Estimator - Reston

Job Details

• Division: Washington DC Main
• Project Location(s): Reston, VA 20194 USA
• Minimum Years
  
  Experience:
  
  Not specified
• Travel Involved: Not specified
• Job Type: Regular
• Job Classification: Experienced
• Education: Not specified
• Job Family: Construction
• Compensation: Salaried Exempt

Reports to:

Lead Estimator, Senior Estimator, or Preconstruction Manager

Prepare detailed estimates for the project based on the construction drawings and specifications. Communicate bids and scopes of work.

• Prepare detailed estimate including completing quantity take-offs, analysis, estimate input, and studies for items incorporated in assigned scope.
• Prepare and assemble bids and proposals for different contract types (e.g., Lump Sum, Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP), Cost Plus).
• Lead document management for project, including receiving drawings and specifications, providing proper file structure and distribution to stakeholders.
• Serve as liaison with trade partners and design team (architects, engineers, consultants) and client; act as point of contact for managing assigned trade partners and distributing information.
• Support constructability reviews through communication with project team, designers, and trade partner market.
• Develop value analysis study including defining more cost‑efficient alternatives to proposed scope.
• Gain full comprehension of factors required for comprehensive trade package scope including contract documents, site logistics, schedule, coordination, means and methods.
• Prepare scope requisitions for assigned trades as required; coordinate with project team to identify and eliminate scope gaps and overlaps.
• Prepare comparison analysis to previous estimate for assigned scope.
• Obtain and evaluate trade partner proposals relative to their scope of work; document and organize information into Bid Recording Sheet; participate in Post Bid Review.
• Manage action items from Post Bid and finalize trade partner scope and make recommendations to Project Lead for bid awards.
• Supervise Assistant Estimators and Estimating Interns as assigned.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum of 3 years of related experience, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Knowledge of building construction, materials, systems, market conditions, and trade practices.
• Ability to read, understand, and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work, and project schedule.
• Proficiency in estimating documents and ability to provide accurate qualitative and quantitative analysis.
• Conceptual ability, able to work with minimum information and quickly develop understanding of owner/architect requirements.
• Project management skills to balance competing demands and meet established deadlines.
• Familiarity with operating procedures and methods of other departments—procurement, operations.
• Professional verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills and Microsoft Office suite of applications; familiar with estimating software.
• Limited travel.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to perform the essential functions of this job. The employee is frequently required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands, talk, and hear. The employee frequently views a computer monitor and uses a computer keyboard. Specific vision abilities include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The employee is occasionally required to be mobile and to travel both short and long distances via a variety of conveyances. The employee occasionally performs work on‑site at construction sites, office locations, and/or off‑site venues. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee regularly works in an office setting with noise usually quiet to moderate. The employee may occasionally work at construction sites where they are exposed to moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, outside weather conditions, and risk of electrical shock.

Noise in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. The employee is required to work in compliance with company safety policies, procedures, and applicable laws.

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer – race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.