Cost Estimator

An employer in San Antonio, Tx is looking for a Cost Estimator to join there team. This role pays from $90,000 - $120,000 based on experience and qualifications.
In the role of Cost Estimator, we'll count on you to:
- Perform general or discipline cost estimating generating capital cost and/or services estimates; data analysis identifying problems and make recommendations; and control activities for project and/or proposal efforts
- Support estimate reporting and reviews
- Provide technical direction to assigned personnel when delegated
- Execute simultaneous tasks within broadly defined parameters
- Prepare services, distributable, contractor indirect and/or capital cost estimates in specialized discipline areas using current techniques and market pricing
- Prepare cost/schedule products for proposals or contract negotiations
- Provide input on the level of effort required (cost/job hours) through coordination with functions and/or vendors, and consolidate input for costing
- Perform and review methodology for quantity takeoffs from design drawings for multidiscipline sections and customize forms to reflect best effort
- Prepare detail pricing field office non-manual labor/other direct costs (ODC) and home office labor/ODCs
- Produce capital costs estimate using a crew-based approach including formation of crews from multiple disciplines
- Provide detail pricing for manual labor rates
- Develop unit rates for discipline specific items
- Assist in developing conceptual quantities to supplement partial design-build design documents
- Prepare basis and assumption documentation denoting rationale, inclusions and exclusions
- Calculate fee based on established fee model
- Quantify and spread escalation based on project schedule and estimated costs
- Develop and perform analysis of project cash models and the corresponding time value of money as the cost of working capital correlating scheduled activities and cost
- Generate payment schedules
- Support risk analysis assessment by identifying areas of risk
- Support contingency efforts as directed
- Assist in developing unit staffing, job hour and pricing data for a specific discipline or other specialty, including estimating parameters, factors, indices, and craft distribution reference data based on analysis of HDR and industry experience
- Perform data analysis, identify problems and make recommendations
Identify or define data sources and techniques for data acquisition
- Prepare reports and estimate summaries for estimate reviews, as directed by supervisor
- Participate in estimate reviews and presentations as appropriate
- Support training activities as needed
- Perform other duties as needed
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- DOD estimation experience
- AACE Certifications
- Bachelors degree in engineering, construction, data science, or similar
- 5 years of cost estimation experience
- 2 years of estimation utilizing PACES