Senior Project Estimator

Duties:

  • Plans, supervises, and participates in the preparation of construction cost estimates of
    buildings or other structures from drawings, outlines, and specifications.
    
  • Prepares and reviews cost estimates and forms and other materials submitted to secure
    State and/or federal grants and loans from school aid programs and represents the
    District on matters pertinent to securing such funds.
      
  • Checks construction cost estimates submitted by commissioned architects and engineers
    for accuracy and completeness and compares them with District estimates.
   
  • Confers with commissioned architects and engineers to resolve differences n their cost
    estimates and District estimates for each project and negotiates agreements on
    preliminary estimates of construction costs.
    
  • Makes studies and prepares reports when contractor’s bids vary widely from the agreed
    construction cost estimate.
    
  • Checks segregations of contract costs as estimated by building contractors and
    recommends acceptance or rejection as a basis for progress payments.
     
  • Analyzes change orders on construction work under contract and approves or rejects
    extras or credits submitted.
     
  • Prepares or reviews cost estimates for projects.
    
  • Establishes and maintains procedures for approval of plans and specifications for
    building projects and submission of approved projects to public bidding.
     
  • Develops methods for maintaining data used in records, charts, and graphs reflecting
    estimated construction costs compared with actual costs.
      
  • Conducts and participates in seminars and workshops with staff and minority contractors
    relative to school construction bidding procedures, contracts and cost estimating.
    
  • Estimates costs of damages to District property caused by fire, natural disaster, and
    major acts of vandalism.
    
  • Establishes budgets for school building projects.
     
  • Assists other branches with related functions.
      
  • Prepares preliminary and final independent cost estimates of projects for comparison with
    designer or contractor for PM/CM to establish negotiating position.
     
  • Prepares change order estimates for Owner Authorized Representatives to establish
    negotiating position.
      
  • Provides support in price negotiations.
     
  • Prepares claim analyses and estimates.
      
  • Reviews contractor’s claims and proposal for merit and accountability.
      
  • Performs related duties as assigned.

Experience:

  • 0 years of professional experience in the preparation of complete cost estimates for type
    I, II, or III, and V building construction ad defined by the State building code including two
    years in a supervisory capacity.
     
  • Knowledge of current local construction labor and material costs.
      
  • Ability to compare the independent cost estimate with contractor proposal to quickly
    identify differences.

  • Ability to develop scope of work based on RFI/RFC answers and estimates the detailed
    costs of those scopes of work independent of the contractor proposal.

Education:


  • Graduation from a recognized college or university with BA or BS in Architecture,
    Engineering, Planning, Construction Management or related field.  Additional qualifying
    experience in excess of the minimum stated above may be substituted for the required
    education on a year for year basis.


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