Cost Estimator

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🔥 9 hours ago

🧀 Wisconsin – Remote

🧀 Wisconsin – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

👻 Ghost score 12%

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Guardian Industries - DeWitt

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🏭 Manufacturing

🏗️ Construction

Manufacturing • Construction

Guardian Industries - DeWitt is a facility or operating unit of Guardian Industries listed among Koch companies. Guardian Industries is a global manufacturer best known for producing glass and building-related products and operates multiple manufacturing sites; the DeWitt location is presented in Koch’s careers/company listings as one of the Guardian Industries locations offering roles in manufacturing, engineering, operations and related functions. As part of Koch’s portfolio, the site is positioned within a large industrial/manufacturing network and supports production, operations and career opportunities tied to Guardian’s glass and building products businesses.

📋 Description

• Lead the overall estimating process across projects, including estimating kickoff and alignment meetings • Perform conceptual or detailed bottom-up estimates and/or manage partner estimating teams • Conduct estimate reviews and cost/quantity validations • Partner with preferred engineering and construction firms to develop project cost estimates • Prepare conceptual estimates when design information is limited • Develop detailed bottom-up estimates for project authorization • Identify risks and value-improvement opportunities • Assess estimate quality and validate estimates against internal and external data • Review and challenge change orders during construction • Benchmark actual project costs after completion to improve future estimating • Collaborate with project teams and preferred construction and engineering partners • Ensure estimating structures align with project work breakdown structures • Communicate risks and improvement opportunities to reviewers • Monitor and analyze project costs and work with project teams to control and improve cost outcomes

🎯 Requirements

• Ten or more years of project estimating experience in the industrial, chemical, oil and gas, or related industries • Robust understanding of cost build ups, engineering documents, blueprints, and other deliverables that influence estimates • Ability to assess estimating methodologies that impact estimate quality • Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills • Ability to work in a dynamic and team-oriented environment • Ability to travel up to 25% of the time • Expertise with data management / historical cost tool development preferred • Degree in construction management / building science preferred • Background in construction and/or project management preferred • Expertise in estimating process piping and/or electrical costs preferred • Expertise in the pulp and paper industry preferred • AACEI certification as a Certified Cost Professional (CCP) preferred • EcoSys software experience preferred • Qlik software experience preferred • Successful completion of a drug test may be required where permitted by state law • Employment uses E-Verify

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance • Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts • Life insurance • Accidental death and dismemberment (ADD) insurance • Disability insurance • Retirement benefits • Paid vacation/time off • Educational assistance • Potential infertility assistance • Potential paid parental leave • Potential adoption assistance • Flexible work environment supporting individual work and personal needs