Senior Estimator- Rough Carpentry - Starlite - Boston - ref. a60847215

Overview:

Starlite Building Services is a construction services operation that serves clients throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York City, Bentonville AR, and Los Angeles. Our team is made up of hundreds of talented and dedicated craft workers providing valuable assistance with project scope, budgeting, scheduling, site logistics, and materials.

Tasks and work need to completed accurately and on a timely basis to ensure the project is set up for success. This will be accomplished by managing the workload and (if applicable) assistant estimators to meet established milestones.

Here’s a glimpse into what we are offering:

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance.
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - be an employee owner!
• 401K with Match - receive company match up to 4% of your eligible pay.
• Generous Paid Time Off policy - including vacation, summer Fridays, holidays, personal sick and a volunteer day.
• The Extras: cell phone, laptop, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, financial planning services and many more.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures that the information required to begin the Estimating process is accurate and available; Follow-up to fill in the blanks where needed.
• Sets up projects to insure profitability and client satisfaction.
• Establishes the pre-construction budget and manages the associated funds.
• Develops and manages self and others to milestones to ensure that your knowledge of the project and its requirements is thorough.

• Inspects site to be fully versed on how the site will affect pricing. This includes working with Operations to include a site logistics plan.
• Identify and ensure timeframes/execution is consistent with project schedule and approach.

• Clearly identifies areas of risk and profitability to focus project team decision making.
• Ensures discussion of all pertinent issues with all Starlite project team members through the Scope Review meeting.
• Structures a fair and comprehensive bid.

• Promote positive relations by dealing professionally, respectfully and fairly.
• Establish a strong line of communication with client and project team. This includes maintaining timely communication.
• Work closely with all team members (internal and external) to keep effective communication of all project information, issues and opinions.

• - Serves as a coach and mentor.
• Sets expectations and goals and provides ongoing support and feedback.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in construction related field or equivalent experience
• 7-8+ years of experience in construction management (estimating and project management) with a commercial general contracting company
• Strong estimating skills; Demonstrated understanding and knowledge of estimating processes and delivery methods
• Detailed knowledge of all trades: scope, time frames/field execution, typical missed scope/exposures
• Experience managing a variety of projects in a rapidly growing organization is critical
• Extensive experience maintaining project budgets and schedules
• Knowledge of contract types and deal structures
• Management experience: coaching, feedback delivery, delegating and mentorship preferred
• Demonstrated communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

Starlite prohibits discrimination against any staff member or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, religion, national origin, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, disability, creed, citizenship status, or any other legally protected characteristic.