Estimator (m/f), Palmerston North in Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui
Your tasks:
- Conduct special studies to develop and establish standard hour and related cost data or to effect cost reduction
- Assess cost effectiveness of products, projects or services, tracking actual costs relative to bids as the project develops
- Prepare estimates for use in selecting vendors or subcontractors
- Analyze blueprints and other documentation to prepare time, cost, materials, and labor estimates
- Set up cost monitoring and reporting systems and procedures
- Confer with engineers, architects, owners, contractors and subcontractors on changes and adjustments to cost estimates
- Consult with clients, vendors, personnel in other departments or construction foremen to discuss and formulate estimates and resolve issues
- Review material and labor requirements to decide whether it is more cost-effective to produce or purchase components
- Prepare estimates used by management for purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work
Your skills:
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents
- Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
- Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems
- Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic form
- Determining how moneywill be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the pointsbeing made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times
Location
Palmerston North
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