DEW Construction

Senior Estimator

Portland, Maine · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$75k-$100kDetected 34 days ago

Customer SupportControlsPublic SpeakingConstruction Management

About the role

Core Values: Optimism: We share a positive mindset, believing in opportunities over obstacles.
Investigates site conditions before bidding, identifying the waste area, borrow area, and dumpsites.

To build a team of professionals who share our core values and foster a culture where everyone can thrive and grow together.
Reviews design options and recommends the best solution based on cost, engineering quality, or availability of materials.
Maintains files of working documents as backup for estimate figures, including current (accurate) information on prices from suppliers
Provides technical support to additional personnel preparing estimates for assigned trades.
Ensures all working documents and data are maintained to back-up estimate figures
Maintains skills for software tools and technology utilized
Performs additional assignments per supervisor's direction

A command of the Construction Management process, along with less frequent "hard bid" pursuits, is required.
The right candidate will leverage his/her knowledge of construction projects to effectively provide estimates and prepare thorough scopes of work.
Extensive knowledge of corporate construction procedures, estimating techniques, all engineering disciplines, cost control systems, and QA/QC.
Interprets specifications, drawings and attends pre-bid meetings, etc. to determine the scope of work and required contents of estimates.
If required, develop self-performed scopes (labor and material) and review with General Superintendent.
Participates in presentations to clients (if required)

4-year engineering degree or equivalent combinations of technical training and/or related experience
Minimum 10+ years of estimating and cost control management experience.
CPM conceptual scheduling skills
Familiar estimating projects of varying size; $100,000 to $75+MM.

DEW's Vision, Mission, and Core Values are explicitly integrated into our daily decision-making, leadership behaviors, employee training, performance evaluations, and company culture.
Communicates and reinforces the Company vision, values, and goals

We are self-motivated, proactive problem solvers.
We are committed to a culture of ownership, personal accountability, and safety.
We use them as a guiding principle for all activities and hold employees accountable for upholding them, essentially making them a tangible part of the company's identity and operations.
Our aim is to ensure we are aware of these guiding principles and feel motivated and encouraged to continue integrating them into our daily lives.

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