Senior Cost Estimator

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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 prices.

In 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 reflect
  best effort
• Produce Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) based on project requirements and scope; coordinate with schedule
  breakdown
• 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 each
  estimate
• 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 using
  current 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 broadly defined parameters
• Provide technical direction to other personnel when delegated
• Carry out all…