Senior Project Cost Estimator

3 weeks ago

Los Angeles, California, United States ARCADIS Full time

Arcadis is seeking a Senior Project Cost Estimator to join our team in the Los Angeles Metro area.

This position is on client site in downtown LA.

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.

Everyone has an important role to play.

With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

As a Senior Project Cost Estimator, you will be responsible for preparing detailed professional plans, supervising, and participating in the preparation of construction cost estimates of buildings or other structures from drawings, outlines, and specifications from concept to bid documents.

Role accountabilities:

Manage a team of professional estimators in delivering professional construction cost estimating services to various entities.

Maintain good, healthy, professional client relationships, and provide leadership for continuously improving the process for estimating.

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 in their cost estimates and District estimates for each project and negotiates agreements on preliminary estimates of construction costs.

Makes studies and prepares reports when contractors' 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 proposals for merit and accountability.

Performs related duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Experience:

10 years full time paid professional experience in the preparation of complete cost estimates for type I, II, or III, and V building construction as defined by the State building code, including two years in a supervisory capacity.

Knowledge of current local construction labor and material costs.

Extensive experience in developing and estimating the scope of work for change orders.

Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering or construction management.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best.

We believe everyone's contribution matters.

It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet.

Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions.

Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.

We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.

We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions.

These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement.

We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year.

The salary range for this position is $130,000 - $160,000.

Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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