Responsibilities

• Reports to: Chief Estimator
• Assists with daily functions for estimating and project management
• Call to request CAD information from General Contractor/Engineer/Architects
• Review sites for upcoming bids and attend pre-bid meetings
• Review and interpret specifications, plans, and geotechnical/soils reports
• Quantity take-offs for earthwork/utility/civil proposals
• Obtain competitive proposals for goods and services to complete estimate
• Generate appropriate reports and cut/fill maps for estimating purposes
• Use estimating software to input and complete the estimate
• Assists in final bid preparation
• Assist project manager in preparing field documents for production pre-planning
• Attend weekly workload and estimate progress meetings
• Attend customer and industry marketing functions
• Lead estimate reviews with operations and management

Qualifications

• Associates (A.A./A.S.) or Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from two-year or four-year college or university with a civil technician, construction management or engineering concentration or relevant field experience
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers, employees of organization, vendors/suppliers
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra, trigonometry, and geometry
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge/ability to create spreadsheets, word documents, navigate the internet, utilize estimating software
• Must be able to read and understand construction plans, geotechnical reports, and specifications
• Be adaptive and able to apply concepts to real world situations