823 Advizers
Trey
Senior Estimator
McCarthy Building Companies
Santa Clara University
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"