Sr. Estimator - School Construction

Armand Corporation is seeking an experienced Senior Estimator to provide construction cost estimating and technical review services in support of the New York City School Construction Authority (SCA). Minimum eight (8) years of full-time professional experience in construction, design, engineering, or a related technical field, including a minimum of five (5) years of direct construction estimating experience. Candidates without at least five years of construction estimating experience will not be considered.

The Senior Estimator will work with SCA project personnel, design professionals, consultants, contractors, and other technical stakeholders to develop and evaluate construction cost estimates throughout various phases of project design and construction. A key responsibility of this position is the independent review and evaluation of contract estimates prepared by private consultants and providing recommendations to SCA regarding whether those estimates are reasonable, complete, and appropriate for implementation.

The successful candidate will also prepare detailed estimates, quantity takeoffs, and cost analyses; evaluate proposed contract changes; participate in cost negotiations; and identify cost discrepancies, risks, or omissions that could affect project budgets.

The ideal candidate will possess extensive knowledge of construction methods, labor, materials, equipment, drawings, specifications, and cost development, with estimating expertise in one or more disciplines including architectural, electrical, mechanical, or plumbing construction
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• Review and evaluate contract estimates prepared by private consultants for accuracy, completeness, reasonableness, and consistency with project scope, drawings, specifications, and applicable SCA requirements.
• Prepare written analyses and recommendations regarding whether consultant-prepared estimates are appropriate for SCA implementation
  , identifying significant discrepancies, unsupported assumptions, omissions, or potential cost exposure.
• Prepare detailed construction cost estimates for projects at various stages of design and construction, including conceptual, design development, bid, and construction phases.
• Develop and/or review detailed cost estimates incorporating labor, materials, equipment, subcontractor costs, general conditions, quantities, unit pricing, and other applicable construction costs.
• Perform and oversee quantity takeoffs, quantity surveys, and cost evaluations based on design documents, contract drawings, specifications, and proposed contract changes.
• Review architectural, engineering, and construction documents to determine scope, constructability considerations, cost impacts, and potential estimating risks.
• Evaluate consultant and contractor pricing against historical cost data, current market conditions, applicable labor rates, material pricing, productivity assumptions, and other relevant cost benchmarks.
• Prepare independent cost estimates and analyses for change orders, additional work, scope modifications, and other proposed contract changes
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• Review contractor proposals and supporting cost documentation to assess the reasonableness of labor, material, equipment, subcontractor, overhead, and other proposed costs.
• Participate in cost negotiations with consultants and contractors
  , providing technical estimating analysis and recommendations to support SCA's financial interests.
• Identify and reconcile significant variances between SCA estimates, consultant estimates, contractor proposals, project budgets, and other cost benchmarks.
• Confer with SCA personnel, architects, engineers, construction managers, consultants, contractors, and other technical professionals to clarify project scope and resolve…