Junior Project Cost Estimator
Los Angeles, CA
Full Time
Mid Level
KDG Construction Consulting is seeking a Junior Project Cost Estimator with a background in K-12 Education Facility Construction to support a team of Estimators, including designating daily assignments to the team. The Junior Project Cost Estimator will work with clients, architects/engineers, and subcontractors/suppliers to plan cost factors for building projects; analyze construction documents, specifications, proposals, and other documentation to prepare time, cost, and labor estimates for projects.
Key Responsibilities:
Employment with KDG: KDG is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare preliminary independent cost estimates of projects for comparison with the designer or contractor for PM/CM to establish negotiating position.
- Assist in preparing change order estimates for Owner Authorized Representatives to establish negotiating position
- Provides support in price negotiations
- Prepares claim analysis and estimates
- Prepares detailed estimates of construction costs based on drawings, specifications, and sketches
- Assists in reviewing contractors’ claims and proposals for merit and accountability
- Conducts research on recent cost and price changes in supplies and services
- Assist with storage organization and general office upkeep
- Assist with internal events and office needs as requested
- Support hand deliveries to local agencies when needed
- Put away deliveries and maintain organization of incoming supplies
- Two (2) years full-time paid professional experience in construction estimating of facilities or School Construction.
- bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, engineering, or construction management
- Knowledge of current local construction labor and material costs
- Experience in developing and estimating the scope of work for change orders
- Ability to compare the independent cost estimate with the contractor proposal to identify differences
- Ability to develop the scope of work based on RFI/RFC answers and estimate the detailed costs of those scopes of work, independent of the contractor proposal
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Fact-finding and in-depth skills
- $114,000.00 - $135,000.00 (Annual)
Employment with KDG: KDG is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.
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