Senior Mechanical Estimator

Senior Mechanical Estimator – Rudolph & Sletten

Rudolph & Sletten, a Tutor Perini Company, is seeking a Senior Mechanical Estimator to join our office in Menlo Park, CA.

Salary: $160,000 – $180,000 annually, depending on experience and region.

In the last six decades, Rudolph and Sletten has built thousands of projects across our five California offices, from research centers designed to cure diseases to institutions that educate future generations to civic facilities and high‑tech campuses that move our state forward.

Just like the buildings we construct, our reputation is built to stand the test of time. Our success is due to our diverse, talented personnel, technological expertise, honest estimates, innovative schedules, and ethical business practices.

We're excited to see where the future takes us. Between new building and construction technology, better earth‑friendly materials and techniques, all our phenomenal employees, and the amazing people we work with, we’re looking forward to building more award‑winning projects for decades to come.

Our client focus and technical expertise have made us a builder of choice for clients for over six decades. Notable clients include Johnson and Johnson, Gilead, Salk Institute, Western Digital, Oracle, Seagate, Intuit, San Diego Symphony, Kaiser Permanente, Cedars‑Sinai, the Judicial Council of California, and UC and CSU higher education systems.

At Rudolph & Sletten you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of large, high‑profile projects that impact your community.

• Prepare conceptual cost models and budgets for the Mechanical Trades (HVAC, Plumbing, Piping, Fire Protection) from minimal design information.
• Prepare detailed estimates as documents progress in design.
• Prepare detailed instructions to bidders as part of the procurement process.
• Solicit, receive, analyze proposals and bids from HVAC, Plumbing, and Fire Protection subcontractors.
• Recommend award and prepare subcontracts.
• Review basis of design, plans, and specifications.
• Assist design team in ensuring documents are biddable, constructible, and cost effective.
• Write instructions to bidders to clearly document scope of work to be included and excluded, avoiding change orders.
• Evaluate bids and conduct post‑bid interviews.
• Evaluate change orders as requested.
• Coordinate with the Vice President of Estimating, Preconstruction Executive, or Senior Estimator in assignment of project‑related responsibilities to the estimating/preconstruction staff.
• Plan and communicate project goals to the estimating team via a kick‑off meeting using a prepared agenda based on the Project Kick‑off Meeting Checklist.
• Work with the Document Control staff to distribute project documents and vital information to appropriate team members and outside resources.
• Review, interpret, quantify, and accurately estimate cost, and critically analyze the work described in the project documents.
• Identify and mitigate project‑related risk.
• Use a checklist to ensure all required tasks associated with assigned projects are attended to in a timely manner.
• Coordinate, direct, and follow‑up with the estimating team to ensure timely completion of tasks.
• Coordinate with Logistics and MEP Managers to accomplish vital project goals.
• Solicit, collect, and critically analyze subcontractor/vendor budgets, bids, or quotations associated with assigned projects or packages.
• Review and verify scope of work and pricing (Subcontractor Analysis Sheets) of other team members when acting as project mechanical lead estimator.
• Use accepted templates for the preparation of estimates and clarifications, analysis of bids, calculation of alternates, and other tasks.
• Present the project scope of work, estimated costs, risks, and opportunities to management during final review of estimates.
• Participate in the presentation of proposals, budgets, etc. to clients and prospective clients.
• Participate in the delivery of appropriate project files to Operations Staff during a turnover meeting using the Turnover Meeting Agenda and Checklist.
• Participate and coordinate participation of the estimating team in the buyout process with operations.
• Create professional,…