ESTIMATING MANAGER

Job Description

You express yourself in a way that moves people to connect with your ideasOne of the secrets to your effective management style is empathy. You connect with people, and that allows you to lead by managing in a way that inspires cooperation and learning. You?re perceived as being open and straightforward, so important in encouraging a harmonious work environment. What?s more, you listen empathetically. Please communicate with us today!POSITION OVERVIEW:Develops, manages, and/or executes all estimating activities for one or more of the large, most complex and demanding projects. This level of Estimator draws upon extensive experience and exposure to various types of projects and clients. Estimating activities including, but not limited to, assigning estimate team leaders specific scope tasks in accordance with their best-qualified skills and capabilities, utilizing performance measurement techniques to determine levels of deliverable performance, utilizing company estimating software and tools, writing estimate processes and procedures, estimate narratives, leading estimate project teams, and evaluating and conducting performance reviews for assigned staff. He/she is viewed as a fully qualified professional with solid experience and strong management expertise.SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Acts as the team leader for all estimating tasks and staff assigned to a contract(s). Ensures that all estimate team members are tasked correctly according to their skill speciality and strongest area of expertise, that all team members apply company estimating practices, techniques, processes and procedures, and apply company policies and assigned project/program practices and procedures. Responsible for leading Principal Estimators, Senior Estimators, Estimators, and Associate Estimators. The Chief Estimator is the estimating team member?s assignment manager and maybe the staff member?s functional manager. Ensures that the tasked estimating deliverables meet quality control and quality assurance procedures, best in class estimates for projects and programs assigned.
• Provides management, guidance, and direction, to all estimated team staff assigned to the project/program.
• Works directly with project/program management in the management of all project/program estimating staff, manages all estimate deliverables, interviews and approves all project/program estimating staff, establishes minimal estimating staff requirements, presents all estimate deliverables to project/program management and Client staff on behalf of the project/program.
• Leads all project/program estimate scope requirements and is completely responsible for all project/program estimated probable costs for contracted services. Utilizes knowledge in resources skill sets and durations required to prepare and deliver tasked assignments, and is responsible to deliver all estimating products in a timely manner.
• Oversees, organizes, and manages training and guidance to Principal Estimators, Senior Estimators and Estimators in the preparation, and production of cost estimates using the required company and/or project/program software, estimating tools and equipment.
• Acts as principal interface with the project/program Engineering Department or other resources. Oversees the preparation and delivery of all estimating products, and manages all estimating staff.
• Reviews contractual documents and contract modifications to determine the reasonableness of estimated probable cost and verifies that all risk and contingencies have been appropriately applied. Quantifies the impacts to contract cost as a matter of contractual commercial terms and conditions of a contract.
• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

• Supervision Received ? GBU Estimating Manager; Project Control Mgr; Project/Program Manager
• Supervision Given ? Lower-level Estimators
• Internal Contacts ? All employees on project/program and Estimating Management
• External Contacts ? Clients; JV Partners; Subcontractors; Vendors; Suppliers

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