ESTIMATOR Details

ESTIMATOR

Parsons - Gaithersburg, MD

Employment Type : Full-Time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Job Description:

Position Overview:
Are you an outgoing self-starter with many years of diverse construction estimating experience as well as creative problem solving skills to work with our elite team of architects and engineers modifying a federal government client's campus? In this role, you would complete a wide variety of difficult and complex estimating activities including but not limited to, assigning estimating team members specific task or subtask in accordance with each estimator’s best qualified skills and capabilities, utilizing performance measurement techniques to determine levels of deliverable status, utilizing company estimating software and tools, writing estimate narratives, developing estimate procedures, supporting estimate database updates and providing project historical data, leading estimate task teams, and evaluating and providing input for performance reviews for assigned staff. Functions in a leadership role, leading and providing technical guidance to other estimators in delivery of Client task assignments.

Responsibilities:

• Develop cost estimates for the COR’s independent government estimate (IG)
• All Cost estimates shall be developed in Accordance with the guidelines included in the GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide: Best Practices for Developing and Managing Capital Program Costs
• Provide cost estimates for all mandatory and potential discretionary changes as directed by the COR
• Ensures that all estimate team members apply company estimating practices, techniques, processes and procedures. Responsible for providing technical guidance to Estimators and Associate Estimators.
• Delivers quality controlled estimates for projects and programs as assigned.
• Defines and delineates project or program scope utilizing a top down work breakdown structure (WBS), prepares material takeoffs in accordance with the WBS as defined by concept documents, and design drawings, plans and specifications.
• Develops detailed resource costs for work activities based on the planned schedule of execution, applies project burdens and indirect costs, applies dictated fees and taxes, defines costs associated with contract general conditions, and applies expected margins to produce a reasonable probable project and/or contract cost.
• Develops basis of the estimate (BOE) narrative that clearly defines estimate methodology, scope, pricing characteristics, escalation, assumptions, and exclusions such that the customer has complete understanding of the content and the components of the delivered estimate of probable cost.
• Reviews estimates delivered by other service providers to determine compliance with project and/or program procedures, estimate completeness, accuracy, and technical development and compliance with best practices.
• Reviews contractual documents and contract modifications to determine scope of work and/or scope changes, and defines cost and schedule impacts to the base contract, and to provide written evaluation and recommendation of reasonable reconciliation and remediation to project and/or program management staff.
• Prepares and summarizes task and subtask estimates, including resource rates and/or unit cost to perform parametric order of magnitude cost estimates when detailed estimate development is not necessary pr time does not permit that level of detail.
• Defines scope and quantification for vendors and subcontractors necessary to obtain correct and competitive pricing for materials, equipment, and services required to complete an estimate of reasonable probable cost. Documents telephone, email, web and written bids and quotations complete with contractual terms and conditions, shipping cost and terms, transfer of title and terms of contract payment and completion.

Qualifications:

• Degree in Architecture, Engineering or Construction Management or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years of related work experience involving typical estimating activities.
• Prior federal government contractor experience strongly preferred.
• Experience using Microsoft’s Office suite of products, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project.
• Experience with RS Means estimating software.
• US person status and ability to obtain/maintain federal government project accesses.

The position requires a COVID vaccination or an approved accommodation/exemption for a disability/medical condition or religious belief.