Employment

Kohnen-Starkey Inc. holds positions for motivated/self-starting construction professionals who share a common goal of providing a superior work product that exceeds the client’s expectations.

 

Estimator

Applicant must have a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of three years construction experience and be capable of providing accurate quantity takeoffs and pricing for civil, structural and architectural disciplines. Applicants must have the ability to establish and maintain up-to-date pricing for various cost of work. 

Duties include:

  • Quantity Takeoff’s
  • Estimate Organization and Formatting
  • Pricing Research
  • Upkeep of Pricing Data Base

Lead Estimator

Applicant must have a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of five years experience producing and leading cost estimates for all disciplines of construction. Applicant must have experience with large, complex, commercial projects with project values in the range of $5,000,000 to $100,000,000. Applicants must have the ability to lead an estimating team in the development of conceptual estimates, design development estimates, and competitive bid estimates. Applicant must have good presentation skills

Duties include:

Coordinate and manage all estimating activities for the project, including:
  • Estimate organization and formatting
  • Quantity takeoff’s and estimate pricing
  • Value engineering
  • Quality control of all estimates
Lead Estimators are responsible for:
  • Staying current with the value of work
  • Maintaining current pricing information in the estimating data base

Mechanical Estimator

Applicant must have a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of five years field/estimating experience in commercial mechanical construction on projects ranging from $500K to $25M mechanical cost.  Applicants must have the ability to provide conceptual estimates, design development estimates, estimate quality control, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of the cost of work, validation and documentation of project estimates. 

Duties include:

  • Cost analysis
  • Quantity takeoff’s
  • Estimate organization and format
  • Value engineering and management
  • Staying current with the value of work
  • Establish and maintain estimating systems in providing the correct value of the project
  • Maintaining current pricing information in the estimating data base

Electrical Estimator

Applicant must have a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of five years field/estimating experience in commercial electrical construction on projects ranging from $500K to $25M electrical cost.  Applicants must have the ability to provide conceptual estimates, design development estimates, estimate quality control, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of the cost of work, validation and documentation of project estimates. 

Duties include:

  • Cost analysis
  • Quantity takeoff’s
  • Estimate organization and format
  • Value engineering and management
  • Staying current with the value of work, quality, and establish and maintain estimating systems in providing the correct value of the project 

Scheduler

Applicant must have a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of five years experience in construction trades, practices and schedules in a large project environment.  Applicant must be knowledgeable in the development of Critical Path Method (CPM) schedules, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), and project organization.   

Duties Include

  • Responsible for creating and maintaining resource-loaded schedules
  • Communicating effectively with corporate staff, the senior project manager and the project manager and assisting the project team in monitoring contractor performance and compliance with the project schedule

Benefits

    Benefits Package:

    • Competitive Salary
    • Excellent Health & Dental Insurance
    • Long Term Disability Insurance
    • Employment
    • 401k Retirement Plan
    • Car/Gas Allowances (Commensurate w/Position)
    • Bonus Plan
    • Paid Vacations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact Details

P.O. Box 1054
8375 W. Main Street
Marshall, VA 20116

Phone: 540-364-3333
Fax: 540-364-9037

Should you wish to contact us via email, please click on the following link:
info@kohnen-starkey.com

Kevin Kohnen, President
kkohnen@kohnen-starkey.com

Mark Starkey, Vice President
mstarkey@kohnen-starkey.com