LEAD PROJECT COST ESTIMATOR
Salary Range: $187,000-$195,000
STV is seeking a Lead Project Cost Estimator to work on public education projects in Los Angeles, CA.
- Duties and Responsibilities:
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- Leads and supervises a team of Estimators, including designating daily assignments.
- Plans and participates in the preparation of construction cost estimates of buildings or other structures from drawings, outlines, and specifications
- Prepares and reviews cost estimates and forms and other materials submitted to secure State and/or federal grants and loans from school aid programs and represents the district on matters pertinent to securing such funds
- Checks construction cost estimates submitted by commissioned architects and engineers for accuracy and completeness and compares them with District estimates
- Confers with commissioned architects and engineers to resolve differences in their cost estimates and District estimates for each project and negotiates agreements on preliminary estimates of construction costs
- Makes studies and prepares reports when contractors’ bids vary widely from the agreed construction cost estimate
- Checks segregations of contract costs as estimated by building contractors and recommends acceptance or rejection as a basis for progress payments
- Analyzes change orders on construction work under contract and approves or rejects extras or credits submitted
- Prepares or reviews cost estimates for projects
- Establishes and maintains procedures for approval of plans and specifications for building projects and submission of approved projects to public bidding
- Develops methods for maintaining data used in records, charts, and graphs reflecting estimated construction costs compared with actual costs
- Conducts and participates in seminars and workshops with staff and minority contractors relative to school construction bidding procedures, contracts, and cost estimating
- Estimates costs of damages to District property caused by fire, natural disaster, and major acts of vandalism
- Establishes budgets for school building projects
- Assists other branches with related functions
- Prepares preliminary and final independent cost estimates of projects for comparison with designer or contractor for PM/CM to establish negotiating position
- Prepares change order estimates for Owner Authorized Representatives to establish negotiating position
- Provides support in price negotiations
- Prepares claim analyses and estimates
- Reviews contractor’s claims and proposals for merit and accountability
- Performs related duties as assigned.
Minimum qualifications:
- 15 years full time paid professional experience in the preparation of complete cost estimates for major/complex type I, II, or III, and V building construction as defined by the State building codes, including three years in a supervisory capacity.
- Extensive knowledge and experience in developing conceptual and preconstruction cost estimates for complex school building projects
- Ability to prepare cost estimates quickly in a fast- paced working environment
- Knowledge of current local construction labor and material costs
- Extensive experience in developing and estimating the scope of work for change orders
- Ability to compare the independent cost estimate with contractor proposal to quickly identify differences
- Ability to develop scope of work based on RFI/RFC answers and estimates the detailed costs of those scopes of work independent of the contractor proposal
- Good oral and written communications skills
- Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in architecture, Engineering or Construction Management
Benefits:
- Competitive Compensation – Competitive level of compensation and potential incentive programs to recognize our high-performance teams and individuals.
- Retirement Planning – A competitive 401k program including employer contributions of cash and stock (based on the employee contribution), and a discretionary annual contribution to the plan.
- Health & Wellness – STV’s programs include rich and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with current options for telehealth; and prescription, healthcare and dependent care FSAs, disability and company sponsored life insurance.
- Paid Time Off – STV’s PTO program will provide you with the balance between working and time for you and your family away from the office. Additionally, you would receive paid company holidays and two personal days to use at your discretion. The personal days provide employees with more flexibility and choice in observing holidays that are personally or culturally important.
- Professional Licenses & Societies – STV encourages employees to pursue professional licensure and to join professional societies by providing reimbursement for licensure (100% reimbursement upon passing) and membership costs.
- Educational Reimbursement – STV’s Continuing Education program is available to encourage employees to obtain a base of academic knowledge to support their professional development and growth. Reimbursement is up to the IRS allowable, per calendar year.
- Career & Personal Development – STV has developed a wide range of learning and development plans enhancing our employee’s skills while bringing out the best in them.
- Family and Personal Life – We recognize balancing work with family or personal life can be difficult. STV supports our employees in accomplishing this with FMLA, and other time off options to accommodate family and life changes. We also offer an EAP that serves as a work life balance resource.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – We are committed to building a safe, happy and healthy community and we have many different programs in place to support this. STV’s Employee Assistance Program is available as a resource to our employees and their family members regarding work-life issues such as childcare, elder care, stress management, college planning, and smoking cessation, just as a few examples.
- Well-being – The well-being of our employees is our top priority. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace. Our Health and Wellness at Work program, as well as our Employee Assistance Program, are just some of the things programs in place to ensure our employees stay healthy in all areas of their lives.