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Trey

Senior Estimator

McCarthy Building Companies

Santa Clara University

Trey has over 3 years of experience in commercial estimating working on early conceptual budgets to procurement of trade partners in the construction industry.
Architecture, Construction & Design
Operations and Project Management
Engineering - Civil

Q1Career path

Internships

Career Path

Civil Engineering

0:56

"kind of had two internships during my college, uh, experience. The both were with McCarthy, which is the company I'm currently working for."

Q2Main responsibilities

Data Analysis

Teamwork

Project Management

2:54

"it's a lot of Excel sheets, it's a lot of checking costs and it's a lot of working with trade partners to get the right budget"

Q3Day in the life

Project Management

Communication

Teamwork

0:55

"a lot of it is just like aligning and talking through what's going on, what's going through their head, and then kind of talking through the pricing"

Q4Most important skills - role

Problem-Solving

Communication

Teamwork

1:00

"It's just as much dealing with people as it is dealing with numbers."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Problem-Solving

Learning

Challenges

0:57

"Using what I've learned over these past three years, I feel like I've learned a lot, but a lot of like learning through going through fire."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Project Management

Overcoming Challenges

Career Development

0:52

"Biggest challenge is definitely just being young and still having a lot to learn."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Teamwork

Communication

Problem-solving

0:49

"working with other people that are also kind of driven problem solving"

Q8Who thrives in industry

Problem-Solving

Teamwork

Self-Motivation

1:13

"Learning how to deal with unique situations, unique problems...just sitting down and going, okay team, let's sit for 15 minutes and just talk until we understand what the hell is going on."

Q9Wish known before - industry

Communication

Teamwork

Problem-Solving

1:03

"Don't be nervous to go in and be like, "Hey, can you help me out?""

Q10Entry-level positions

Job Search

Project Management

Entry-Level

1:39

"you're either a project engineer, a field engineer, or you can be the estimator, pre-con side."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Communication

Teamwork

Collaboration

0:41

"Seeing this as a team, seeing the people around you as people that can help you."

Q12College ideas for success

Networking

Teamwork

Construction Management

1:29

"it helped me just learn. We had, um, some people from the industry come in once a week and teach us and kind of talk through what they knew"