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Cost Estimator

Cost Estimator

STV • New York, NY, United States
1 day ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Cost Estimator

STV is seeking a highly skilled Cost Estimator with our Project Controls group as an extension of staff at NYC School Construction Authority.

This role will be responsible for developing accurate, detailed estimates to review, analyze, and develop independent cost estimates for proposed construction change orders. Validate quantities, labor, materials, equipment, subcontractor pricing, overhead, and profit markups. Negotiate fair and reasonable costs with contractors, and provide detailed recommendations to project management teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Review and validate change requests
  • Perform detailed quantity takeoffs for changed work
  • Develop labor, material, equipment, subcontractor, and indirect costs
  • Prepare independent estimates for comparison against contractor proposals
  • Review contractor cost breakdowns
  • Verify labor rates, burden, equipment rates, production assumptions, and material pricing
  • Validate overhead and profit markups
  • Identify unsupported or excessive costs
  • Participate in negotiations with contractors and subcontractors
  • Prepare fact-based recommendations regarding fair and reasonable pricing
  • Support owners, CM teams, and project managers during negotiations
  • Conduct scope reviews
  • Potential for project site visits to verify existing conditions
  • Review field conditions affecting changed work
  • Coordinate scope with engineers, architects, contractors, and project managers
  • Resolve quantity and scope discrepancies

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering or related construction or field (or equivalent experience)
  • 35+ years of estimating experience
  • Experience with quantity take-offs and cost analysis from construction documents
  • Knowledge of construction means and methods, materials, and cost drivers
  • Excellent analytical, communication, and coordination skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with public-sector, educational, institutional, or vertical construction projects
  • Experience reviewing contractor change order submissions and claims
  • Familiarity with NYC construction practices and prevailing wage requirements
  • Proficiency with estimating tools and software (e.g., RSMeans, Bluebeam, Sage Estimating or similar software tools)

Compensation Range: $86,464.77 - $98,816.88

STV offers the following benefits: Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable), Disability insurance, Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment, 401(k) Plan, Retirement Counseling, Employee Assistance Program, Paid Time Off (starting at 16 days), Paid Holidays (9 days), Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year), Parental Leave (up to 80 hours), Continuing Education Program, Professional Licensure and Society Memberships.

STV is committed to paying all of its employees in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner. The listed pay range is STV's good-faith salary estimate for this position. Please note that the final salary offered for this position may be outside of this published range based on many factors, including but not limited to geography, education, experience, and/or certifications.

Not sure this role is the perfect match? We encourage you to apply if STV's work and values resonate with you. We know great candidates don't always meet every qualification, and research shows women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they do. At STV, we believe strong talent comes from a wide range of backgrounds, and your skills and experience may align with this or another opportunity as we continue to grow.

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