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Cost Estimator

Cost Estimator, SES Group, Repairs and Maintenance at CONUS military installations

START Date: 
November, 2019
END Date: 
May, 2021

Maintenance and Repair Estimator for Government specialty contractor for DOD contracts in North America.

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
600
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
2200
Experience Hours (Forensic Analysis): 
150

Cost Estimator, North West Redwater Partnership, (various projects)

START Date: 
June, 2020
END Date: 
August, 2020

Estimator (Self-Employed Contractor)

  • As an estimator, provided estimating support to Small Projects as per North West Redwater Partnership discretion. Coordinate and compile inputs from planners, vendors, and contractors to support the AFE's. Assemble progress measurement reports (i.e. cost curves) to be presented to NWR for review.
  • Short term contract as per agreement with NWR in providing required eastimating and report requirements.
Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
200
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
200

Cost Estimator, NNPC - Brass LNG, Brass LNG Project

START Date: 
April, 2005
END Date: 
March, 2016

Position: Cost Estimator, Brass LNG Project (Apr 2005 to Mar 2016)

Main function included overseeing and contributing to the preparation and evaluation of cost estimates for the Brass LNG project.

Duties and responsibilities included the following:

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
2000
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
18000
Experience Hours (Forensic Analysis): 
2000

Cost Estimator, National Grid Limited, National Grid - Capital Delivery

START Date: 
May, 2017

-The production of pre-tender cost estimates for electricity transmission projects, with a high focus being applied to transmission via extra high voltage cables

-The production of cost and scheduling models with the use of expert judgement and historic data

-The development of cost estimation models to reduce the resource time required for estimation.

-The identification of the independent variables to which cost is highly sensitive is central to this

-The use of EclipseCS estimating software

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
400
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
1250

Cost Estimator, Corix Water Products - US , (various projects)

START Date: 
November, 2014
END Date: 
January, 2017

* Perform material take-offs using Blueprints and Estimating Software, perform Project Management functions ensuring detailed material schedules are current, provide analysis and solutions for variances; prepare Cost Estimates and Sales Quotations for Government Agencies and General Contractors for Heavy Civil Pipeline and Drainage Systems, submit RFIs, Plan and Manage Procurements, Prepare Purchase Orders, Request for Quotations from manufacturers, Review Technical Specifications and Contract Doc

Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
4100

Cost Estimator, FNC, Meydan Heights - Dubai

START Date: 
December, 2015

§  Analyze drawing sets, scope of work, and specification in order to produce detailed cost estimates. Additionally, organizing and maintaining all project documents on the companies file server such that it is easily accessible by all team members.

§  Perform accurate quantity takeoffs on tender drawings using take-off estimation software Cost-X.

Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
4600

Cost Estimator, Cost Control, Planner, Precomprimido C.A., Viaduct (800m long)

START Date: 
June, 2005
END Date: 
June, 2007

Caracas- La Guaira Viaduct   2005 - 2007

Cost estimator for the bidding process

Planner and Cost Control 

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
500
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
700

Cost Estimator, General Contractor, Project Controls, Scheduler, 107 and 1281, Local 48, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, Multiple projects commercial, residential and military

START Date: 
May, 1969
END Date: 
March, 1988

Union Carpenter and Union General Contractor working out of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, Local 48, Fitchburg MA, Local 107, Worcester MA and Local 128.

Worked as a union carpenter and union general contractor while going to school nights to obtain my undergraduate degree in construction project management.

Projects included:

Lowel Technological Institute Science Building

Sullivan Square MBTA Station

Framingham Middle Schools

Inco Steel Buildings

Over 20 passive and active solar heated houses, banks and commercial structures

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
13000
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
20000
Experience Hours (Forensic Analysis): 
5000

Cost Estimator, American International Contractors Inc. - Special Projects, American Embassyies

START Date: 
April, 2006
END Date: 
August, 2008
  • Preparing Bill of Quantities and contacting onshore and offshore suppliers and subcontractors.
  • Preparing the pre-qualification documents (financial statements, QC/Safety/Environmental Plans, and Technical Proposal) for the new projects issued for pre- qualification by the OBO Overseas Building Operations)
  • Coordinating the pricing proposals with all discipline estimators through out the bidding stage for the direct cost of the projects.
  • Preparing the indirect cost proposals for the projects under the bidding stage.

Preparing and modifying th

Manager of Construction Department, Charlottesville Lumber Company/Better Living, Multiple Projects

START Date: 
May, 1974
END Date: 
August, 1977

Charlottesville Lumber Company/Better Living, Building Contractor, Manager of Construction Department , Charlottesville, Virginia, 

Oversaw all field operations, including layout of work, scheduling of manpower, ordering materials and equipment and scheduling deliveries.  Studied, set up and maintained safety program, working with O.S.H.A inspectors and regulations. Coordinated subcontractors, in-house construction staff, negotiated contracts, took-off and estimated work, wrote scopes of work, provided p

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