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Lead Project Cost Estimator

KDG Construction Consulting

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, California

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Bidding, Budgeting, Building Codes, Change Requests/Orders, Commissioning - Engineering, Conduct Studies, Construction, Construction Contracts, Construction Engineering, Construction Estimates, Construction Management, Construction Projects, Consulting, Contract Negotiation, Cost Estimates, Customer Support/Service, Detail Oriented, Federal Grants, Loans, Negotiation Skills, Price Quotes, Procedure Development, Project Estimates, Reporting Skills, School Buildings, Team Lead/Manager, Technical Services Management
LOCATION
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, California
POSTED
3 days ago
KDG Construction Consulting is seeking a detail-oriented Lead Project Cost Estimator to join our team in support of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) supporting the Program Support Services.
Key Responsibilities:
  • Leads and supervises a team of Estimators, including designating daily assignments
  • Plans and participates in the preparation of construction cost estimates of buildings or other structures from drawings, outlines, and specifications
  • Prepares and reviews cost estimates and forms and other materials submitted to secure State and/or federal grants and loans from school aid programs and represents the district on matters pertinent to securing such funds
  • Checks construction cost estimates submitted by commissioned architects and engineers for accuracy and completeness and compares them with District estimates
  • Confers with commissioned architects and engineers to resolve differences in their cost estimates and District estimates for each project and negotiates agreements on preliminary estimates of construction costs
  • Conducts studies and prepare reports when contractors' bids vary widely from the agreed construction cost estimate
  • Checks segregations of contract costs as estimated by building contractors and recommends acceptance or rejection as a basis for progress payments
  • Analyzes change orders on construction work under contract and approves or rejects extras or credits submitted
  • Prepares or reviews cost estimates for projects
  • Establishes and maintains procedures for approval of plans and specifications for building projects and submission of approved projects to public bidding
  • Develop methods for maintaining data used in records, charts, and graphs reflecting estimated construction costs compared with actual costs
  • Conducts and participates in seminars and workshops with staff and minority contractors relative to school construction bidding procedures, contracts, and cost estimating
  • Estimates costs of damages to District property caused by fire, natural disaster, and major acts of vandalism
  • Establishes budgets for school building projects
  • Assists other branches with related functions
  • Prepares preliminary and final independent cost estimates of projects for comparison with designer or contractor for PM/CM to establish negotiating position
  • Prepares change order estimates for Owner Authorized Representatives to establish negotiating position
  • Provides support in price negotiations
  • Prepares claim analysis and estimates
  • Review of contractor’s claims and proposals for merit and accountability
  • Performs related duties as assigned
Required Qualifications:
  • Fourteen (14) years full-time paid professional experience in the preparation of complete cost estimates for major/complex type I, II, or III, and V building construction as defined by the State building codes AND
  • Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering or construction management AND
  • Three (3) years of full-time paid experience in supervising estimators AND
  • Must have worked for a construction cost consulting firm for at least five (5) years
  • OR
  • Twenty (20) or more years solid full-time paid professional experience in the preparation of complete cost estimates for major/complex type I, II, or III, and V building construction as defined by the State building codes AND
  • Degree not required AND
  • Five (5) years of full-time paid experience in supervising estimators AND
  • Must have worked for a construction cost consulting firm for at least five (5) years

Anticipated Salary Range: $197,000.00 – $210,000.00 per year 

About KDG: KDG Construction Consulting is a leading provider of program, project, and construction management services. The firm serves clients in a broad range of markets throughout Southern California, including transportation, public infrastructure, and large-scale facilities. KDG provides a full spectrum of management and technical services spanning the entire life cycle of a construction project.

Employment with KDG: KDG is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.
 

About the Company

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KDG Construction Consulting

As a World War II and Korean War veteran who attended USC’s School of Architecture on the GI Bill, Robert Kennard founded The Kennard Design Group in 1957. The firm, which provided architecture and planning services, became one of the largest and oldest African-American architectural firms in Los Angeles.

The Kennard Development Group, dba KDG Construction Consulting (KDG), a derivative of the Kennard Design Group, was established by Mr. Kennard’s daughter, Lydia Kennard, in 1980 and incorporated in 1984. The firm began as a developer of mid & low rise office buildings, providing project development throughout the greater Los Angeles area. In the mid-1980s, KDG sold its office building portfolio and converted its expertise in development and construction management into a fee-for-service professional practice.

Today, KDG is a successful construction management services firm, certified by the State of California as a Small Business (SB) with a staff of exceptional project and construction management professionals. Over the past five years, KDG has coordinated and managed the construction of more than $2 billion in public works and capital improvement projects.

KDG’s staff includes civil, mechanical and electrical engineers and business-degreed professionals serving as construction managers, inspectors, estimators, and/or project control engineers. Averaging over 18 years of experience, KDG’s dedicated professionals ensure that projects are successfully executed, providing competent, responsive and well-coordinated services. Because KDG’s senior professionals actively participate in and supervise every project, the firm is able to maintain exceptionally high quality work products.

COMPANY SIZE
20 to 49 employees
INDUSTRY
Other/Not Classified
FOUNDED
2011
WEBSITE
http://www.kdgcc.com

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