A Day In The Life Of A Senior Estimator At McCarthy Building Companies
A senior estimator at McCarthy Building Companies spends roughly half their workday in meetings, "aligning and talking through pricing" with design and internal teams. The other half involves compiling budgets, securing pricing from trade partners ("spending probably five hours a week just calling trade partners"), and preparing presentations for clients and colleagues.
Communication, Teamwork, Project Management, Data Analysis, Problem-Solving
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Trey Novara
Senior Estimator
McCarthy Building Companies
Santa Clara University
Engineering - Civil
Architecture, Construction & Design
Operations and Project Management
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Video Highlights
1. A Senior Estimator spends roughly half their day in meetings with the design team and their own team to discuss pricing and project updates.
2. A significant portion of the work involves compiling budgets, preparing pricing presentations for clients and internal teams, and collaborating with trade partners.
3. Senior Estimators dedicate approximately five hours weekly to contacting trade partners, gathering pricing information, and understanding their current workload and budget status
Transcript
What does a day in the life of a senior estimator look like?
A day in the life of a senior estimator is usually spent about half the time in meetings. These meetings can be with the design team or with my team. A lot of it is just aligning and talking through what's going on and what's on their minds, then talking through the pricing.
The other half is putting together all my numbers and budgets. This includes getting my pricing ready to present and reaching out to our trade partners. We spend about five hours a week calling trade partners.
We talk through what they are currently working on, where their budget is, and get numbers from them. It's a lot of compiling everything and getting it ready for presentation to the owner and our team.