Director Estimating

Summary: The Director of Estimating is responsible for providing cost estimates for Airport Food & Beverage and Retail facilities; and performing all other responsibilities as directed by the business or as assigned by management.

Essential Functions:

• Collaborates with Design, Procurement, Project Management, Restaurant Development Portfolio managers, Business Development Finance, Developers and company Executives.
• Accountable to understanding and interpreting the Request for Proposals from airports and design criteria to ensure an accurate capex estimate.
• Works directly with the Design and Procurement teams to ensure the accuracy of estimate through the review of the renderings and floor plans to ensure we maintain budgets.
• Produces detailed and conceptual estimates for renovations, conversions and new-build of Food & Beverage and Retail locations.
• Reviews drawings and provides updated estimates at 10%, 30% and 90% to ensure we are within budget, or if not, identifies the magnitude of the cost over-run.
• Provides value engineering (VE) ideas/suggestions as needed during all stages of a project.
• Analyzes for the Project Director the general contractor and FF&E bids and scope changes for accuracy in quantities and pricing.  Highlight any areas of concern for the PD.
• Utilize and maintain companies program management ftp site (USGN) estimating module.
• Provides capital comparison and analysis by market and project type for each project estimated to validate cost verses historical data.
• Provide reports from database project costs, project comparisons, and track department performance against budgets and cost per square foot goals.
• Creates and maintains project costs database
• Maintains a working knowledge and understand of industry cost trends; guides team on trends and opportunities to avoid overruns.

Reporting relationship and other important information

• The Director of Estimating position as described falls under the Fair Labor Standards act as an Exempt position
• This position typically reports to the Senior Director, Design and Construction Program Support.
• The position may require travel occasionally to support the requirements of the business up to 20%.

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Work Environment:

• Requires an understanding of construction management financial and operational acumen typically gained through a Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Project Management, or related field of study, and 7 - 10 years of experience estimating construction projects in commercial real estate development and/or multi-unit restaurant companies.
• Requires supervisory experience, including delegation of tasks, issue resolution, coaching, and motivating others.
• Requires experience reading and interpreting legal agreements, construction documents and be adept at conceptual estimating
• Requires ability to integrate quantitative and qualitative data to identify interdependencies, trends, opportunities, etc. (intuitive business sense).
• Requires a demonstrated ability to interact confidently and effectively with internal and external stakeholders and  senior leadership.
• Requires experience with MS Office including strong working knowledge of Excel.  Experience with Peoplesoft and estimating and project management software strongly preferred.