Construction Cost Estimator

Caltech is seeking a Construction Cost Estimator to help keep project budgets on track by analyzing blueprints and other project plans, making sound financial decisions, and working with engineers, contractors, architects, and clients.

Requirements

• Prepare detailed cost estimates by analyzing plans and specifications and performing quantity take-offs for select trades.
• Analyze documentation, such as blueprints and other data, to prepare materials, cost, time and labor estimates
• Break down all expenses and prepare reports to assist management in the organizing, planning and scheduling of work
• Collect cost data to estimate total costs for both current and future projects
• Develop and prepare conceptual estimates with minimal subcontractor assistance using limited preliminary design documents/information.
• Develop subcontract interest in projects and manage the subcontractor RFP process.
• Qualify and level subcontractors' proposals according to project specifics.
• Itemize trade specific scopes and prepare bid packages.
• Prepare detailed critical path job schedules.
• Ability to always maintain discretion and confidentiality.
• Interact with clients, architects, engineers to understand and incorporate project objectives, schedules, permits, costs, etc.
• Consult with construction foremen, vendors, clients and management personnel to discuss estimates and resolve issues that may arise.
• Perform onsite investigations during the course of a project and make adjustments to project budgets as needed
• Recommend ways to reduce costs in the areas of labor, materials and assembly to benefit the company.
• Track actual costs as a project develops and assesses cost effectiveness of projects, services or products
• Set up cost reporting and monitoring procedures and systems to streamline the process