Estimator - Commercial Roofing
- Seattle, WA
- $85,000-120,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Rewarding, challenging, fast-paced work in an excellent environment
- Be part of a dynamic team while using your innovation and creativity daily
- Develop life skills by learning and growing both personally and professionally
- Be part of a company that offers career advancement opportunities
- Employee and Family Assistance Program offered to all employees and their families
- Excellent benefits program including; Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short Term and Long-Term Disability, as well as a 401K Plan
- Competitive salary
- Performance based bonus program
- Health benefits - Health, Vision, Dental, Life and Disability
- 401k w/company match
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Company vehicle allowance and gas card
- On-going career development courses and programs
- Identify, estimate, and sell commercial building envelope projects.
- Play a direct role in customer relations and sales.
- Participate in project selection and strategy.
- Prepare accurate, timely estimates for review with sales team
- Develop and maintain consistent contact with customers and document bid results and bid follow-up.
- Develop a culture of teamwork and continually seek strategies to create competitive advantage.
- Constantly tie estimating to past results and production.
- Enhance Flynn's reputation for integrity, quality, and professionalism.
- Know and stay abreast of design requirements, codes and materials; use expertise to prepare accurate and competitive proposals and contracts.
- Analyze blueprints, specifications, proposals, and other documentation to prepare time, cost, and labor estimates for projects.
- Complete a thorough and accurate review of construction documents, including but not limited to: general conditions, schedule, insurance, specification sections, warrant, and bond terms.
- Compute cost factors and prepare estimates used for management purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work; preparing bids, selecting vendors, and determining cost effectiveness.
- Write detailed proposals and negotiate final contract scope.
- Collaborate with Business Development and Project Managers to decide which jobs to price and who will be responsible for the estimate, the backup, the bid review, and the selling.
- Communicate with potential bidders to review scope, schedule, and bidding strategies.
- Analyze and utilize historical job performance data for future bidding.
- Perform a detailed process of handing off a project and/or client to a Project Manager after a contract is negotiated.
- Ensure consistency in process of how estimates are completed.
- Previous experience working in a Construction Estimator or Pre-Construction Manager role (commercial roofing or architectural sheet metal background preferred, but those with experience in other scopes of self-performed work will also be considered).
- Extremely organized, detailed, thorough, and accurate.
- Skilled communicator, both oral and written.
- Strong negotiation skills.
- Proficiency with Excel, Blue Beam, Word, and scheduling software.
- Good business sense; can read markets, recognize and evaluate risks and opportunities.
- Positive team player.
- Enjoys and is skilled at estimating, math, blueprint reading and sales.
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