Cost Estimator - Capital Projects Facilities & Services

Duties & Responsibilities

• Analyze construction documents, project manuals, and other contract documents and prepare detailed time, cost, materials, and labor estimates for capital projects in multiple phases of project delivery (Planning, Design, Bid & Award).
• Collaborate with project teams to refine and reconcile in-house cost estimates with those provided by design and construction vendors.
• Collect, analyze, and document historical data and set up cost monitoring systems for project costs.
• Estimate not to exceed and lump sum change orders during construction.
• Recommend and estimate cost-reduction strategies for capital projects.
• Monitor design and construction industry forecasts and annual reports, and local market for escalation and labor availability.
• Generate quarterly and financial year reports for capital projects bidding.
• Estimate and recommend bid alternates for capital project bidding.
• Calculate and recommend unit costs and allowances for capital project bidding.
• Estimate contractor proposals for work to be performed within a contract allowance.
• Other related duties as assigned.