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Remote Raven

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11 - 50 employees

👥 HR Tech

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🤝 B2B

HR Tech • Recruitment • B2B

Remote Raven is a company that connects businesses with highly qualified virtual assistants to fill various roles across multiple industries. They focus on providing professional, college-educated, and well-trained remote workers from the Philippines who can handle diverse tasks, including customer service, bookkeeping, digital marketing, HR, healthcare, and web development among others. Remote Raven ensures that these remote workers are fluent in English and hold relevant degrees or certifications. They offer a simple and affordable recruiting process without start-up fees, aiming to help companies streamline their staffing needs with reliable remote personnel.

📋 Description

• The Construction Estimator is responsible for analyzing construction drawings, specifications, and project documentation to prepare accurate cost estimates and competitive bids for commercial construction projects. • Review architectural drawings, specifications, and addenda to determine full project scope • Interpret construction documents including finish schedules, elevations, sections, and detail drawings • Identify scope requirements, exclusions, and potential risk factors within the bid documents • Track and incorporate revisions from addenda and updated plan sets • Perform accurate digital quantity takeoffs from construction drawings • Measure floor, wall, and vertical surface areas for materials including tile, stone, and related finish materials • Calculate material quantities including square footage, linear footage, trim pieces, waterproofing systems, and accessory components • Validate takeoff quantities against architectural finish schedules • Develop detailed cost estimates including labor, materials, equipment, and subcontractor costs • Apply company labor production rates to estimate installation durations and labor costs • Solicit and evaluate supplier and vendor pricing • Build cost breakdowns and estimate summaries for internal review • Prepare bid proposals in accordance with project bid instructions • Ensure scope coverage aligns with contract documents and specifications • Maintain organized estimate files including takeoffs, assumptions, clarifications, and exclusions • Participate in internal bid review meetings prior to submission • Coordinate with project managers and leadership to review estimate assumptions • Identify potential value engineering opportunities • Provide estimate breakdowns and documentation for project handoff when projects are awarded

🎯 Requirements

• 3 or more years of construction estimating experience • Strong ability to read and interpret architectural and construction drawings • Proficiency performing digital quantity takeoffs from construction plans • Experience reviewing project specifications and finish schedules • Experience preparing detailed construction cost estimates • Strong analytical and mathematical skills • High level of attention to detail and accuracy • Candidates must have experience with one or more of the following digital takeoff platforms: Measure Square, PlanSwift, On-Screen Takeoff, Bluebeam Revu, Stack Takeoff • Additional technical experience preferred: Excel or Google Sheets for cost analysis and estimate formatting, Construction document management platforms such as Procore, BuildingConnected, or similar bid platforms, Familiarity with CSI MasterFormat divisions and construction specifications