Estimator II - CA

Chatsworth, CA 91311

Employment Type: Permanent Job Category: Civil Engineering Job Number: Cg810390521 Compensation: $90000-125000 / year

Job Description

Job Description:

Job Duties
· Communicate with Project Managers, Construction Managers, Scheduling, Costs Leads, and MOC: scope, unit quantities, budgets, historical pricing, and estimates.
· Ensure costs estimates are issued on time with documents to support the estimate assumptions, exclusions, and anticipated accuracy ranges.
· Responsible to initiate and support providing internal Estimating Group
· Interpret drawings, technical specifications, quoted pricing documents, engineering standards, permit language, and contracts to use as a basis of estimate.
· Work closely with Project Managers to review project scope, identify deviations from planned scope and budgets, and explain variances. Advise estimating basis throughout project lifecycle.
· Provide constructability feedback to construction management and project management teams
· Estimating by scope to ensure successful cost controls to track direct costs, budgets, and allocations.
· Support Project Management team with estimates, estimate validation, and input to support Management of Change.
· Recognize historical trends and provide project teams with rebaselined estimates as needed.
· Work closely with project controls to gather historical information to provide estimating with precedence as a basis for estimates.
· Properly read schedules and estimate as per the schedule.
· Organizing and tracking of estimating documents throughout the approval process, documenting assumptions and exclusions throughout the project lifecycle, and saved for auditing purposes.
· Prepare graphs, diagrams, and other exhibits to illustrate cost estimate basis for management.

Educational Requirements/Skills:

· BA/BS Degree or equivalent field experience.
· 5-8 years experience desired.
· Gas facility/utility experience preferred.
· Field construction background a plus
· Hands-on experience and general knowledge of estimating, including budgeting, change management, construction, and reporting.
· Thorough knowledge of cost estimating software and methodologies.
· Possesses and is recognized as a functional expert and thought leader in estimating.
· Uses best practices to solve functional estimating problems and improve processes in support of business challenges.
· Independently works through individual projects and/or plays a key role in a portfolio of projects.
· Experience on engineering, environmental, procurement, and construction projects desirable.
· Ability to interpret documents for cost, estimating, change management.
· Ability to understand agreements, and purchase orders.
· Ability to understand and interpret detailed engineering drawings, technical specifications, standards, and permits.
· Proficiency level with Microsoft Office products. Experience with HCSS Estimating software a plus
· Solid analytical and problem-solving skills. Accuracy and attention to detail critical.

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