifications for constructability issues and determining general requirements on the project.
• Reviews design documents for proper information to receive accurate pricing from subcontractors and suppliers and generate acceptable value engineering ideas.

• Coordinates project requirements with the…