Cost Estimator - Construction Management
Turner & Townsend
- San Francisco, CA
- $120,000-140,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide estimate and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
- Ability to estimate at conceptual, programming and detailed level.
- Assist on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports.
- Perform all aspects of procurement, including managing the pre-qualification stage, produce bid list, bid analysis, produce bid report, and compile contractual documents.
- Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable refer major changes to line manager.
- Manage cost checks and carry out valuations on larger projects, and ensure timely and accurate cost checking, and valuation process.
- Produce monthly post contract cost reports and present to client.
- Provide input into value engineering; negotiate and approve final accounts.
- Maintain liaison with client and other consultants at all projects stages.
- Identify opportunities to develop new business with existing clients and report such opportunities to appropriate line manager, and utilize marketing database.
- Identify improvements for cost management procedures, templates, and products, and refer ideas to appropriate line manager.
- Good technical experience in all cost management areas; pre-contract, post contract and final account.
- Demonstrate solid presentation, verbal, written, and communication skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, AutoCad Navisworks, and/or other related computer software.
- Good organization skills, ability to multi-task, and be a team player.
- Development of strong relationships with clients and cross-functional team members.
- Experienced in variety of methods of procurement and forms of contract.
- Experience with advising clients on value management, value engineering, and life cycle costing.
- Previous experience as a cost estimator of at least 3 - 5 years with vertical construction.
- SME on Civil / Structural / Architectural cost estimation.
- MEP experience is advantageous (but not required).
- College degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering or a related field with a technical focus.
- Ability to understand and accurately interpret construction documents (drawings, specifications, contracts/general conditions) at all levels of design.
- Expert user Bluebeam or CostX or similar industry software.
- Keen on providing solutions.
- Solid experience preparing large-scale cost estimates.
- Proven track record managing large-scale projects at a program level.