Senior Project Cost Estimator
Company: The Tsui Group
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: January 27, 2023
Job Description:
The Tsui Group is seeking a candidate who is qualified and
experienced in educational facility construction projects to serve
as a Senior Project Cost Estimator for a large educational client
within Los Angeles County with the below duties:
- Plans, supervises, and participates in the preparation of
construction cost estimates of buildings or other structures from
drawings, outlines, and specifications
- Prepares and reviews cost estimates and forms and other
materials submitted to secure State and/or federal grants and loans
from school aid programs and represents the District on matters
pertinent to securing such funds
- Checks construction cost estimates submitted by commissioned
architects and engineers for accuracy and completeness and compares
them with District estimates
- Confers with commissioned architects and engineers to resolve
differences in their cost estimates and District estimates for each
project and negotiates agreements on preliminary estimates of
construction costs
- Makes studies and prepares reports when contractors bids vary
widely from the agreed construction cost estimate
- Checks segregations of contract costs as estimated by building
contractors and recommends acceptance or rejection as a basis for
progress payments
- Analyzes change orders on construction work under contract and
approves or rejects extras or credits submitted
- Prepares or reviews cost estimates for projects
- Establishes and maintains procedures for approval of plans and
specifications for building projects and submission of approved
projects to public bidding
- Develops methods for maintaining data used in records, charts,
and graphs reflecting estimated construction costs compared with
actual costs
- Conducts and participates in seminars and workshops with staff
and minority contractors relative to school construction bidding
procedures, contracts, and cost estimating
- Estimates costs of damages to District property caused by fire,
natural disaster, and major acts 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 with designer or contractor for PM/CM to
establish negotiating position
- Prepares change order estimates for Owner Authorized
Representatives to establish negotiating position
- Provides support in price negotiations
- Prepares claim analyses and estimates
- Reviews contractor's claims and proposals for merit and
accountability
- Performs related duties as assigned
Requirements
Required Experience:
- 10 years full time paid professional experience in quantity
surveying and the preparation of pre-construction and cost
estimates for type I, II, or III, and V building construction as
defined by the State building code, including three years in a
supervisory capacity
- 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 differences
- Ability to develop scope of work based on RFI/RFC answers and
estimates the detailed costs of 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
bachelor's degree in Architecture or Engineering or Construction
Management
Benefits
- Salary to be Discussed
- Medical, Vision, & Dental - 100% covered for the employee*
- Life and Disability Insurance
- 10.5 days of Vacation pay (Accrued)
- 6 days of Sick pay (Available Immediately)
- 10 days of Holiday pay (9 Holidays, 1 Personal Day)
- 3% Non-Match (After 1 year of service)
- Monthly Stipend for Cell Phone
- Laptop for work purposes
Keywords: The Tsui Group, Los Angeles , Senior Project Cost Estimator, Other , Los Angeles, California
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