Essential Job Responsibilities
· Estimate projects the size and scope of projects up to $25M, considering complexity and self-performance scope.
· Validate quantity take-offs—including coating surface area, insulation linear and square footage, and scaffold cubic volume—and ensure accurate input into estimating software.
· Apply advanced cost analysis and contingency planning for risk mitigation.
· Attend pre-bid meetings.
· Set up and lead bidreview meetings.
· Review request for Information (RFI’s) to address questions throughout bid process
· Perform quantity take-offs and review Junior Estimator takeoffs…
· Utilize estimating software to develop cost and final pricing.
· Ensure compliance with contractual requirements, applicable craft standards, and company standards.
· Create detailed price proposal, execution plans, clarifications, and any further documents requested by Client.
· Interpret and analyze coating and lining specifications, insulation schedules and details, scaffold access plans, general arrangement and isometric drawings, as well as all bid documents.
· Draft pre-estimate checklist & opportunity matrix based on information from the bid documents and pre-bid meetings.
· Ability to quickly establish ROM pricing for further evaluation of opportunities.
· Utilize HCSS HeavyBid software for accurate and efficient estimating.
· Incorporate design methodologies such as DesignAssist and DesignBuild when applicable.
· Support Junior Estimator in work with subcontractors and vendors for pricing.
· Understand project requirements and assign indirect costs, including scaffold standing time, rental duration, containment, and access equipment.
Craft-Specific Estimating Expertise:
· Painting & Coatings: Estimate surface preparation and application scopes—abrasive blasting, hydroblasting, primers, epoxies, urethanes, and specialty high-temperature coatings—applying SSPC/AMPP surface preparation standards, DFT and coat buildup requirements, containment, and production rates to develop accurate labor and material consumption.
· Insulation & Lagging: Estimate hot and cold insulation systems for piping, vessels, tanks, and equipment—including calcium silicate, mineral wool, cellular glass, and aerogel—along with metal jacketing and lagging, vapor barriers, removable blankets, and personnel protection, with accurate takeoffs by linear foot, square foot, and fitting count.
· Scaffold Erection & Inspection: Estimate system, tube-and-clamp, and frame scaffold access scopes—including erect and dismantle labor, cubic- and square-foot volumes, rental duration and standing time, engineered/specialty designs, competent-person inspection cycles, and tagging requirements.
Client & Stakeholder Engagement:
· Communicate clearly with operations, procurement, and project management teams during pre-construction.
· Generate all submittals called for in RFQ
· Provide pragmatic analysis of project execution to optimize efficiency and profitability.
· Generate high-level cash flow projections, risk analysis reports, and resource-loaded schedules.
· Support business development with conceptual estimates and ROM pricing for new opportunities.
Other duties may be assigned as needed to support business operations.