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Project Controls Estimator (Cost Estimator / Project Controls Analyst)

Tech Army
$60 - $70 an hour
Aiken County, South Carolina
Contract
6 days ago

Job Details:
Position: Estimator
Location: Central, South Carolina (Onsite)
Duration: 12+ Months contract with possible extension

Project Controls Estimator (Cost Estimator / Project Controls Analyst)

JOB TITLE: SR BUSINESS ANALYST – ESTIMATING
DUTIES
Responsible for organizing, developing, analyzing, and maintaining project controls, financial analysis or estimating applications required to monitor established objectives, and to prepare status and management reports that identify variances in the work execution strategy and recommend solutions. Provide management with the capability of maintaining cost and schedule control throughout the life cycle of a complex project or work activity.

Under limited supervision, responsible for the coordination and limited direction of estimating activities. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Develop cost estimates applying basic principles and concepts in a comprehensive manner, complete in all respects, for facilities with varying degrees of complexity. Conceptual design estimates are based on less than 15 percent complete designs, and can determine the upper project funding limits. Ensures the validity of the project coding structures and work packages for the scope of work. Designs or assists in the design of a Work Breakdown Structure that is suitable for capturing ail cost components
- Participates with the Lead Estimator in the development of the estimate basis
- Identify areas of incomplete design definition within engineering drawings or other scope definition documents within a discipline or specialty.
- Recognize omissions of necessary elements of the work scope.
- Develop quantity estimates for all commodities within a discipline from drawings and develop quantities utilizing parametric estimating techniques for undefined scope. Develops quality material, labor, and subcontract take-offs, coordinates information between the Engineering, Purchasing, and Construction groups, and helps determine the Project Execution Plan. Develops an understanding of indirect and conceptual estimating - Oversees the development of Discipline Material Take-Offs, Material Pricing, and Labor Effort-hour Units
- Provide detailed and credible explanations of complex estimates to internal and external customers. Requires negotiating skills and tradeoffs to generate acceptance.
- Perform assigned tasks related to establishing or implementing cost estimating databases using field, technical and commercial/industrial information that requires analysis and conversion.
- Perform trend analysis and evaluate data to support recommended alterations to databases. Present this information to upper management with recommendations for actions.
- Prepares discipline Change Order Estimates for use with Baseline Change Proposals
- Develops and maintains project-level and control-account level specialty estimating schedules - Prepares the estimate analysis within the Discipline
- Maintains established Specialty Estimating Systems, Procedures, and Manuals
- May present information to management with recommendations on occasion.

Education:
A Master's degree in business / construction management / technical / engineering or a related area and 2 years of practical experience.

Bachelor's degree in business / construction management / technical / engineering or a related area and 5 years of practical experience would be considered equivalent.

An Associate's degree and 8 years of practical experience would be considered equivalent.

A high school diploma and 12 years of relevant experience would also be considered equivalent

Experience/Skills:
Possesses strong personal computer skills.

Requires considerable proficiency in the use of automated accounting, budgeting, cost management and estimating systems as tools for performing required duties Working knowledge and understanding of project management and cost and schedule control at the tactical level is necessary, along with a knowledge of operations, maintenance, or project startup and construction.

Estimating Specialty – Demonstrated skill in conceptual estimating, coordination with technical personnel, interfacing with engineers, knowledge of field construction techniques, labor, and equipment requirements. Ability to apply concepts and methods to quantify work condition impacts on costs is necessary.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $60.38 - $70.74 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

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Work Location: In person

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