About the Role
Role details below.
Responsibilities
- Consult with clients, vendors, personnel in other departments or construction supervision to discuss and formulate estimates and resolve issues
- Provide detailed estimates in a timely manor
- Recognize contract scope utilizing in-house crews or subcontractors
- Bid document distribution to subcontractors and vendors.
- Identify scope requirements for vendors and subcontractors
- Analyze blueprints, construction drawings and other documentation to prepare time, cost, materials, and labor estimates
- Prepare estimates for use in selecting vendors or subcontractors
- Confer with engineers, designers, owners, contractors and subcontractors on changes and adjustments to cost estimates
- Prepare estimates used by management for purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work
- Assess cost effectiveness of products, projects or services, tracking actual costs relative to bids as the project develops
- Conduct special studies to develop and establish standard hour and related cost data or to effect cost reduction
- Review material and labor requirements to decide whether it is more cost-effective to construct or sub-contract components
- Prepare and maintain a directory of suppliers, contractors and subcontractors
- Establish and maintain tendering process, and conduct negotiations