Project Manager- Estimator

 

Job Title:                    Project Manager / Estimator

Location:                    LaGrange, IL

Reports to:                 Sr. Vice President

FLSA Status:             Exempt

Prepared By:             Human Resources

Prepared Date:         June 2024

 

COMPANY OVERVIEW 

Lyons and Pinner Electric is a full service electrical construction, maintenance, and design-build firm. We are a union shop that has worked on thousands of projects in Illinois and throughout the Midwest. Our skilled team of professionals is able to handle even the most complex of projects. For over 65 years we have been focused on building for the future while maintaining the past. 

POSITION SUMMARY

The Project Manager / Estimator position is a critical role for the company.  This individual will be responsible for estimating and providing management with detailed pricing for development of bid quotations and bid packages. He or she should have relevant experience in preparing cost estimates for product manufacturing, construction projects, or services to aid management in bidding on or determining price of product or service. This individual will be responsible for planning, directing, or coordinating activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems. He or she will participate in the conceptual development of a construction project and oversee its organization, scheduling, budgeting, and implementation. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Include the following. Other duties will likely be assigned.

• Collect historical cost data to estimate costs for current or future products.
• Consult with clients, vendors, personnel in other departments, or construction foremen to discuss and formulate estimates and resolve issues.
• Prepare estimates used by management for purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work.
• Analyze blueprints and other documentation to prepare time, cost, materials, and labor estimates.
• Confer with engineers, architects, owners, contractors, and subcontractors on changes and adjustments to cost estimates.
• Review contract and bid documents; review and understand scope for project turnover.
• Attend walk-throughs, pre-bid and scope clarification meetings.
• Quantitative take-off and computer entry
• Prepare scope letters and proposals.
• Maintain relationships with customers, General Contractors, vendors and subcontractors.
• Ability to perform design/build, conceptual and budget estimates.
• Coordinate the efforts of junior and staff-level resources in performing take-offs, issuing bills of material to vendors and obtaining subcontractor quotes.
• Coordinate efforts with the Engineering Department
• Ensure documents are centrally saved in the company’s drive within the confidential estimating folder(s)Drive the project’s overall flow effectively from inception to completion.
• Obtain contract and bid documents from estimating; review and understand scope for project turnover. Attend walk-throughs.
• Ensure all project document control is completed efficiently by project team, including but not limited to, insurance, bonding, permits, submittals, RFI’s, change orders, correspondence, etc.
• Confer with supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, or design professionals to discuss and resolve matters such as work procedures, complaints, or construction problems.
• Plan, schedule, or coordinate construction project activities to meet deadlines.
• Prepare and submit budget estimates, progress reports, or cost tracking reports.
• Inspect or review projects to monitor compliance with building and safety codes, environmental regulations, or other regulations.
• Select subs and equipment suppliers with input from engineering, estimating and purchasing as required.
• Verify correct drawings are distributed to field.
• Create schedule of values, or billing format as required by the contract documents.
• Create project schedule showing completion, delivery dates and sub requirements. Integrate into overall project and manpower schedule as required. Understand notice requirements.
• Request PO’s for major equipment and subs indicating shipping requirements and anticipating delivery dates. (Request proper delivery notice at that time.)
• Facilitate material takeoffs by trade foreman.
• Host and attend all necessary meetings with both internal and external entities to review scheduling and delivery, work plans, job progress, manpower, and solutions to setbacks.
• Support ac