Estimator, Engineering, Civil Engineering

McCarthy’s Preconstruction and Estimating team are looking to add an Estimator to our Phoenix, Arizona office. The Estimator’s position establishes the fundamental principles for an individual’s growth and success within McCarthy’s Preconstruction career path. The Estimator will participate in all aspects of the bid/estimating process, including but not limited to review of plans and specs, soliciting and negotiating prices with subcontractors/suppliers, quantity take-off, pricing, scoping and bidding of construction process.

This role is highly collaborative and will work closely with McCarthy’s internal teams as well as external suppliers, owners, architects and engineers.

• Perform quantity take-offs.
• Assist in the pricing and bidding of construction projects.
• Communicate with architects and consultants to clarify scope of work, materials, and schedule requirements, and document these clarifications.
• Conduct reviews of milestone documents for development and pricing of value alternative opportunities.
• Actively participate in the internal estimate review process.
• Assist with final assembly of estimate for presentation to owner.
• After the bid, collect and organize all bid information for future reference.
• Aid field operations with change order pricing if needed.
• Direct, coordinate and provide information and documents to subcontractors.
• Prepare contractual exhibits for scope of work for subcontracts.
• Participate in hard bid/estimating and GMP budgeting activities by soliciting subcontractor support and evaluating bids.
• Build relationships with subcontractors to obtain a competitive advantage for McCarthy.
• Attend industry events and represent McCarthy to the industry in a professional capacity.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal McCarthy clients.
• Keep current with latest estimating technology and techniques.

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering or related major.
• Basic knowledge of estimating technology and tools such as On-Screen Takeoff (OST), Building Information Modeling (BIM), Assemble, Revit and Bluebeam or related software required.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings and specifications required.
• Must demonstrate behaviors consistent with McCarthy core values while maintaining a "value added" approach to estimating.
• Strong math and analytical skills with attention to detail required.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills required.
• General knowledge of construction principles and processes, as well as negotiated/hard bids and GMP processes preferred.

McCarthy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veteran status.