Estimator - Civil Construction

Estimator – Heavy Civil Construction Columbia, SC

With on the job trainingavailable

Onsite position

The ideal candidate will come from a background in IT or Civil Engineering with a good understanding of Excel and CAD products.

This position has strong potential for growth and advancement

COMPANY PROFILE:

• Heavy Civil Site Development Company – handling projects from infrastructure to mining
• Industrial Site Work, Reclamation, Mass Excavation, Utilities, Landfill, overburden renewal
• Markets include Commercial, Industrial, Municipal

WHAT THIS COMPANY OFFERS YOU:

• Competitive pay and excellent benefits package including:

Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage

401k with match

• Nonstop challenges
• Full pipeline of work stretching for more than 1 year with additional projects being considered.
• Structured, organized environment with actively involved ownership/management.
• Excellent training and growth opportunities – this company believes in and has a history of promoting from within
• Company believes in work/life balance.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

· Two or Four-year degree in Civil Engineering or construction management

· Experience with CAD programs, Excel, and Adobe preferred

Experience with Agtek, Bid to Win, Heavy Bid or similar is a plus

· Experience in estimating grading and utilities (typical projects are site development, industrial, commercial development, utilities, mining reclamation, overburden removal and general site work is a plus. Any take off experience a plus.

What You Will Do and/or Learn to DO

· Estimating self-performed work and pricing the labor, equipment, and material costs

· Gain Working knowledge of construction assemblies and all project phases

· Produce accurate estimates from conceptual and schematic drawings

· Produce detailed, final contract estimates

· Assess site exposures/construction risks and be able to appropriately analyze cost and reflect these in an estimate

· Identify constructability issues through the estimating process

· Identify value-engineering alternatives

· Work as a team

· Read, write and communicate effectively with Clients, Engineers, etc

· Use or learn with Agtek, Trimble Business Center, Carlson, Cad and other takeoff/modeling software

· Use or learn to use Bid2Win (B2W) Heavy Bid (HCSS)or similar

· A small amount of travel within SC, NC, and GA may be required