Full-Time Estimator/Junior Estimator Position
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Attend pre bid job walks and provide notes/photos from walk to better assist the estimator with the bid
- Assist estimator with sending our drawings and spec details to vendors for quoting materials and sub-contractors
- Have the willingness to multitask all job duties daily
- Assist estimating team with reviewing bid specifications providing detailed notes
- Create new-opportunity estimates, including bid board updating, pre-bid meeting attendance, specification review, RFI creation, vendor quote request, proposal package creation, DBE (diversity) coordination, Addendum research and updates, final pricing/qualification creation, post-bid meeting attendance as required to support contract award and project management.
- Create estimates for current project change orders/revisions as necessary to support project managers.
- Provide detailed project take-offs, material lists, subcontractor lists, project issues/opportunities to project management staff.
- Post-bid organization (communication/document filing), follow-up, updating results, and hand-off/contract review when applicable.
- Enter project plans into PDF sharing software with notes as necessary for seamless transition.
- Post-mortem job reviews including detailed reporting to management, and updating assembly productions/make-ups in estimating software.
- Estimating software updates including database modifications, task/assembly updates, labor/equipment updates. Creating a clean database to allow for quick/efficient/accurate bids to be created. Updating material pricing based on commodity changes and industry trends.
- Facilitate/train proper adoption of estimating practices throughout company divisions, and any future divisions.
- Estimating volume forecasting, including tracking of estimates created/won/lost, revenue correlations, trends, etc.
- Business development including bid research, increasing bid opportunity, and new customer acquisition. Existing customer relationship bolstering through recurring contacts, event opportunities, meetings, etc.
- Weekly meetings to present agenda, timeline, capacity, etc. to management and the estimating coordinator.
- Yearly training to remain current on industry trends and work-function advantages/efficiencies.
- Rolling-out updated specifications, standard details, and contract requirements to estimating software and project management staff.
- Supplemental tasks and duties as necessary to facilitate overall corporate operations, goals, and obligations.