Senior Estimator

Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri with more than 1,200 employees and $1.5B in revenue, Alberici is a diversified construction company that partners with leading organizations throughout North America to build their most challenging and important projects.

Since our founding in 1918, Alberici earned a reputation for executing with quality, safety and trust. Combined with our 100 years of experience, we provide construction solutions to the automotive, commercial, civil, energy, food & beverage, healthcare, heavy industrial, industrial process, and water industries.

We build the critical structures that improve lives and strengthen communities.

Our mission is simple — and our approach to delivering on it is equally straightforward. We are as open and honest with our employees and partners as we are with our clients. We are here to work together to do the best work possible to bring this mission to life.

When it comes to our team, Alberici employees are built differently. We seek the best and brightest and are committed to investing in our people and providing the training and resources they need to learn, grow, and advance.

Are you Built for the Challenge?

Our Values:

• Working Safely             
• Valuing Diversity             
• Serving Humbly
• Executing with Integrity
• Solving Creatively
• Engaging Fully

What We Offer:

• Profit-sharing plan, cash bonus programs and annual cost-of-living adjustments
• Generous salary increases and per diems for qualified out-of-town assignments
• Health, dental and vision insurance eligibility on day one
• Paid parental leave
• Continuing education reimbursement
• Personalized career development and training programs
• Minimum of 29 days of PTO (including holidays) for entry-level roles
• Fitness center for St. Louis office-based team members
• Gym membership reimbursement for project-based team members
• Corporate office cafeteria access
• Employee Resource Group (ERG) opportunities
• Philanthropy opportunities

Position Overview:

The Senior Estimator is responsible for managing the estimating process for assigned projects or for portions of a project requiring special expertise.  The Senior Estimator is accountable for the quality of the work prepared under their direction.  The Senior Estimator must make every effort to satisfy the needs of the Client with respect to each estimate/bid.  They must develop and maintain strong relationships with Suppliers and Subcontractors in order to ensure we receive competitive pricing.  The Senior Estimator may assign duties and responsibilities to estimators working on specific projects.  The Senior Estimator is accountable for the estimators and the procedures used in preparing an estimate/bid.   The Senior Estimator is also responsible for assistance in the development of estimators and procedures used in the estimating process.

Individual responsibilities include integration of project safety requirements, cultivation of suppliers and subcontractor engagement, development of winning strategies, act as estimating team leader, complex take-off and pricing of construction elements, quantity surveys and preliminary construction schedules.  This role is also responsible to attend and/or facilitate pre-tender meetings, strategy formulation, pricing review, subcontractor scope review workshops, as well as turn-over and buy-out meetings on awarded projects.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree related to the construction industry and/or 7 years’ experience and expertise in estimating.
• This candidate will ideally have some on-the-job field experience.  
• Candidates must have the skills and experience to develop winning strategies, interpret complex engineering documents, perform conceptual and detailed estimates, and assist in the development of staffing and schedule approaches.  The candidate must also have a firm understanding of a variety of delivery methods as well as associated preconstruction services.
• This individual will ideally have experience in the unique requirements associated with forming and operating within joint ventures. Qualified candidates for the role will possess detailed knowledge of craft labor collective bargaining contract and labor agreements, as well as company insurance and bonding requirements.

Growth Opportunities

Alberici invests heavily in our team members training and development in both technical, management, and leadership aptitude.

This role is on the Estimating Career Ladder; employees participate in a Professional Development Plan (PDP) focused on career advancement.

Typical growth opportunities for this position include:

• Estimating Director, followed by Sr. Director of Estimating 

Alberici is a North American company with multiple Operating Companies:

Alberici Constructors, Inc., Alberici Constructors, LTD., Alberici Construcciones, BRC, CAS Constructors, Filanc, Flintco, Hillsdale Fabricators, Kienlen Constructors, and WWPS

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