Estimator

Job Description

Job Description

General Summary

The Estimator has responsibility for estimating the full scope of infrastructure projects (including NC Department of Transportation (“NCDOT”), municipalities and commercial customers) and negotiating the pricing and changes in the scope and scale of work. Additional responsibilities include meeting with current customers and venders and soliciting new clients. The position receives guidance with respect to general objectives. In the majority of tasks and projects assigned, the incumbent determines methods, work sequence, scheduling, and how to achieve objectives of assignments while operating within specific policy guidelines. The individual will practice absolute confidentiality. Good judgment and common sense is required in all duties and any other tasks as assigned. The normal work hours are 8:00am – 5:00pm Monday through Friday and evenings, nights, and weekends as needed. Minimal overnight travel (up to 10%) as required. This job description provides an overview of responsibilities and task to be performed. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive job description as needs tend to change over time.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty and responsibility satisfactorily. The additional requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, education, experience, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Complies with all safety policies, procedures, established safe practices, and ensures that all employees reporting to you do the same. Reports all unsafe conditions and actions to a supervisor and/or the Manager Safety and Health.
2. Monitors the safety practices (including PPE) of all team members and proactively addresses deficits.
3. Maintains a clean and orderly work area and meets other housekeeping needs as required by Sunrock, MSHA 30 CFR 56.20003, and OSHA 29 CFR 1910.22
4. Identify factors affecting costs, such as production time, materials, and labor.
5. Read blueprints and technical documents in order to prepare estimates.
6. Collaborate with engineers, architects, clients, and contractors.
7. Calculate, analyze, and adjust estimates.
8. Recommend ways to reduce costs.
9. Work with sales teams to prepare estimates and bids for clients.
10. Maintain records of estimated and actual costs.
11. Provides leadership to others through example and sharing of knowledge/skill.
12. Participates in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
13. Performs other duties assigned.

Education and/or Experience

Associates or Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field preferred, but will consider other combinations of education or experience.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Current North Carolina Driver’s License required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

1. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret engineering and construction plans and designs, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
2. Ability to perform digital takeoffs and develop detailed construction estimates for customers and public bids. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
3. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
4. Intermediate personal computer skills, including electronic mail, routine database activity, word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, etc.
5. Prioritizes tasks.
6. Handles multiple tasks simultaneously.
7. Handles multiple projects simultaneously.

8. Prioritizes, organizes, and delegates assignments.

Physical Demands

The physical activity level required is sedentary, while performing non-strenuous daily activities of an administrative nature.

Manual Dexterity

Manual dexterity sufficient to reach/handle items, work with the fingers, and perceive attributes of objects and materials.

Special Vision Requirements

• Distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more)
• Color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors)
• Peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point)
• Depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships)
• Ability to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus)

Working Conditions

The working environment will vary based on the indoor and outdoor production/construction environment. The working environment will be well-lit, heated, and/or air-conditioned indoor office setting with adequate ventilation. This role will also be exposed to outdoor working conditions to changing weather conditions (i.e., rain, sun, snow, wind, etc.) The noise level in the work environment indoors is moderate. The noise level of the work environment outdoors is loud.

Sunrock is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes all employment decisions without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, citizen status, or any other legally protected status under local, state, or federal law.

Sunrock Industries is not accepting unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiting firms. If you are an agency or search firm representative, please contact Sunrock Industries Talent Acquisition at View email address on ziprecruiter.com for consideration prior to submitting candidates. Sunrock Industries and its affiliates will not be responsible for any fees arising from the use of resumes and online response forms submitted through this source. In addition, Sunrock Industries and its affiliates will not be responsible for any fees associated with unsolicited resumes submitted to any employee, hiring manager, or member of the Sunrock Industries team. Sunrock Industries maintains an approved vendor list for recruiting services and will only consider candidate submissions from approved firms when Sunrock has specifically engaged the firm to assist with a search for designated roles. Unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions from firms not engaged by Sunrock do not create any obligation on the part of Sunrock Industries to pay placement fees.