Assistant Estimator

The Opportunity Assistant Estimator This is an opportunity to join a highly collaborative, team-based environment where you will receive on the job training, mentoring from very experienced colleagues, appropriate external training Job Purpose / Summary Supporting your experienced colleagues and developing your own experience, knowledge and competence in the provision of cost estimates for materials and manpower, contract management, project scheduling, vendor management and procurement for projects ranging from 5k to 3 million. Duties and Responsibilities Assist in on-site surveys and report writing Helping to identify unique and innovative cost solutions in conjunction with the Design and Delivery Teams Helping to develop sales opportunities with prospective and existing customers Maintaining relationships and uncovering sales opportunities with existing customers Assisting in generating technical proposals Reviewing / researching historical data and compiling summary reports to assist in developing guidelines and precedents for future estimates Preparing take offs from drawings and direct site measurements Reading and understanding the common forms of construction contract in use today Reading and interpreting technical drawings and specifications Working with the project management team in establishing a bidders list, soliciting and evaluating subcontractor proposals and scopes of work Preparing quantity surveys and reviewing project plans and specifications for ..... full job details .....