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Electrical Estimator

Employer:	McCarthy Building Co
Job Location:	St. Louis , MO
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Industry Type:	General Contractors - Managers
Job Description:	Position Summary: McCarthy’s Central Division Preconstruction/Estimating department is a large group of professional estimators working on some of the most challenging projects in the country. We pride ourselves on delivering cost certainty to our clients, and we are looking to add a talented estimator to our staff. Responsibilities: • Perform quantity take-off and pricing of electrical estimates. • Assist with final assembly of estimate for presentation to Owner. • Subcontractor solicitation during biding process. • Aid field operations with change order pricing. • Review of the project documents for value analysis suggestions. • Preparation and pricing of value analysis suggestions. • Coordinate electrical scope of work with architectural, structural and mechanical estimators. • Prepare budget comparisons between current and previous estimates. Qualifications: • 10+ years of electrical estimating experience. • Proven experience estimating large healthcare and/or science and technology projects is required. • General knowledge of construction principles/process. • General knowledge of negotiated bids, hard bids, GMP processes. • Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or Engineering preferred, but not required based on experience. • Knowledge of Microsoft programs, including Word, Excel, Outlook.. • Ability to use, or learn to use, ICE, Wendes estimating programs. • Good organizational and communication skills.
Company Description:	Founded in 1864, McCarthy is one of the oldest privately held construction firms in the nation. The employee-owned firm provides construction management, design/build and general contracting services. More than 50 percent of McCarthy's work is from repeat clients, contributing to the firm's ranking as the 13th largest domestic general contractor (Engineering News-Record, May 2004). McCarthy has managed projects in 45 states and has annual revenues of more than $1 billion with an average project size of under $4 million. With national headquarters in St. Louis, the company has additional offices in Atlanta, Detroit, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Dallas, Newport Beach, San Francisco and Sacramento.