KIWE - Civil Estimator

Position Overview

The Industrial Structural Estimator will be responsible for taking client requested scopes and incorporating solutions from the engineering, procurement, construction and start up services groups to produce an estimate. As an Estimator, you will be responsible for reviewing, analyzing and interpreting contract documents (specifications, drawings, and reference information) to develop detailed, comprehensive cost estimates for various projects throughout Kiewit's industrial market. Core objectives include the application of historical rate and production information and to foster the development and growth of the estimating department through mentoring and improved work processes to meet the needs of industrial clients.

District Overview

Kiewit Engineering Group, Inc is a full-service consulting and engineering firm serving the infrastructure and engineering markets. Our combined staff of more than 2,000 engineers and design professionals have expertise that spans all major engineering disciplines to serve transportation, power, water/wastewater, mining, building, and oil, gas & chemical markets. Backed by 130 years of construction experience, our construction-driven engineering focuses on constructability and safety in the earliest phases of projects to ensure on-time and on-budget project delivery.
 Our rapidly growing Industrial and Water Engineering Group, which includes mechanical, process, electrical, controls, structural, architectural, geotechnical, and civil disciplines, is a multi-faceted and leading-edge division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on EPC and design-build delivery of industrial projects in markets such as Food & Beverage, Consumer Products, Heavy Manufacturing, Industrial Buildings, Industrial Water and Utilities. We have specialized expertise in plant floor process design, packaging, refrigerated/frozen facility design, and ammonia refrigeration systems.

Location

This position is based in our Lenexa, KS office.

Responsibilities

• Develop complete estimates for very large, complex industrial projects. 
• Ability to review civil deliverables (Drawings) and understand construction needs. 
• Ability to develop scope from RFP (Request for Proposal) documents and work with discipline team to estimate work without gaps or overlaps. 
• Identifies and collaborates with his/her discipline team to eliminate any gaps in technical deliverables for estimates. 
• Brings solutions to team with cost analysis. 
• Become familiar with industry norms for estimating metrics and ratios to identify and explain reasons for any deviations from these norms. 
• Promotes efforts to find innovative estimating methods to generate consistent, cost effective and accurate solutions to tight schedules and quick turnaround on estimates. 
• Become familiar with codes and standards to review engineering design. 
• Identify relatively common code and spec interpretations that will yield a well-proven, technically compliant but more cost effective, fit-for-purpose design. 
• Suggest appropriate alternatives for consideration by engineering team as needed to optimize constructability. 
• Collaborates with engineering team for expertise. 
• Exhibits consistency in work. 
• Collaborate with procurement, vendors, and other disciplines to ensure pricing and quantities are correct. 
• Become familiar with how to be the low bidder. 
• Read the specifications and develop notes for the unique or extraordinary items. 
• Become familiar with how to build the project (best practices, sequence, geographical challenges etc.)
• Perform Cross-Discipline Communication. 
• Must be capable of assisting with major technical problems encountered during bid preparation. 
• Generate and review RFP packages for pricing on engineered equipment, subcontracts, and permanent materials.
• Lead estimate review presentations 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in construction-related Technology or Engineering OR extensive and related work experience leading to a thorough understanding of the knowledge, skills and abilities described above.
• 0 to 2 years of experience in a related role bidding industrial projects is preferred.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to recognize discrepancies.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, leadership and team-building skills.
• Strong work ethic and willingness to do what it takes to get the job done. 
• Demonstrated proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office products (e.g. Excel, Work, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Work well as a team player with the desire to win the project. 

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