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RESPONSIBILITIES
- Monitor the market and maintain contact with existing customers, general contractors, architects and consultants, seeking projects that require site preparation, grading, gravel, asphalt and sub-trade coordination
- To construct market frameworks and provide recommendations to management
- Assess projects and prepare bids for tender and negotiation
- Work closely with Job Cost Accountant
- Project administration, invoicing, job cost analysis, scheduling and permit applications
- Ongoing communications with customers regarding each awarded project
- Daily contact with field Superintendents regarding schedules, production, work-in-progress and any special requirements or concerns, ensuring that all work performed is covered by contract or change order
- Project management including quantity measurement, progress claims, invoicing and deficiencies. Track work-on-hand, accrue revenues at month-end and oversee successful administration of contract execution
- Monitoring our markets, competitors and maintaining positive customer relations
- Participate as member of Safety Committee for district
- To identify extra mile opportunities
- Monitor market and bid market tracking
- Update and maintain Bid 2 Win estimating system
- Analysis and acquisition of construction projects with appropriate margins
- Administer work from development, bidding, management, problem solving, billing and collections
- Analyze profitability of customers and projects
- Provide a high level of service to customers
- Estimating weekly, monthly and quarterly reports, as well as safety reports
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
University degree, Technical or Business Diploma or equivalent field experience.
Experience
- Experience in sales and marketing of construction services.
- Strong understanding of paving, sub-grade and related subcontractor operations
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Additional Skills
- Read and interpret blueprints, drawings and specifications
- Provide economic feasibility studies and preliminary estimates for proposed projects
Specific Skills
- Advise on tendering procedures
- Set up cost monitoring and reporting systems
- Prepare estimates for general expenses and overheads
- Prepare estimates of labour and material costs
- Prepare and maintain a directory of suppliers and contractors
- Monitor and adjust contract expenditures
- Estimate pre-contract costs
- Analyze tenders and recommend awards
Major Work Area
- Estimating
Business Equipment and Computer Applications
- Spreadsheets
- Scheduling packages
- Estimating packages
- Databases
Type of Construction Experience
- Civil