Heavy Civil Estimator

Working at Tri-Star Trucking & Excavating, Inc.

 TTE is one of the leading contractors in middle Tennessee for excavating, utilities, and trucking. If you’ve been looking for a different type of company to build your career, get in touch with us today.  

 Your Job Summary:

 At TTE, you can become part of a team that is not just committed, but also enthusiastic about construction projects. We employ people who are passionate about their work and seek career challenges. If that describes you, we invite you to consider taking your place in our dynamic and evolving organization.

 Your Responsibilities and Duties as a Heavy Civil Estimator:

• Review bid proposals
• Follows up with subcontractors to ensure that bids are received
• Provide preliminary estimate for bond
• Provide scope invitations to vendors and subcontractors (min 3 per discipline)
• Comprehensive take off of plans
• Provide summary of minority goal requirements
• Evaluates project specifications and drawings
• Works closely with the project management and construction teams
• Tracks as-builds and coordinates Municipal sign offs to obtain performance and payment bond releases from public agencies as soon as work is complete.
• Establishes and maintain respectful and cooperative work relationships with co-workers, field personnel, sub-contractors, architects, owners, general contractors and other business associates.
• Maintains status of plan reproduction
• Solicits and maintains communication with sub-contractors and vendors
• Transmits addenda and other bid information to sub-contractors
• Prepares sub-contractor bid packages and Request for Proposals (RFPs)
• Ensures that there is proper coverage from sub-contractors on bid day
• Submits 100% of bids and budgets by the bid deadline
• Responsible for ensuring that all quantity surveys and pricing are accurate and complete
• Compiles lists of type of materials or equipment requirements, utilizing knowledge of services to be performed, or type of structure to be built using blueprints and specifications
• Itemizes tools, fixtures, or equipment to be manufactured by company or purchased from outside sources
• Computes cost estimates for materials, purchased equipment, subcontracted work, production activities and requirements, and labor
• Follows professional work practices, company policies, procedures and guidelines
• Demonstrates sound judgment and meet work commitments
• Properly turns over bid document information to Project Management in a timely manner
• Reviews drawings with Project Management team and highlight areas of concern
• Reviews job costs with Project Management team and highlights any subs/material vendors that still need to be awarded
• Seeks and qualifies new subcontractors
• Ensures that Subs are aware of (and commit to) the project schedule
• Provides cost/ benefit analysis of building systems and provide value engineering input during the estimating process
• Accomplishes all tasks as appropriately assigned or requested
• Other duties as assigned

Your Qualifications and Skills:

• Minimum 5 years commercial construction estimating experience
• Candidates with a degree in Construction Management may be given preference
• Excellent computer skills, including Primavera or Microsoft Projects, MS-Excel, Word and Outlook
• Candidates must have strong time management and organizational skills with an extreme attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required
• Proficient in blueprint reading
• Experience with high density wood (wood frame construction)
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to become familiarized with design documents, write scopes of work for all divisions of work, and assemble competitive estimates
• Ability to effectively manage daily work output, meet bid deadlines, and work in a fast paced environment
• Ability to represent the company on pre-bid job walks, ask pertinent questions, and relay site visit information to other team members and trade-contractors as required.
• Ability to orchestrate and manage trade-contractor site visits
• Ability to analyze trade-contractor estimates for scope accuracy and completeness
• Ability to perform accurate quantity take offs
• Ability to compile and update historical cost data for use in conceptual or rough order of magnitude estimates

Your Compensation and Benefits:

• Competitive pay based on experience.
• Paid Time Off after 3 months of employment and work all year round.
• Medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, accident coverage, life insurance, Simple IRA after 90-day probationary period.

 We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Tennessee Drug Free Workplace