Engineering Estimator

Location: Chatsworth, CASalary: $65-$75/hrContract: 2 YearsSchedule: M-F, Onsite

The selected Engineering Estimator will be responsible for providing estimating support for various projects within the client's storage facilities. The scope of services includes, but is not limited to:-Developing and reviewing cost estimates for capital and maintenance projects.-Conducting quantity take-offs, labor, and material cost analysis for pipeline-related and storage facility projects.-Assisting in the preparation of detailed project budgets and cost breakdowns.-Collaborating with engineering, procurement, and construction teams to refine project estimates.-Analyzing historical data and market trends to improve estimating accuracy.-Reviewing contractor and vendor proposals to ensure competitive pricing.-Supporting risk assessments related to cost estimation and project feasibility.-Providing periodic updates and reports to project stakeholders.-Traveling between client's storage facilities to gather data, conduct site visits, and participate in project meetings.-Communicate with Project Managers, Construction Managers, Scheduling, Costs Leads, and Change Management: scope, unit quantities, budgets, historical pricing, and estimates.-Perform detailed material and quantity takeoffs from plans, specification, and scope packages.-Develop detailed estimates including the ability to properly select labor, equipment, materials, subcontractors and applying production rates to tasks.-Document all estimate scope and assumptions and develop a Basis of Estimate report.-Perform peer reviews of other Estimators' work.-Must be able to discuss estimates with clients in a confident and constructive manner.-Must have the ability to communicate with clients respectively and in a manner that promotes confidence in our work and brand image and that develops positive relationship growth with the clients.-Develop detailed critical path schedules to support and finalize estimates of time-based tasks.-Ensure costs estimates are issued on time with documents to support the estimate assumptions, exclusions, and anticipated accuracy ranges.-Interpret drawings, technical specifications, quoted pricing documents, engineering standards, permit language, and contracts to use as a basis of estimate.-Work closely with Project Managers to review project scope, identify deviations from planned scope and budgets, and explain variances.

Advise estimating basis throughout project lifecycle.-Estimating by scope to ensure successful cost controls to track direct costs, budgets, and allocations.-Support Project Management team with estimates, estimate validation, and input to support Management of Change.-Recognize historical trends and provide project teams with rebaselined estimates as needed.-Work closely with project controls to gather historical information to provide estimating with precedence as a basis for estimates.-Properly read schedules and estimate as per the schedule.-Organizing and tracking of estimating documents throughout the approval process, documenting assumptions and exclusions throughout the project lifecycle, and saved for auditing purposes.