Contracts Manager / Senior Estimator
Position Description:
The Marine Estimator/Contract Manager manages the analysis of bids and completes estimates for assigned projects, creating detailed cost estimates for ship repair and other marine projects.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in a suitable field and a minimum of five (5) years of marine and engineering experience, or an Associate’s Degree with at least 10 years of experience.
Proficient in Microsoft applications, including Excel, Word, Outlook and Project.
Basic knowledge of AutoCad is required.
Able to read and understand ship blue prints.
Strong communication skills-written and verbal.
Must be able to communicate with employees of varying education levels and maintain positive employee relations.
Must be a highly organized person who can monitor numerous projects at once and can prioritize the workloads of reporting employees.
Effective time management skills are a must.
5 Minimum Years of Experience
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but not limited to the following.
Completes proposals, submittals, estimates and bid summary sheets.
Identifies and communicates all special requirements on estimates to owners.
Identifies and communicates all bonding/security requirements to owners and controller. reviews all customer specifications, drawings and technical data.
Develops detailed itemized listing of required work tasks based on review of bid request.
Produces labor, material and subcontractor price estimates for all required work.
Produces craft hours and subcontractor estimates on projects.
Develops long lead and critical material list as required.
Prepares estimates for Change Orders on new and existing projects.
Develops craft labor budgets for planning and scheduling of project work.
Analyzes subcontractor quotes to determine the best choices for sourcing
Compares subcontractor to in-house costs in order to make outsourcing decisions.
Works with Production Managers to develop repair or new-build production plans.
Conducts turnover meeting for transfer of bid package to Production Managers.
Analyzes work sequencing and durations to produce the project production schedule.
Utilizes historical cost data in order to develop accurate bid standards.
Researches and develops new cost standards for work where no historical data exists.
Identifies and resolves ambiguities in specifications or bid packages.
Maintains time and production records.
Demonstrates teamwork and cooperation with other departments and employees.
Coordinates projects; Communicates changes and progress; Completes projects on time and budget.
Manages competing demands; Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.
Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance.
Provide leadership to all team members in accordance with company policy and procedures during the project development.
Monitor and report on activities and provide relevant management information to customers and upper management.