Senior Estimator, Construction

Senior Estimator

Who We Are
Build your career with Boldt. As a member of the Boldt team, you’ll collaborate with some of the most knowledgeable professionals in the construction industry. You’ll have the chance to learn new skills and seek greater responsibilities with a team that builds real value in the world around you. You’ll succeed in a workplace culture that recognizes, respects, and values differences.

Boldt’s focus on innovation, collaboration, and employee development provides an opportunity for all our employees to Build Boldly.

The Senior Estimator will provide estimating services and expertise for multiple market sectors and contract delivery methods with the goal of creating estimates that foster success through a One Boldt approach while returning the planned profit to the company. Responsibilities include preparing, planning, organizing, and evaluating estimates, along with being engaged in the Target Value Design process to submit bids and responses to proposals.

This role will be responsible for coordinating and oversight of internal and external estimating resources and will provide direction based on principles that support a collaborative and integrated project delivery environment along with traditional estimating processes.

prepare, plan, organize, and evaluate estimates; coordinate and oversee internal and external estimating resources; provide direction based on collaborative and integrated project delivery principles; and support the Target Value Design process.

• Perform estimating activities for a multitude of projects, large and small, both in negotiated and hard bid.
• Review drawings, specifications, and owner documents to establish scope of work contents for estimate and other respective deliverables. Attend pre-bid and project meetings. Prepare RFIs and collaborate with architecture and engineering firms to confirm document interpretation. Ensure proper evaluation and documentation of project scope is complete.
• Prepare detailed as well as conceptual estimates, which may include working with self-perform to scope project, create bid list of subcontractors, trade partners and suppliers and ensure appropriate coverage with those groups.
• Perform takeoffs required for estimates – this may include self-performed trades including concrete, masonry, steel, carpentry, drywall and millwright work. Use OnCenter and coordinate BIM generated quantification. The use of BIM generated takeoff using Vico is preferred.
• Prepare and review documents for the specific deliverable.
• Participate in the presentation of project estimates to project owners and other partners. Lead internal and external meetings.
• Complete the bidding process including bid solicitation, bidders’ communications, proposals evaluations, and bid evaluation. Review and final acceptance of all bids.
• Establish acceptable design options and best solutions based on cost, engineering quality, or availability of materials.
• Develop and maintain client, design partners, subcontractors, suppliers, and external customer relationships.
• Provide technical support and guidance to estimating staff in preparing estimates for all projects. Lead specific project assignment and provide guidance to other estimators assigned to other projects in the preparation of all estimating and target value design functions for projects including establishing reporting formats, assignment of areas of estimating responsibility, compiling estimates, preparation, and oversight of project estimates.
• Provide the guidance and oversight for completeness of all estimate material and construction equipment required to perform work. Establish and confirm union labor costs for the project.
• Manage bid solicitation process including management of bid documents and instructions to bidders. Guide the process to successfully procure and analyze bids. Support buyout and smooth transition of turnover to project managers and ensure subcontractors are prequalified prior to bidding and contracting with Boldt.
• Assist project managers and financial managers in the continuous assessment of project risks and opportunities…