Environmental Cost Estimator

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Essel Environmental

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51 - 200 employees

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🏗️ Construction

Recruitment • Environmental Management • Construction

Essel Environmental is a staffing and environmental management company that specializes in providing top-tier talent for a variety of industries, including environmental, construction, safety, and technology staffing. The company offers emergency response staffing and talent acquisition on demand, with a focus on sourcing, screening, and deploying skilled workers who meet specific competency and cultural fit criteria. Essel Environmental serves customers both locally in California and nationwide, offering a smooth transition process for integrating chosen talent into teams.

📋 Description

• Developing engineering studies, plans, designs, and specifications for the remediation of environmental contamination. • Supporting Program, Operations, and Project Managers by analyzing project requirements and preparing detailed cost estimates. Role will include attending pre-bid site walks, determining scopes of work, perform quantity take-offs, calculate pricing by required task and phasing, obtain competitive bids from subcontractors, review and understand blueprints and project specifications, assist with value engineering assessments, and evaluate change orders. • Perform thorough review of bid materials including general conditions, schedule, scopes of work, site logistics, means and methods, constructability, and other information relative to ensuring competitiveness, completeness, and risk mitigation. • Analyze project documents to identify necessary resources including labor, materials quantities, means, methods, equipment, restrictions, schedule, and any other requirements for ensuring successful completion of projects. • Develop FFP and/or CPFF cost estimates including labor, equipment, material / supply, and subcontractor requirements. • Prepare initial project schedule to support cost estimate. Include tasks consistent with WBS structure. The period of performance, including any optional periods that may be exercised, should be identified. • Assemble and present the prepared estimate, including all backup information, rates, costs, units, quotes, etc. • Maintain cost database for all projects bid, and work with company resources to continually refine the database for site-specific, regional, and scope-specific data. • Interfacing with program and project managers, senior technical staff, the government customer, and RA Contractors. • Reporting of observations and compliance with contract documents. • Solicit subcontractor and vendor/supplier bids.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years previous environmental construction and remediation experience with at least 2 years as an Estimator or Estimate to Lead. • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field related to Environmental Studies such as: Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field. • Experience preparing bids for USACE and/or EPA remedial action contracts and task orders. • Hands-on experience and general knowledge of estimating, including budgeting, scheduling, change management, construction, and reporting. • Knowledge of cost estimating software and methodologies. • Experience supporting engineering, environmental, procurement, and construction projects. • Ability to interpret bid documents for cost, estimating, and change management. • Ability to prioritize and organize, work well under pressure, and meet deadlines. • Ability to work flexible hours as required to meet deadlines. • Knowledge and experience of CERCLA, DoD, DOE, EPA, and/or RCRA projects. • Ability to conduct completion inspections, document project status and maintain records. • Working knowledge of Federal and state occupational regulations, including US Army Corps of Engineers and EM 385, 1-1 Safety and Health Manual. • Ability to prepare daily reports documenting activities and findings. • Excellent interpersonal communication skills (both written and oral) including the ability to comfortably engage with varying levels of leadership, RA Contractors, subcontractors, internal and external stakeholders, etc. • Demonstrated proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite of software, specifically in Excel and Word. • Intermediate proficiency level with Microsoft Office Suite. Estimating software (B2W, Hard Dollar, HCSS, Sage Timberline) experience a plus. • Working knowledge of scheduling software (Primavera or MS Project).