Sr Take Off Technician

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This position is responsible for managing a take-off team and providing quantity take-offs and ongoing technical support to the estimating staff to ensure accurate and timely estimates. We are looking for two Sr Take Off Technicians, one to support our heavy civil and another to support Structures work.

Essential Job Accountabilities

• Review plans and specifications with the estimating team to determine specific take-off needs to ensure requirements are met.

• Develop job essential data including quantity take-offs, material price lists, labor costs per man hour, and equipment to ensure accurate estimates and bids.

• Manage and administer take-off department functions including staffing, wage reviews, work assignments and performance evaluations to ensure corporate initiatives are met.

• Supervise, train and develop interns/co-ops, take-off technicians, and engineers to ensure transfer of knowledge and that project standards are met.

• Research historical data and productivity analysis reports in order to compile summary reports to develop guidelines and precedence for future estimates.

• Review take-off data/summaries with estimating team and assist in Bid Closing to ensure quantities accurately reflect project requirements. 

• Maintain files of working documents for back-up to estimating figures to support accuracy of bid submission.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or related field preferred, or equivalent combinations of technical training and related experience.

Work Experience

• 6+ years take-off, estimating or project experience on a heavy civil or structures project.

• 2+ years supervisory experience.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Proficient in all MS Office products (Excel, Access, etc)

• Knowledge of CAD and Modeling Software (such as AGTEK, Microstation, Geopack, Inroads, HEC RAS, etc)

• Thorough knowledge of Granite’s cost systems

• Demonstrated ability to calculate quantities accurately and in a timely manner

• Demonstrated ability to read and understand engineering drawings

• Demonstrated ability to analyze and summarize supplier and subcontract quotations.

• Demonstrated ability to work accurately while under time pressure

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Subject to outside working conditions. At times will be working around large construction equipment, must be safety conscience.

Additional Requirements/Skills

• Comply, understand, and support corporate safety initiatives to ensure a safe work environment.

• Team player

• Ability and willingness to abide by Granite’s Code of Conduct on a daily basis

• Valid driver’s license and ability to drive

Our Benefits at a Glance:

Building tomorrow starts with you, and Granite knows that you can excel only if we support you in and out of the workplace.  That is why we offer a broad benefits package that includes paid holidays, sick leave, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending plans, as well as special programs for musculoskeletal h