Title: Senior Estimator (Shipbuilding/Ship Repair)
Location: REMOTE POSITION
We are seeking a Sr. Estimator who will manage the analysis of bids and completes estimates for assigned projects, creating detailed cost estimates for ship repair and other marine projects.
What You will Do:
- Works with Sales by completing estimates and cost proposals for assigned projects, and potential pursuits creating detailed cost estimates for new ship construction, repair, and other marine projects.
- Support Project Managers in identifying and estimating needed change orders in a timely manner.
Tasks and Principal Duties:
- Manages the analysis of bids and completes estimates for assigned projects, creating detailed cost estimates for ship repair and other marine projects.
- Completes proposals, submittals, estimates and bid summary sheets.
- Develops detailed specifications and estimates for marine projects.
- Identifies and communicates all special requirements on estimates to owners.
- Identifies and communicates all bonding/security requirements to owners and controller.
- Thoroughly reviews all customer specifications, drawings, and technical data.
- Develops detailed itemized listing of required work tasks based on review of bid request.
- Produces labor, material, and subcontractor price estimates for all required work.
- Produces craft hours and subcontractor estimates on projects.
- Develops long lead and critical material list as required.
- Prepares estimates for Change Orders on new and existing projects.
- Develops craft labor budgets for planning and scheduling of project work.
- Analyzes subcontractor quotes to determine the best choices for sourcing.
- Utilizes historical cost data in order to develop accurate bid standards.
- Create and maintain a library of standards, efficiency targets, and history of previous projects and estimates.
- Researches and develops new cost standards for work where no historical data exists.
- Identifies and resolves ambiguities in specifications or bid packages.
- Develops and maintains relationship with Client and stakeholder personnel associated with the processes for changes, estimates and proposals.
- Works with company leadership to ensure that all contractual requirements are fulfilled even in the interim while negotiating changes and contract awards with clients.
- Ensures that the leadership and program teams are kept informed about critical changes and enterprise demands from new contract proposals.
- Identifies and communicates all special requirements on estimates to owners.
- Work with purchasing to identifies major material, subcontract items and solicit pricing and assist as needed in analyzing quotes and recommending best choices for sourcing, including comparing subcontractor to in-house costs to make outsourcing decisions.
- Develops and supports estimating standards through review and analysis of historical job cost data and uses historical cost data to develop accurate standards and regularly updates archive of bids and submittals.
What Would Distinguish You:
- Project Management Certification
- Previous experience as Estimator in commercial shipyard (repair or new construction).
Infrequent & short travel to the greater Seattle, WA area may be needed 1-2 times per year.
Benefits:
- Competitive Pay
- 401(k) and 401(k) matching
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Dental insurance
- Group Life Insurance with Optional supplemental life and disability insurance programs
- Paid time off.
- Vision insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Culture of Learning with State-Certified Apprenticeship Programs.
