Senior MEP Cost Manager

Title: Senior MEP Cost Manager                                                                                                  

Reporting to: Office Director

Salary: $100,912.50 - $134,446.50

Overview of Role

The Senior MEP Cost Manager is responsible for oversight of construction projects and keeping within expected budgets, schedules and adhering to the company’s quality standards and the client’s satisfaction.  This position is responsible for coordinating the mechanical, plumbing, fire protection and electrical aspects of the project with other disciplines to assure complete scope coverage. Employee will interface with clients, consultants, designers, superintendents, and subcontractors to initiate any action required to achieve the project’s goals and ensure that all project activities are consistent with Company policy. The Senior MEP Cost Manager should have the ability to identify opportunities within a project that will add value and help successfully accomplish the client’s desired project outcome. 

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Essential Functions

·        Prepare estimates, cost options, cost strategies, change order reviews, valuations of work in progress and bid analyses according to the MEP needs.

·        Acts as lead individual on bid and preconstruction estimates.

·        Prepare preconstruction estimates for schematic and design development levels for project.

·        Review construction plans and specifications to complete quantitative take-offs and support estimators.

·        Communicate with subcontractor base regarding project scope, schedule, risks, etc.

·        Lead and support bid day tasks including the following: finalize project cost & alternates; verify subcontractors’ scopes & costs; analyze project risks; resolve conflicts and questions on bid scopes.

·        Provides work as required to budget for MEP trades.

·        Provides complete estimates on MEP trades.

·        Develops and establishes ability to budget MEP work without 100% of documentation to the point of developing ability to conceptually budget, visualize and plan a project.

·        Compiles and analyzes data on all factors that influence costs, such as material, labor, equipment, and profit margins.

·        Performs complex cost estimates and analysis for capital and professional services projects.

·        Evaluates cost estimating deliverables prepared by consultants for cost containment.

·        Evaluates quotes, bids, change orders, value engineering reports, and claims for accuracy and completeness of stated costs.

·        Acquires and evaluates pricing documents, historical and vendor cost data for the development of cost estimates and price recommendations.

·        Accurately forecasts costs of future projects and changes to existing projects

·        Prepares technical evaluations, cost estimating draft reports, memos, and letters and presents recommendations to management.

·        Work as integral part of our Estimating Team to perform plan and specification analysis, takeoff and pricing of various construction projects.

·        Work with subcontractors and vendors to define scope and perform subcontractor and vendor analysis.

·        Responsible for managing a complete estimate through final review and closeout.

·        Participate in Value E