Project Estimator Job Description
Project estimator
provides engineering planning, consulting, design, cost estimating and construction management for transport infrastructure (OSI Physical Layer 1) throughout the University’s campuses and buildings.
Project Estimator Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Evaluates and analyzes customer requests and consults with other company personnel to ascertain appropriate cost data and design feasibility
Computes cost factors and prepares estimates used for management purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work
Support Environmental, Health and Safety compliance during project planning
Effectively communicate design requirements to field crew
Acts as team leader for Estimators and Sr
Monitor/control construction through administrative direction of on-site Superintendent to ensure project is built on schedule and within budget
Represent company in project meetings
Will create accurate bids and write proposals according to customers’ needs bid specifications
Perform constructability reviews of project sites in our Development portfolio
Thorough understanding of all aspects of the construction of a wind farm
Project Estimator Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Project Estimator
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PMP, AACE, CCP, CEP, EVP, PSP, CCT, SP, PMI, CCM
Education for Project Estimator
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the project estimator job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Construction, Education, Technical, Civil Engineering, Project Management, Management, Business, Design
Skills for Project Estimator
Desired skills for project estimator include:
Regularly use Kawneer product portfolio and price book
Planning
Engineering
Computerized central irrigation control systems and prefabricated pump stations
Nursery products
Relevant technologies
Sales management and managing personnel
Construction process
Design
Estimating software packages
Desired experience for project estimator includes:
Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture or Construction Management
Must have a minimum of 8-12 of active commercial experience
Solid general accounting and analytical skills
Extremely strong computer skills
Must have a minimum of 6-10 of active commercial construction experience
10 years of experience in preconstruction and construction estimating
Project Estimator Examples
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Project Estimator Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a project estimator. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for project estimator
- Prepares prices and price proposals for new customers, working from drawings, established price lists, and related information supplied either directly or indirectly by the customer
- Reviews accuracy of cost information prior to customer communication
- Responsible for all status inquiries and order entry into operating system
- Assists sales team by providing appropriate data to develop and implement territorial sales plan
- Works closely with Sales/Marketing personnel to establish and maintain good customer relations
- Refers requests for price/delivery negotiations to Customer Service Manager
- Supports the company sales efforts through active participation
- Must manage continual flow of information on a regular basis
- Must demonstrate relatively high levels of analytical ability and problem solving skills within defined policies and specific professional principles
- Maintain high level of professionalism and maturity during frequent communications with customers and inside personnel
Qualifications for project estimator
- Familiarity with the construction trades, codes and standards
- Driver's license and the ability to do some overnight travel
- Ability to facilitate project meetings with all stakeholders in office or field environment to develop a project estimate
- Strong understanding of applicable standards, methods, processes and practices, business fundamentals, and performance metrics in the electric and gas, distribution, transmission, and substation areas
- Advanced analytical skills for project evaluation including analysis of projects with economic, financial, risk and decision analysis
- Customer driven with excellent oral and written communications skills and general analytical, problem solving and project management skills
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Project Estimator Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of project estimator. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for project estimator
- Ensure that cost planning and estimating are accurate and reflect the project requirements and risk profile
- Follow approved estimating practices consistent with corporate guidelines
- Utilizes appropriate software programs to calculate, record and track estimates
- Review plans and architectural drawings
- Provides internal clients with documents regarding the applicable work scope / quantity information(internal electrical quantities for process units)
- Prepares cost estimates of a well defined part or scope of a project
- Ensures the feedback experience and data collected from past and current projects are updated in the cost estimating database
- Provides internal clients with studies and/or presentations regarding the applicable work scope (time sheet verification study)
- Provide accurate, timely estimates for all complex electric transmission, substation, and distribution construction projects
- Review and develop construction cost budget by reviewing plans
Qualifications for project estimator
- Ability to analyze organizational data and problems, interpret and recommend alternative courses of action, and implement intervention strategies to attain performance targets
- Six Sigma Plus experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in relevant Science Based/Project Controls/Estimating related Subject Matter
- Self-driven and motivated individual who eventually will need little direction in driving their responsibilities to completion
- Ability to work under pressure with a variety of team members
