POSITION - ELECTRICAL ESTIMATOR - CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
LOCATION - REMOTE ROLE
Arcadis is seeking an
Electrical Construction Estimator responsible for providing cost estimates for a variety of construction projects in North America. This position will join our Cost Management business line.
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
As part of our Cost Management team, you’ll be involved in a wide range of construction projects from global, high profile clients to smaller projects, ensuring they’re delivered on time and to budget. Your expertise in planning, estimating, budgeting and managing costs will drive growth and smarter working.
Role accountabilities:
- Communicate with client directly regarding their portion of the project
- Collaborate with external stakeholders to gain an in-depth understanding of their needs to resolve stakeholder issues, provide solutions and contribute to ongoing client satisfaction"
- Work independently within established financial systems to monitor and review project costs and variances on small commercial/regeneration/residential projects to control cost variables
- Deliver/assist in managing small- to medium-scale cost projects or significant components of cost management assignments, ensuring the delivery of the required scope of work within set deadlines
- Understand and comply with business risk and present any project concerns or issues to senior managers to ensure the project is not adversely impacted
- Provide advice to colleagues on principles of risk management to ensure adherence to the organization's risk and compliance processes
- Analyze and review a range of data to collate trends and prepare documentation such as delivery plans, providing advice and making recommendations to support cost and commercial management decision making
- Use own knowledge and experience to review and analyze existing cost and commercial management processes and policies, sharing knowledge and taking an active involvement in service improvement and innovation
- Interact with internal and external customers, applying technical knowledge to complete complex, professional-level tasks to ensure projects/programs can be delivered to meet customer expectations
- Provide specialist technical advice and guidance within area, supporting others with cost management queries and actively sharing knowledge to inform colleagues and provide a high level of service to clients
Key Skills & Attributes:
- In-depth technical knowledge of Electrical Construction Estimating field, including construction processes and cost and commercial management
- Demonstration of self-management and prioritization skills, with the ability to work under pressure
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to influence stakeholders and third parties
- Demonstrated expertise in measurement and pricing
- Able to understand the overall structure of the estimate
- Able to focus on an entire project rather than a limited portion
- May supervise lower levels on pieces of project work, providing mentorship and training
- May work on two or three projects concurrently
- Responsible for parts of total estimate for overall project
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline (Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying)
- Attainment of, or near attainment of, relevant professional certification(i.e., Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering [AACE] or similar)
- 5 or more years’ relevant experience, including experience delivering analysis and insights
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $70,800 - $122,130.
