Sr. Estimator

Company Overview
Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC) is the village corporation of Barrow, Alaska and is recognized as one of Alaska's top 10 companies with approximately 4,000 employees nationwide and revenues above $700M annually. UIC is projected to grow substantially in the coming years to become a top 3 company in Alaska by 2030. 

As a proud Alaska Native Corporation, our success brings growth and benefits to our Inupiat shareholders. The size and diversity of our operations means we have a broad variety of career opportunities. We recruit only qualified people looking to join a workforce characterized by strong leadership, competent and hard-working staff, and a superior work environment with a focus on career development, great wages and benefits.

UIC Nappairit, LLC (UICN) is headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska and a subsidiary of Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation (UIC), the Alaska Native Village Corporation of Barrow, Alaska. UICN is a SBA 8(a) Certified ANC Commercial construction contractor, specializing in road system & remote vertical and civil construction services. UICN is part of the Commercial Services Division of UIC. Our family of companies specializes in professional services and remote construction in arctic and subarctic Alaska and across the country.

Sr. Estimator

JOB SUMMARY:

• Estimator position requires a self-starter with experience in all phases of road system & remote Alaska construction estimating including proposal preparation, quantity surveys, supplier and subcontractor solicitations, manpower production rates, logistic methods, preparation of documents, and preparation of estimates, primarily for contracting opportunities located within all areas of Alaska, with focus on logistically challenging projects in remote Alaska. Projects range from $100K - $30 million plus.

Essential Functions:

• Participate in Home Office and field meetings with project team members, subcontractor and client personnel, as required. 
• Identify potential problem areas or trends and work on continuous improvement issues.
• Maintain communication with the field team and home Office project team members regarding significant problem areas and potential solutions.

• Have mutual accountability with Project Manager, Site Safety and QA/QC Manager for completion of efforts on time and within budget.
• Assist in identifying and tracking new project opportunities as well as project funding and finance opportunities.
• Prepares work to be estimated by gathering proposals, blueprints, specifications, and related documents.
• Identifies labor, material, and time requirements by studying proposals, blueprints, specifications, and related documents.
• Assists in developing costs/budget for design build projects.
• Computes costs by analyzing labor, material, and time requirements.
• Obtains bids from vendors and subcontractors by specifying materials, identifying qualified subcontractors and negotiating price.
• Resolves discrepancies by collecting and analyzing information.
• Assess cost effectiveness of products, projects, or services, tracking actual costs relative to bids as the project develops.
• Conduct special studies to develop and establish standard hour and related cost data or to effect cost reduction.
• Create initial project construction schedules.
• Presents prepared estimate by assembling and displaying numerical and descriptive information.
• Maintains cost database by entering and backing up data.
• Maintains technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing technical publications.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Ensure timely completion of estimates.
• Understand scope of work to bid.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with vendors and subcontractors.
• Will travel to job sites on occasion.
• Will assist the project managers from pre-construction to close-out.

Knowledge and Critical Skill/Expertise:

• Technical skills are a necessity, including excellent written, and verbal skills.
• Requires analytical, critical-thinking, and technical skills.
• Ability to work under strict deadlines.
• Thorough knowledge/background in commercial construction. Alaska project experience is preferred.
• Must be able to perform multiple tasks and handle multiple priorities and can perform exceptionally under high stress conditions.
• Knowledge of computer operations and standard software packages.
• Proficiency of the Microsoft Office Suites.
• Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology.
• Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles, involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction industry.
• Ability to manage estimates and proposal processes from start to finish with self-sufficiency.
• Ability to listen to and follow directives from upper management.
• Desire to be part of a team environment.

• Capable of functioning independently and undertake various technical roles when required. 

• Recognizes need for confidentiality and securing of sensitive information.

Required Experience:

• 10-15 years’ experience in commercial/Remote Alaska/Federal construction estimating.
• Previous Timberline estimating experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree or comparable work experience
• Broad knowledge in construction methods, practices, schedules, logistics and budgets.
• Able to read architectural plans and develop cost estimates.
• Strong understanding of construction processes
• Experience estimating in response to DOD, DOJ solicitations.
• Ability to work extended work schedules as required supporting the project schedules.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and relationships.

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to read text on a computer screen and in hard copy, stand or sit, talk, and hear.
• The employee is frequently required to enter information into computers via a keyboard or other peripheral device.
• Exposure to moderate levels of noise in a well-lit, well-ventilated, and moderately paced environment.
• Continuously required to sit, hear and/or respond to verbal/audio cues, perform repetitive motions of hands and wrists, and read computer screen.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor. The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the employee in this position. They are not to be constructed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of a person in this position. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of Nappairit, LLC.

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