Senior Cost Estimator

Description At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves:
What is our impact on the world?

Watch Our Story:' ' Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world. Environmental, Operations and Construction (EOC) operates within HDR’s Federal Business Group, capable of delivering services across all HDR business groups at any location.

Our work is performed by our professional staff, scientists and engineers at remote sites, embedded in client office space or our own facilities. EOC delivers quality engineering, environmental, and construction management services at competitive  the role of Senior Cost Estimator, we'll count on you to:  Perform general or discipline cost estimating generating capital cost and/or services estimates

Perform quantity takeoffs from conceptual or design drawings for multidiscipline sections and customize forms to reflectbest effort

Assist in developing conceptual quantities to supplement partial design-build design documents

Produce Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) based on project requirements and scope; coordinate with schedulebreakdown

Produce capital costs estimate using a unit-cost, or crew-based, approach including formation of crews from multiple disciplines

Develop appropriate crew models for use in development of estimated construction cost Perform local market labor rate analysis for determination of appropriate labor rates

Develop unit rates for discipline specific items

Identify, solicit, and obtain vendor quotes for major cost drivers, properly identifying source and cost data int eachestimate

Prepare basis and assumption documentation denoting rationale, inclusions and exclusions

Prepare detailed notes, assumptions, and documentation in support of estimate development included Basis of Estimate and Construction Methodology documentation

Identify and track changes in design resulting in cost variations; development of variance reports

Prepare services, distributable, contractor indirect and/or indirect cost estimates in specialized discipline areas usingcurrent techniques and market pricing

Prepare detailed Job Office Cost models to capture labor/other direct costs (ODC’s)
Prepare cost/schedule products for planning and design deliverables

Prepare cost/schedule products for planning and design deliverables

Participate and support cost & schedule identification and reconciliation meetings

Calculate fee (profit) based on established fee (profit) model

Identify and develop appropriate escalation based on current market conditions

Support risk analysis assessment by identifying areas of risk and potential cost impacts

Support development of reasonable contingency for projects in design

Develop appropriate markups for direct costs, contractor assignments, owner’s markups, and justifications

Perform data analysis, identify problems and make recommendations

Identify or define data sources and techniques for data acquisition

Prepare reports and estimate summaries for estimate reviews, as directed by supervisor

Participate in estimate reviews and presentations as appropriate

Work within assigned budget and time parameters to deliver products in a timely basis

Use parametric and other estimating practices to decrease time needed while still achieving a complete estimate

Execute simultaneous tasks within…