Overview:
Asphalt Company is seeking a Project Estimator to be responsible for managing subcontractor performance, job budgets, change orders, cost codes, cost reporting and purchase order, and must have a full understanding of job design.
Responsibilities:
- Discuss and implement best practices that drive site safety
- Monitor overall site safety and enforce compliance with predetermined, communicated safety guidelines
- Provide and encourage safety-specific training / ensure completion of all safety-related paperwork in an accurate and timely manner
- Aggressively focused on delivering high-quality projects
- Ensure that Bid Day summary sheets are completed the day before the bid; also, have plug numbers for all items as appropriate on the Bid Day summary sheet
- Close the bid on bid day
- Have a thorough knowledge of the plans and specifications
- Write RFI’s during the bidding phase
- Able to work in various project delivery systems; i.e. design-build, CM-GMP, lump sum, etc
- Communicate quality goals to all project team members, including superintendents so you can price self-perform labor and equipment costs accurately
- Understand the job duration to accurately project supervision costs associated with the successful execution of the job
- Work alongside the Estimating Departmental Manager to help ensure that the necessary people to take all subcontract and vendor quotes are available
- Schedule and review the entire estimate with the operations team within one week of contract award; drive the “project turnover meeting” so that the operations team understands all assumptions associated with costs, schedule, and scopes before the job starts
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive CPM schedule from award through completion
- Document change order effects of the overall schedule and convey this information throughout the project team
- Prepare and review the short-interval CPM schedule with the project team including subcontractors
- Review project management procedures with all involved parties, i.e., submittals, invoices, RFIs, change orders, close-out documents, etc
- Monitor submittal approvals and shop drawing process in accordance with the project schedule
- Report issues and delays to the owner, and department head regularly
- Monitor submittal approvals in accordance with the project schedule
- Obtain a minimum of three (3) subcontractor quotes for all scopes not being performed by your company
Requirements:
- Undergraduate degree Civil Engineering or Construction Management
- Proficient with HCSS Heavy Bid or B2W estimating software
- Proficient with MS Project or equivalent with experience developing resource-loaded, tracking CPM schedules
- Proficient with Microsoft Excel and Word
- 10+ years of direct experience managing prime DOT and municipal contracts requiring combination of self-perform work and subcontractors
- Working knowledge of asphalt material quality metrics is preferred
- Viewpoint Vista or equivalent experience required
For additional information:
Stephen S. Stauffer
Phone: 610-421-1225
Email: S.Stauffer@UnitedEmployment.com
