Kelaca is looking for a Commercial Construction Estimator for our client partner in Fremont, NC. The Commercial Construction Estimator will be responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating pre-construction activities of the project(s) to ensure that cost estimates and/or project budgets accurately account for the complete scope of the assigned project(s). Ensure that our client is competitive in the construction marketplace and successfully obtains new contracts via cost-effective estimating, bidding, and project management. Ensure that our client has up to date estimating and cost history system and maintains quality, effective, and good relationships with subcontractors, owners, and suppliers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Builds, leads, and manages estimating department with input from company leadership team.
- Tracks and obtains plans for potential projects to bid.
- Prequalify potential subcontractors for bidding.
- Attend pre-bid meetings, prepare, and submit questions for the owner or design professional to clarify bid/contract documents and/or proposal questions.
- Responsible for plan deposits, bid bonds, and bid proposal preparation.
- Plans bidding strategy to meet or exceed minority participation requirements.
- Creates comprehensive estimates with the proper level of detail for all design stages.
- Prepare general conditions studies to accurately reflect costs associated with overhead, general conditions, and/or general requirements.
- Prepares and assembles detailed estimates by completing take-offs and reviewing specifications.
- Reviews quotes, proposals, estimates received from material suppliers and subcontractors for accuracy.
- Provide information from pre-construction team to construction team.
- Assist in the preparation of subcontract agreements and buyouts of projects.
- Establish and maintain historical costs database(s)
- Establish new and improve existing relationships.
- Assist with establishing overhead cost to perform projects.
- Sets up accounts for vendors and trade contractors.
Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in business construction management, design, engineering, related field or equivalent experience is required.
- Ideally, a minimum of five years of Construction experience with a commercial general contractor, specifically within estimation and design
- Willingness and ability to undergo continuing education around construction best practices.
- Working knowledge of estimating software programs
- Preference to be able to select, build out and set up processes within software programs.
- Strong PlanHub / ConstructConnect experience.
- Procore Project Management Software
Preferred Experience:
- Experience using AutoCAD and/or Bluebeam
- Bilingual preferred but not required.
- Proficiency in MS Office
NO THIRD PARTIES.
Job Type: Full-time
Hours of Work in Office: Monday-Friday; 8am-5pm
FLSA Exemption Status: Exempt
Apply to Kelaca today so we can schedule a conversation with you to further discuss this exciting opportunity.
Kelaca is an Equal Employment Opportunity company and does not discriminate in employment based on: age, disability, national origin, race, color, religion, veteran status, genetic information, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or other non-merit factor.