Senior Project Controls Estimator, Richland, WA
Job description
Requisition ID: 267110
- Relocation Authorized: National - Family
- Grade: 26
- Position to be Panel Interviewed? No
- Telework Type: Part-Time Telework
- Work Location: Richland, WA
- Employee Referral Amount: $2,500.00
- Salary Range: $105,060-$160,220 annually (Determined by function, education, experience, and qualifications of the applicant. A 15% salary uplift is provided on top of base salary for positions that are worked in New York City or San Francisco, which is subject to change depending on market conditions.).
Project Overview:
Bechtel is a global engineering, construction and project management company that has “built the world” for more than 120 years, having constructed Hoover Dam, the English Channel Tunnel, entire cities in the Middle East, the second-largest solar thermal power project in the world, and millions of miles of roads and pipelines. We produce a lasting, positive legacy by creating jobs, growing economies, connecting communities to resources, shoring up and expanding infrastructure, and making the world a cleaner, greener, safer place.
Join us as we make history at the Hanford Vit Plant, known as the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. We are designing and building a one-of-a-kind facility that will turn radioactive and chemical waste left over from World War II and Cold War plutonium production into a form safe for disposal. Your efforts will help protect the nearby Columbia River and the communities, salmon, and wildlife along its shorelines throughout the Northwest.
Sitting at the confluence of the Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers near two mountain ranges, our community provides access to year-round outdoor recreation, 300 days of sun a year, more than 200 wineries within a 50-mile radius, and the amenities of large cities just a three-hour drive (or short flight) to Seattle and Portland.
This position is a full-time role that offers part-time telework flexibility in the Richland, Washington project office.
Principal Responsibilities:
The following duties are performed with respect to Estimate Execution, the process of conducting an evaluation of services and/or capital cost elements of a project or effort as defined by an agreed-upon scope that will be used to make key management decisions:
- Prepares and facilitates review of trend and proposal estimates and ensures their quality and integrity.
- Provides direct support to the change control process and to the incorporation of approved budget change notices within project controls systems.
- Prepares non-manual, distributable or contractors indirect cost estimates, developing basis for temporary facilities, miscellaneous construction services, construction tools and equipment, non‑manual staffing, startup services, payroll taxes and insurance, and other field costs.
- Prepares basis and assumption documentation. Ensures lessons learned are incorporated.
- Reviews design and or Request for Proposal (RFP) scope criteria and quantities for completeness and reasonableness, and coordinates with the project team to develop additional estimating basis when information is incomplete. Suggests alternatives when appropriate.
- Establishes and reviews the conceptual scopes of estimates and studies when definition is not available through an ability to conceptualize the design of the finished product.
- Demonstrates specialized contingency analysis skills to compensate for undefined scope.
- Supports bid evaluation of cost and schedule criteria and prepares bid evaluations. May participate in discussions with vendors.
- Effectively presents estimate review packages to the project team, department management and to business line management. Schedules internal reviews.
- Allocates indirect costs and fee to owner pay items when required.
- Performs and reviews escalation calculations for estimates of complex scopes of work.
- Identifies ways to mitigate risk. Assesses the uncertainties associated with productivity, material pricing, wage rates and quantity variation.
- Develops an achievable estimate plan, inclusive of budget, and leads the project team in preparation and review of trend and proposal estimates.
- Consolidates proposal estimate components and prepares the proposal cost volume, basis of estimate, and bid forms.
- Prepares and provides guidance in the preparation of proposal cash flow models and working capital analysis.
The following duties are performed with respect to the process of establishing and maintaining technical capabilities for personnel, cost databases and tools:
- Supports development of project estimating standards and procedures.
- Sponsors, develops, and presents training in areas of expertise for courses and on‑the‑job training.
- Performs analysis on received commercial data.
The following duties are performed with respect to providing support services to the project team in the form of cost analysis and estimate reviews in addition to estimate-to-budget conversions:
- Prepares cost studies utilizing historical data, statistical analysis and cost and quantity comparisons. Develops new techniques as required to meet specific needs.
- Converts estimates into project budgets with the project team clearly communicating assumptions and rationale. Assists in identifying scope deviations.
- Analyzes cost/price data from suppliers/subcontractors, Cost Processors, EPPR, and QURR with the ability to generate comparative data (historical costs and other metrics) as part of the cost/price analysis.
- Participates in and contributes to Value Engineering studies.
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university and at least 9 years of professional experience, or in lieu of a degree, a high school diploma or equivalent and at least 15 years of professional experience.
- Must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident of the US per contract requirements.
- Must be able to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check which includes verification of employment and education.
- All employees are subject and agree to random drug and alcohol testing as a condition of employment and successfully go through a government screening process. Unescorted access approval is required.
- Candidate must successfully clear government background check.
- Demonstrated intermediate-to-advanced understanding of Estimating core processes requiring minimal direction and supervision.
- Knowledge of estimating software tools.
- Experience in price to win strategies and/or leading/supporting estimates during proposal bids.
- Advanced knowledge of EPC estimating methods, processes, and procedures. Understands estimate types, classifications, and components.
- Specifically understands detail level estimates and design packages. Experience with Lump Sum Design Build and/or OOM estimates.
- Significant knowledge and experience in quantity takeoffs, statistical analysis, and cost and price analysis, life cycle analysis and management of personnel.
- Skilled in understanding and implementing technical discipline processes, engineering drawings, quantity determinations, and mathematical and financial reports.
- Knowledge of administrative and supervisor practices.
- Advanced knowledge of construction methods and techniques in area of specialization and have a general understanding of other disciplines.
- Familiar with engineering and construction codes and standards.
- Knowledge of the principles of Life-Cycle costing, cost in use, and operating costs and ability to undertake a Net Present Value (NPV) analysis.
- Thorough understanding of project cash flows and the corresponding time value of money as the cost of working capital.
- Thorough understanding of cost index and escalation projection sources.
- Understands and contributes to risk and contingency assessments.
- Proficient in Microsoft and software applications currently being used by Bechtel (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Skilled in oral and written communications, including presentation skills and ability to address a group of supervisors.
- Experience in estimating for US Government customers.
- Willingness to take ownership of new software and processes; become an estimating SME (i.e., knowledgeable, can-do attitude, strong leadership potential, accountable)
- Intermediate knowledge of the applicable Bechtel processes and systems.
- Based on project goals and objectives, candidates established within our local community are desirable.
- Demonstrated knowledge and capability with ProPricer estimating software application.
At Bechtel, our employees enjoy a competitive total rewards package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, along with optional disability and supplemental insurance options, generous paid time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, discretionary bonuses, and a well-designed 401K plan with matching and profit-sharing components.
Shaping tomorrow together
Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, and project management companies. Together with our customers, we deliver landmark projects that foster long-term progress and economic growth. Since 1898, we’ve completed more than 25,000 extraordinary projects across 160 countries on all seven continents. We operate through four global businesses: Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; and Mining & Metals. Our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership and a relentless adherence to our values, the core of which are safety, quality, ethics, and integrity. These values are what we believe, what we expect, what we deliver, and what we live.
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Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
In accordance with Bechtel's duty to provide and maintain a safe workplace for our employees and to safeguard the health of our families, customers, and visitors, we have adopted mandatory COVID-19 safety protocols for each work location, which may include a vaccination or testing requirement. Please speak with your Bechtel recruiter to determine which protocols apply to the work location for the job you are seeking.
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