Senior Project Cost Estimator (Closed)
SENIOR PROJECT COST ESTIMATOR
Program: Los Angeles Unified School District – Program Support Services
Number of Positions: One (1)
Salary Range: $123.7K to $145.6K annual base salary plus benefits
DUTIES:
- Plans, supervises, and participates in the preparation of construction cost estimates of buildings or other structures from drawings, outlines, and specifications
- Prepares and reviews cost estimates and forms and other materials submitted to secure
- State and/or federal grants and loans from school aid programs and represents the District on matters pertinent to securing such funds
- Checks construction cost estimates submitted by commissioned architects and engineers for accuracy and completeness and compares them with District estimates
- Confers with commissioned architects and engineers to resolve differences in their cost estimates and District estimates for each project and negotiates agreements on preliminary estimates of construction costs
- Makes studies and prepares reports when contractors’ bids vary widely from the agreed construction cost estimate
- Checks segregations of contract costs as estimated by building contractors and recommends acceptance or rejection as a basis for progress payments
- Analyzes change orders on construction work under contract and approves or rejects extras or credits submitted
- Prepares or reviews cost estimates for projects
- Establishes and maintains procedures for approval of plans and specifications for building projects and submission of approved projects to public bidding
- Develops methods for maintaining data used in records, charts, and graphs reflecting estimated construction costs compared with actual costs
- Conducts and participates in seminars and workshops with staff and minority contractors relative to school construction bidding procedures, contracts, and cost estimating
- Estimates costs of damages to District property caused by fire, natural disaster, and major acts of vandalism
- Establishes budgets for school building projects
- Assists other branches with related functions
- Prepares preliminary and final independent cost estimates of projects for comparison with designer or contractor for PM/CM to establish negotiating position
- Prepares change order estimates for Owner Authorized Representatives to establish negotiating position
- Provides support in price negotiations
- Prepares claim analyses and estimates
- Reviews contractor’s claims and proposals for merit and accountability
- Performs related duties as assigned
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
- 10 years full time paid professional experience in quantity surveying and the preparation of pre-construction and cost estimates for type I, II, or III, and V building construction as defined by the State building code, including three years in a supervisory capacity
- Knowledge of current local construction labor and material costs
- Extensive experience in developing and estimating the scope of work for change orders
- Ability to compare the independent cost estimate with contractor proposal to quickly identify differences
- Ability to develop scope of work based on RFI/RFC answers and estimates the detailed costs of those scopes of work independent of the contractor proposal
- Good oral and written communications skills
REQUIRED EDUCATION:
Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in Architecture or Engineering or Construction Management
RESUME SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Deadline to submit resume:
Monday February 10, 2020 @ 12 noon (no late submissions accepted)
Please email cover letter, resume, and salary requirements: hr@paragon-em.com
Subject line: LAUSD Senior Project Cost Estimator
Approximate Processing Time:
SHORTLIST: Within 1 week from resume submission
INTERVIEW: Within 2 weeks from resume submission
SELECTION NOTIFICATION: Within 3 weeks from resume submission
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Recruitment# CM-SPCE-0120-02
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