Estimator / Quantity Surveyor

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Louisiana.

📋 Description

• Prepare conceptual, budgetary, and detailed construction estimates for capital projects.

• Develop quantity take-offs from engineering drawings, specifications, and design models.

• Assist in validating estimates and benchmarking using historical project data and industry standards.

• Analyze costs related to labor, equipment, materials, subcontractors, and indirect expenses.

• Aid in formulating project budgets, cost breakdown structures, and control accounts.

• Assess scope changes and provide evaluations of cost impacts.

• Create construction bid packages, scopes of work, and relevant bid documentation.

• Quantify work packages and engage in contractor bid evaluations and commercial comparisons.

• Validate contractor quantity submissions and the assumptions behind estimates.

• Assist procurement and contracting teams during bid clarification and negotiation processes.

• Establish quantity tracking systems and monitor installed quantities against estimates, budgets, and schedule baselines.

• Confirm contractor-reported progress and earned quantities.

• Aid in earned value management and productivity analysis.

• Monitor quantity growth, scope changes, and trends in field progress.

• Generate quantity-based performance and progress reports.

• Collaborate with cost engineers and schedulers to merge quantities, costs, and schedules.

• Support construction cost forecasting and monthly project controls reporting.

• Identify variances in costs and quantities, recommending corrective measures.

• Maintain databases for estimating and quantity tracking to support future benchmarking.

• Coordinate with Engineering, Construction Management, contractors, and project stakeholders regarding design changes, field progress, audits, and change management.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related field.

• Over 15 years of experience in estimating, quantity surveying, project controls, or construction cost management.

• Preferred experience in supporting industrial, chemical, manufacturing, infrastructure, or large capital projects.

• Highly desirable experience with EPC, EPCM, or owner-side project environments.

• Strong understanding of construction estimating methodologies and quantity take-off practices.

• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, P&IDs, civil, structural, mechanical, piping, and electrical schematics.

• Experience with estimating and project controls software.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

• Familiarity with tools such as Primavera P6, Power BI, SAP, or similar software preferred.

• Knowledge of earned value management and project controls principles.

🏝️ Benefits

• Healthcare coverage.

• 401(k) retirement savings plan.

• Paid company holidays.

• Paid vacation time.

• Paid sick time.

• Parental leave.

• Short- and long-term disability leave.

• Employee assistance program.

• Potential inclusion of short- and long-term incentive compensation.

• Comprehensive support to thrive both at work and home.