Junior Estimator

Overview:

MasTec Civil is hiring for a Junior Estimator

Typically, this position is associated with your first professional job out of college. You will focus on different tasks assigned by the estimating team to collaborate with the bidding process or change orders on existing contracts.

This candidate must be a self-motivated person, with excellent communications skills, passionate about the work and profession, act with integrity, and like to work in a competitive environment.

Company Overview

Founded in 1987, MasTec Civil (formerly known as Condotte America), a MasTec Company, is a heavy highway contractor specializing in the construction of complex transportation projects that include roadway, bridges, interchanges, mass transit, and tolling facilities. In short, we build the roads and bridges connecting our families, communities, and nation. In doing so, client satisfaction is of primary importance to us, and our record reflects our emphasis on understanding our client needs in order to exceed their expectations.

MasTec's Clean Energy & Infrastructure (CE&I) segment generates over $4 billion in annual revenue, providing construction services across industrial, renewables and infrastructure sectors. Our industrial expertise includes building products manufacturers, decarbonization, power generation facilities, manufacturing plants and mining. In infrastructure, we specialize in general heavy civil construction, underground utilities, structures, electrical work, material production, roadways, bridges, specialty pavement overlays, environmental projects and commercial buildings. Our renewables sector focuses on solar, wind and battery storage. Sustainability and safety are foundational to our culture and influence everything we do.

MasTec, a minority-owned Fortune 500 company, has shaped the construction industry for more than 90 years. With over 35,000 employees and 400 offices nationwide, we provide flexibility and career growth in dynamic work environments.

Responsibilities:

• Get familiar with the company clients.
• Study and understand standard specifications, plans, design standards, basis of estimate, historical cost, type of contracts, request for information, request for proposal, technical special provision, addendums, permits, and other documents.
• Perform accurate, and within the time frame quantity takeoffs.
• Assists to pre-bid meeting and bid submittals.
• Coordinate and invite suppliers and subcontractors to quote different scope of work.
• Analyzes suppliers and subcontractor pricing input when required.
• Obtains clarifications on plans and specifications from owner or engineer of records.
• Provides information to the estimating team.
• Continues communication with field personnel (project engineer, superintendent, foreman, fleet manager, etc.) to track and adjust as necessary unit costs.
• Continues reading on commodity trade prices.
• Keeps looking construction technologies and techniques.
• Keeps looking to expand knowledge of construction, individual skills, and performance.
• Develops unit cost analysis.
• Start identifying design errors, problems, and solutions.

Qualifications:

Qualifications

• B.S. in Engineering or Construction Management degree.
• At least one internship with a Heavy Civil Contractor in the USA preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Possess good organization skills and strong verbal and written communication skills. Learn quickly and develop new skills.
• Possess good organization skills and strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be proficient using a personal computer, and Microsoft Software (Excel, Word, Power point, Outlook, Bluebeam).
• Possess great focus to meet and exceed company requirements and expectations. Possess high work values, integrity, and ethical standards.
• This candidate must be a self-motivated person, with excellent communications skills, passionate about the work and profession, act with integrity, and like to work in a competitive environment.

What's in it for you:

Financial Wellbeing

• Competitive pay with ongoing performance review and merit increase
• 401(k) with company match & Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Flexible spending