Administrative Assistant/Estimating Assistant
Our ideal candidate can oversee multiple projects from all aspects: design, estimating, owner selections, and execution. We’re looking for a hard-working and passionate team member to own this role!
Our team is dedicated to approaching each project individually and ensuring the best experience for our customers with transparency excellence and integrity at the core.
This position is responsible for developing cost estimates, development, and construction schedules ranging from rough-order-of-magnitude level to detailed working cost estimates. We are looking for someone who has excellent people and communication skills and is able to think outside of the box for creative problem-solving.
Responsibilities:
Proactive, flexible, team player who is comfortable working in a small company environment
Assist in other areas required to deliver a quality product on schedule and on budget.
Be familiar with construction work and terminology.
Identify deficiencies in drawings and generate pricing to cover for them.
Worked as estimator/project manager for a minimum of 1 year in a general contracting company
Highly motivated, self-starter
Organized, with excellent time management skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Able to work in it and on it simultaneously
Able to take coaching and feedback
Forward-looking, able to see the problem well in advance, having a solution in place before a crisis
Responsible for accurate and timely estimating and management of assigned projects. Projects are bid with accurate pricing, scope, specification, and production rates.
Manages jobs according to schedule, on budget, and at or above bid-day gross profit margin.
Scope of Work is completed to the Company standard of quality and professionalism.
●Identify deficiencies in drawings and generate pricing to cover for them.
Understand the need for Evaluate scope clarifications, Draft/edit scope clarifications as needed.
Develop quantity-based estimates from partial information.
Develop EPC estimates based on partial information, including generating pipe takeoffs from Plot plans and P&ID.
Monitor the scope of the project to ensure that all trades have been coordinated and a complete project is being offered.
Ensure that estimates are generated in a way that allows takeoffs and pricing to be traced directly back to a defining document.
Organize the estimate in a manner required to meet the needs of the project.
Qualifications
Relevant training and/or certification with a project cost estimating department or organization and 1 year of experience working in a similar capacity.
Experience with preparing construction cost estimates is preferred.
The position must have competence with analysis, numeration, research, and the use of spreadsheet and scheduling software (the minimum requirement is proficiency in Excel and experience with database cost estimating software SBS (Star Builder Systems or similar estimating software experience is highly desirable).
Proven experience with the organization, critical thinking, and problem-solving in time-sensitive situations.
This position must be able to possess above-average written and oral communication skills.
The ability to work well in a team environment is also essential for this position.
Strong mathematical skills, preferred, grounded in algebra, geometry, and simple math.
Computer literacy computer estimating, complete competency in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Star Builder Systems.
Salary and Benefits:
Full-time
Salary $18-$20 per hour DOE
Schedule:
Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $18.00 – $20.00 per hour
Benefits:
Schedule:
Ability to commute/relocate:
Experience:
Work Location: In person
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