- Ability to work 40+ hours per week with up to 50% travel throughout the United States
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Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a project estimator. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for project estimator
- Identify and quantify cost factors, such as project build out, materials, and labor expenses
- Provide support to Project Manager during general contractor and architect sourcing, while also participating in both the general contractor and architect interviews bid leveling process
- Enhance overall estimate delivery by increasing efficiency and improving processes
- Support in developing and maintaining project unit pricing, labor rate, & historical cost benchmark for various project types
- Interface with Daikin Business Development Team regarding project requirements
- Review final estimate packages with supervisory personnel prior to formal quotation to insure accuracy and completeness
- Create Professional, high grade sales proposals from RFP/RFI from clients for Daikin Applied
- Assist in sales strategy of quoted equipment
- Accumulate, evaluate and document historical cost data for the development of future estimates
- Keep current on new products by attending technical and sales trainings
Qualifications for project estimator
- Ability to read and understand contract and construction documents
- Candidate shall possess the following
- Strong understanding of glass, composite metal panels, and other infill options their applications
- Will follow projects from inception to completion to oversee quality, accuracy and cost effectiveness
- Previous work on cost estimating with major project work (high rises, universities)
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, preferably in Industrial, Mechanical, Chemical or Plastics
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a project estimator. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for project estimator
- Develops preliminary design basis and scope of work
- Physical Requirements – The position requires physical activity such as field data collection, which may require eight hours on foot if necessary
- Responsible for estimating scope of work, deliverables, schedule of execution, estimate structure, formats, reports
- Calculate direct and indirect costs, cash expenditures and monitor escalation over the project duration
- If required by the relevant Business Stream, lead the bid process to ensure that tender deliverables are produced in a timely and effective manner
- Attend or carry out periodic Tender Health Checks and formal risk reviews to ensure that the identified risks are mitigated as far as possible in tender submissions
- Provide mentoring on bids to less experienced Estimators and the bid teams, if required
- Previous experience of managing/implementing all aspects of the estimating process for projects, within the construction industry is required, along with a valid CSCS card, where applicable
- Membership of a relevant professional body and/or a relevant professional qualification is desirable, such as RICS/CIOB/RIBA/ICE/CIBSE
- A good working knowledge of pricing and quantification methods
Qualifications for project estimator
- Practical working knowledge of injection molding and extrusion processes, technologies and product applications, preferred
- Prior experience in customer relations/sales, preferably in a manufacturing environment is preferred
- Demonstrated efficiency in mechanical drawing and blueprint reading
- Effective communication with both internal and external customers of all levels
- Proficient in Order Entry / Database Systems and Microsoft Office Suite products, especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to manage continual flow of information on a regular basis
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of project estimator. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for project estimator
- Proficiency in IT, numeracy and MS Office Basic & Estimating Systems
- Support the project development effort by developing estimates based on the team approved project scope and assist project sponsors with developing initial estimates to review alternatives for scope selection
- Travel to jobsites to assess and evaluate labor required, special equipment needed, site conditions and other factors to be considered in preparing estimates
- Collaborate with project team members, including engineers, project managers, construction teams, supply chain personnel, vendors and contractors to refine estimates at all project stage gates to achieve estimate classes documented in the Transmission PM Procedure
- Maintain currency of technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing technical publications, and networking with estimators in other business units
- Develop and update cost calculation of tendering projects or other assigned projects, including Consolidated Cost Sheet (CCS), Currency Split, Cash Flow, Cost Solidity, Balanced Scorecard , based on specific Division of Work or Scope of Work, specific or reference Tender Time Schedule (Project Schedule), Tax Advice, Forward Rates, BoQ or Equipment Lists
- Prepare cost analysis, cost comparisons
- Act as point of contact to other departments for costing in terms of finance, tax, insurance, foreign currency exchange, labor rates, equipment costs during the proposal process
- Ensure the costs are consistent with the scope of supply
- Ensure the integrity (accuracy and completeness) and competitiveness of the costs in accordance to the full cost model
Qualifications for project estimator
- Ability to maintain high level of professionalism while communicating with customers and inside personnel
- 10 years is project management or engineering with at least 5 years in project estimating
- Must be physically capable of confined space entry in chemical process vessels
- Able to climb scaffold and platforms
- To read and use P&IDs, PFDs, plot plans and engineering documentations so as to develop project cost estimate
- Capability in analyzing the various input cost data and appropriately normalize and include in the cost estimate