Estimating Manager

Job Description

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Subject Matter Expert (Estimating Manager) to join our team! In this role you will get to Completes a wide variety of difficult and complex estimating activities including but not limited to, assigning estimate team members specific task or subtask in accordance with each estimator’s best qualified skills and capabilities, utilizing performance measurement techniques to determine levels of deliverable status, utilizing company estimating software and tools, writing estimate narratives, developing estimate procedures, supporting estimate database updates and providing project historical data, leading estimate task teams, and evaluating and providing input for performance reviews for assigned staff. Functions in a leadership role, leading and providing technical guidance to other estimators in delivery of Client task assignments. He/she is viewed as a fully qualified professional with solid experience and technical leadership expertise.

Supervision Received - Chief Estimator; Project Control Mgr; Project/Program Manager Supervision Given - Lower-level Estimators Internal Contacts - All employees on projects/program External Contacts - Clients; Subcontractors; Vendors: Suppliers

What You'll Be Doing

• As a lead member of the Estimating team, performs as a task leader in estimating activities.
• Ensures that all estimate team members are tasked correctly according to their skill specialty and strongest area of expertise, that all team members apply company estimating practices, techniques, processes and procedures, and demonstrate familiarity in applying Parsons company policies and assigned project/program practices and procedures.
• Responsible for providing technical guidance to Senior Estimators, Estimators, and Associate Estimators.
• Ensures that the tasked estimating team delivers quality controlled, best in class estimates for projects and programs that he/she is assigned as task leader.
• Provides guidance, direction, and specialized assistance to an estimate team tasked to resolve difficult and complex estimating problems on tasks assigned.
• Assists project/program management with preparation of schedules for estimate preparation, defining resource requirements for estimate deliverables, review of Client task request for estimate deliverables, and documents and publication involving impacts to probable project/program cost.
• Leads estimate task teams who are tasked to perform probable cost estimates for products and services that may be contracted and delivered by company, or that the Client may solicit in the open market. Utilizes knowledge in resources skills sets and durations required to prepare and deliver task assigned.
• Assigns a team of estimators to prepare material takeoffs for the most complex projects, drawings, plans and specifications.
• Reviews takeoffs provided by the estimate task team, the Engineering Department or other sources, and checks for mathematical and technical accuracy.
• Oversees the preparation of top down work breakdown structures (WBS) defining tasked estimate scope, work elements, major project components and subsystems, and assign appropriate estimate staff to each element of the estimate by system and subsystem.
• Reviews contractual documents and contract modifications to determine scope of work and scope changes.
• Quantifies the impacts to contract cost as a matter of contractual commercial terms and conditions based on stipulations given in the general conditions and commercial terms section of a contract.
• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.
  
  
  

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Degree in Engineering or Construction Management or related field (or equivalent work experience) and typically 10+ years of related work experience. Previous experience using estimating database supported software.
  
  
  

What Desired Skills You'll Bring

• Ability to lead an estimate team that is required to perform difficult and complex estimating activities typical to the engineering and construction industry projects and programs is required. In addition, excellent written and verbal communication skills, knowledge of company and project procedures and practices, a familiarity with typical project controls software such as Primavera scheduling software, Estimate/Schedule Transfer tools, Contract Manager, and DMCS (Document and Materials Control System) is required.
• Must have a clear understanding of, and ability to work with, construction contract commercial documents, drawings and specifications, and be qualified to be a project/program estimate team leader.
  
  
  

Minimum Clearance Required To Start

Not Applicable/None

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran.