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Requests bids then analyses vendor pricing and capacity, to meet budget and project requirements, negotiating if necessary. Presents recommendations to project teams and prepares contracts for the work.\n\nDuties & Responsibilities\nReview specifications and architectural drawings to confirm scope of work, including material and labor requirements\nRequest quotes, analyze pricing and compliance, prepare contracts and process the required documentation\nActively develops budgets, schedules and performance plans to meet customer and company goals and objectives\nWork directly with estimators, CAD Technicians and Project Managers\nInterview vendors to obtain product or service information, such as price, availability, and delivery schedule\nMaintains manual or computerized procurement records, such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance, or inventories\nPrepares engineering instructions for shop drawing process\nClearly communicates schedules, risks, vendor conditions in the debriefing to the operations team\nEnsures that estimate is complete, and all risk is covered/mitigated. Account for any missing items in estimate\n\nOther Duties\nPlease note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing or activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. 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