What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chief Estimator position at PCL Construction?
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At PCL, we build the places where life happens and find camaraderie in the process. We're a community of builders committed to building better communities. That's why we're always looking ahead, and not just to the next project or what's next in our industry.
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Here's how a(n) Chief Estimator for our Seattle office contributes to our team:
Responsibilities
- Leads estimating team and works with senior management to execute and monitor department success and district goals.
- Assist with development and execution of long-term strategic plan for the Seattle business unit..
- Works with business development and district managers to qualify high-potential opportunities, and assists in securing new work by investigating leads, participating in estimates, working with trade contractors, and participating in proposals and presentations.
- Identifies and targets relationships with rainmakers in the trade contractor, client, and consultant communities.
- Provides leadership and guidance by defining, implementing, and monitoring district estimating resources, guidelines, best practices, and procedures for the department.
- Ensures resources, guidelines, and standards are developed, implemented, measured, and followed for best practices estimating services.
- Reviews project cost reports for historical information, for the relevant disciplines to use in strategic bid-win strategies.
- Reviews contract documents and specifications to determine project requirements and identify risk factors.
- Ensures estimate turnover occurs on successful projects, and assists in resolving estimating challenges.
Qualifications
- Postsecondary degree or diploma in a related discipline or trade experience or equivalent.
- Gold Seal certification in estimating required (CDN).
- 15 years of progressive experience in construction cost estimating preferred. Executed multiple jobs as risk manager or in a position at an equivalent responsibility level in the estimating stream.
- 5 years of supervisory experience preferred.
- Successfully led a highly complex pursuit valued at $250 million in delivery model hard bid / lump sum, construction management / cost reimbursable / target price, and/or design-build.
- Experience working with highly complex pursuits.
- Design management experience
- Expert in various construction methods, planning, scheduling, sequencing, potential problems and timelines, and is a district champion in these matters.
- Experience developing complex estimating and buyout strategies
- Experience estimating multiple self-perform work disciplines and knowledge of each.
- Experience developing and implementing strategy to advance technology and innovation to products/techniques and estimating/preconstruction workflow. Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders and decision makers.
- Travel requirements are minimal, but may require ~5-10% annual travel for meetings with key clients and industry events.
PCL is an innovative, employee-owned company comprised of people who find passion in their profession and take pride in doing great work every day. Our work powers the infrastructure and utilities that are essential to daily life and our projects are the scene of vacations, careers, education and healing. We are consistently ranked among the best companies to work for because we are committed to supporting and developing our teams.
The PCL Companies celebrate diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating equitable opportunities and an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We make employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability or veteran status.
PCL combines numerous pay and benefit strategies to provide a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package. Any salary range displayed by a job board is an estimate. Your salary, which considers your unique qualifications and experience, is just one component of the robust total rewards you'll enjoy at PCL. This may include an employee share purchase offering, discretionary annual performance bonus, comprehensive benefits and wellness programs, retirement plan plus matching, and career development programs.
Salary range for this position is $153,000 to $205,000 dependent on experience.
Should you require an accommodation during the application process, please contact us at careers@pcl.com with the position and location you are interested in.
Together, we can build success and a better future. Let’s get started!
Employee Status: Regular Full-Time
Company: PCL Construction Services, Inc.
Primary Location: Bellevue, Washington
Job: Chief Estimator
Requisition: 4192
