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Senior Estimator

2 months ago

Austin, Texas, United States Balfour Beatty Full time
Become Part of Our Team

As an industry leader Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive benefits package that includes competitive salaries, paid time off, education assistance and much more including:
  • Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Health Savings Account
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent Care and Medical Reimbursement)
  • Vacation Time
  • Sick Time
  • Holidays
Summary

Balfour Beatty is seeking an experienced Senior Estimator to join our Southwest Region estimating team in Austin, TX. This position will prepare portions of contract proposal estimates for all scopes of work on a typical highway project (structures, roadway, drainage, earthwork, etc.), including the interpretation and takeoff of project plans and specifications to complete a full estimate of the work. The estimator will be responsible for all scopes for both bid-build and design-build projects for the region estimating team.

Essential Job Functions
  • Review proposal specifications and drawings to determine scope of work and required contents of estimate.
  • Prepare estimates by calculating the complete takeoff of scope of work.
  • Maintain files of working documents as back-up for estimate figures, including current (accurate) information on prices from suppliers through direct contact, sales brochures, price lists, etc.
  • Utilize HCSS estimating software to develop a comprehensive project estimate and ability to participate in the management of the estimate.
  • Communicate with vendors in support of quotations.
  • May review design options and recommend best solutions based on cost, engineering quality, or availability of materials.
  • Perform additional assignments per supervisor's direction.
  • Identify and find ways to mitigate project risks.
  • Ability to provide training and mentoring to junior estimating staff.
Qualifications
  • 10 years of estimating experience and/or related training with large highway projects is preferred.
  • Experience with all scopes of a typical highway construction project and the ability to estimate or review all scopes as needed.
  • A working knowledge of TxDOT standards and special provision is preferred.
  • Proficient experience with Microsoft Office (Word/Excel) is required.
  • Proficient experience with Bluebeam Revu is preferred.
  • HCSS Heavy Bid experience and/or related software for pricing work is required.
  • Building and managing a CPM schedule on projects is preferred.
  • Strong computer and communication skills.
About Us

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm, we are challenging the construction industry's assumptions about safety. We strive for a culture of safety where no harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.

Consistently ranked among the nation's largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).

Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by federal, state or local law.

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