Description of Responsibilities:
- Develop project estimates for building construction, renovation, or improvements of industrial and commercial buildings. Project estimates include anything from moving a restroom to building a new production plant building
- Perform cost analysis of projects currently proposed or recently completed using conceptual designs or engineered drawings
- Support other Planning group members with similar project cost estimations.
- Continue development of unit costs from current and historical projects and support estimating software development.
- Work collaboratively with all levels including executive managers, technical experts, and construction managers.
- The position is primarily at Georgetown, KY. Occasional travel may be required
Required Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree Engineering, Architecture, Construction Mgmt or Equivalent experience
- Experience: 5 years or less.
- Project estimating experience for construction in industrial and/or commercial buildings
- Technical knowledge of design/building construction engineering and schedule management
- Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications
- Ability to create budgetary estimates based on a conceptual scope of work with very few drawings available
- Ability to analyze contractor bids to locate potential scope gaps
- Ability to analyze completed project data to build historical project data for comparison with conceptual projects in development
Additional Qualifications:
- Construction Management degree, or equivalent experience and training
- Experience with estimating software (ProEst, Acubid, Planswift, etc)
- General understanding of construction safety programs and requirements
- Intermediate skill level with Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook/Teams, Project),
- Working knowledge of AutoCad / Bluebeam or other drawing and take-off software