Land Services - Estimator

Description

This position will support various projects and project managers in a project control capacity. The role is an integral position of the PMO Team and is responsible for detailed project estimating, planning, analyzing, and reporting.

Essential Tasks and Responsibilities

• Prepare Land Service proposals as a part of the proposal preparation process.
• Assist Proposal Manager with expediting department leads on required proposal activities.
• Maintain a filing system for project set up, tracking, analyzing, and reporting needs.
• Create and update project-specific:
  • Estimates
  • Plans
  • Schedules
  • Prepare project performance reports and reviews.
• Undertake variance, QA, and QC activities for project-specific set up, time and expense entry, invoice preparation, revenue, and margin accuracy, close out, and completion.
• Coach project managers to follow plans and schedules, and to interpret performance reports.
• Identify and analyze project and project control operational deficiencies, develop, and implement solutions and ensure project teams are compliant with relevant proceduresPerformance reports.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• A degree in engineering, finance or project management preferred
• Minimum of 5 years’ project execution experience as a project manager and/or as a project control specialist
• Experience in land-services projects preferred
• Considerable experience and expertise with the Microsoft suite of applications, including MS Project, SharePoint, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, and Power BI
• Demonstrated experience in all aspects of financial project controls
• Experience with Deltek VantagePoint preferred
• Demonstrated understanding of Earned Value
• Strong understanding of project economics, finance, management, and administration
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Empathetic and collaborative team-working behavior
• Strong data and trend analysis capability
• Ability to prioritize work
• Ability to take direction and complete tasks with minimal direction or supervision
• Work expeditiously, and under time constraints
• Very organized and detail oriented
• Ability to work autonomously and to collaborate fully as a team player.
• Ability to pay close attention to details, and present good planning, organization, and time management skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment and willingness to assume additional or new responsibilities readily.
• Ability to maintain regular attendance as per work schedule agreed with manager (may require working an adjusted work schedule based on project assigned and work overtime if warranted).
• Ability to comply with applicable laws and regulations and Company's policies and procedures.

Work Environmental and Physical Demands

• Spends 100% of the time in an office environment.
• Is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. 
• Is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, or crouch. 
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.