Job Title:  Estimator – Commercial General Construction

What We’re Looking For:

A committed hardworking Estimator with experience working for a commercial General Contractor who wants to join an innovative team of trendsetters in modern construction methodologies. This person will be responsible for managing a 2-to-3-man team of support staff. 

Who We Are:

Engen Contracting, Inc. (“ECI”) builds sound commercial projects, and are currently in a growth mode.  We value our current and future client/consultant relationships and can lean on a highly regarded reputation. ECI is headquartered in Austin and our projects are located mainly around Central Texas that includes San Antonio, Bastrop and locations in between.  ECI is collectively driven by an  amazing group of hardworking, productive, and dedicated team members who love what they do and excel in their respective roles.  Our team is not only accountable to the company, but also to themselves and continually strive to be the best. ECI understands finding great talent is difficult and is prepared to offer competitive compensation along with full company benefits to ensure we attract and retain the best in the industry.

If you feel you have a similar philosophy and are driven to be part of our progressive and winning team, we would love to have you join us!   Please make sure you read thoroughly through the job description and requirements before applying.

Summary of Responsibilities

The Estimating function is critical for the overall growth and well-being of any commercial General Contracting Company.  The hired Estimator will proactively support a General Contractor who specializes in ground-up and TI work for projects that generally range in contract size from one and a half to ten million per project. in the Central Texas and surrounding areas. The lions share of the work includes: shell retail building, professional office, education, industrial, food service industry, etc... 

Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Development of client, subcontractor/supplier & consultant relationships
• Seek out and identify project opportunities
• Manage a minimum team of 2 to 3 estimating support staff  
• Pursue, retrieve, and evaluate various project bid documents
• Adept at ‘Risk Management’ for strategic bid navigation
• Orchestrate the bid process from A-Z to produce timely, accurate and competitive quotes

• In-House takeoffs (at various levels)
• Identify and draft key scopes of work
• Identify, draft, and submit detailed and timely RFI’s
• Coordinate meetings during the bid stage to include, but not be limited to;  Plan Review, vendor commitment updates, SOV drafts and Qualifications specific to any given bid
• Identify specific ITB submission requests (i.e. insurance, bonding, or other requirements)
• Personally audit or delegate out the site inspections of future projects to survey existing conditions as it relates to the construction documents (take representative pics)
• Early in the process obtain targeted, qualified vendor commitments to bid in a given bid cycle
• Collect and scrutinize vendor bids and log in those that are qualified
• Always apply creativity and resourcefulness 

• Distribution and tracking of committed vendors utilizing Procore
• Able to build project schedules via Microsoft Project
• Submission of proposals that meet or exceed established deadlines
• Following the award of a project, coordinate Pre-construction for a fluid hand-off process to the PM’s and Supers.

General Requirements:

• Proficient with Procore, Blue Beam and Microsoft Office; Word, Excel, Microsoft Project, Outlook
• Must be self-motivated & punctual
• Must be able to manage multiple tasks and have excellent follow up skills (internal and external)
• Must be professional and polished in conversation as well as written skills

Benefits:

• Competitive Compensation
• Health and Dental Coverage
• 401K with Company Match
• Paid Time Off Paid Holidays