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Duties:
Leads and supervises a team of Estimators, including designating daily assignments
Plans and participates in the preparation of construction cost estimates of buildings or otherstructures from drawings, outlines, and specifications
Prepares and reviews cost estimates and forms and other materials submitted to secureState and/or federal grants and loans from school aid programs and represents the district onmatters pertinent to securing such funds
Checks construction cost estimates submitted by commissioned architects and engineers foraccuracy and completeness and compares them with District estimates
Confers with commissioned architects and engineers to resolve in their costestimates and District estimates for each project and negotiates agreements on preliminaryestimates of construction costs
Makes studies and prepares reports when contractors' bids vary widely from the agreedconstruction cost estimate
Checks segregations of contract costs as estimated by building contractors and recommendsacceptance or rejection as a basis for progress payments
Analyzes change orders on construction work under contract and approves or rejects extrasor credits submitted
Prepares or reviews cost estimates for projects
Establishes and maintains procedures for approval of plans and specifications for buildingprojects and submission of approved projects to public bidding
Develops methods for maintaining data used in records, charts, and graphs reflectingestimated construction costs compared with actual costs
Conducts and participates in seminars and workshops with staff and minority contractorsrelative to school construction bidding procedures, contracts, and cost estimating
Estimates costs of damages to District property caused by fire, natural disaster, and majoracts of vandalism
Establishes budgets for school building projects
Assists other branches with related functions
Prepares preliminary and final independent cost estimates of projects for comparison withdesigner or contractor for PM/CM to establish negotiating position
Prepares change order estimates for Owner Authorized Representatives to establishnegotiating position
Provides support in price negotiations
Prepares claim analyses and estimates
Reviews contractors claims and proposals for merit and accountability
Performs related duties as assigned
Minimum Requirements
Required Experience:
15 years full time paid professional experience in the preparation of complete costestimates for major/complex type I, II, or III, and V building construction as defined bythe State building codes, including three years in a supervisory capacity.
Extensive knowledge and experience in developing conceptual and preconstruction costestimates for complex school building projects
Ability to prepare cost estimates quickly in a fast- paced working environment
Knowledge of current local construction labor and material costs
Extensive experience in developing and estimating the scope of work for change orders
Ability to compare the independent cost estimate with contractor proposal to quickly identify
Ability to develop scope of work based on RFI/RFC answers and estimates the detailed costsof those scopes of work independent of the contractor proposal
Good oral and written communications skills
Required Education:
Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelors degree in Architecture,
Engineering or Construction Management
Salary based on education and experience $175K-$195K annually
Why Choose Element Consulting?
Element Consulting is a construction management company dedicated to providing clients with responsible and innovative solutions to their project needs, from inception to completion. Based out of El Segundo, CA, the firm offers program, project, and construction management services. We invite you to join us in 'Bringing the Right Elements Together for Our Clients' Success.'
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