Senior Metal Estimator
American Fence & Supply Co., Inc.
Warren, MI
- $65,000 to $100,000 Yearly
- Full-Time
Job Description
General Description:
The Senior Commercial Estimator is responsible for bidding complex commercial, industrial and institutional projects and overseeing projects in a support role. A successful procurement effort includes developing the bid strategy and maintaining subcontractor relationships. The estimator must rely on the use of construction plans and his own experience in the industry to prepare and analyze project budgets and spending.
Daily Responsibilities:
The Senior Commercial Estimator is responsible for bidding complex commercial, industrial and institutional projects and overseeing projects in a support role. A successful procurement effort includes developing the bid strategy and maintaining subcontractor relationships. The estimator must rely on the use of construction plans and his own experience in the industry to prepare and analyze project budgets and spending.
Daily Responsibilities:
- Prepare initial breakdown of all assigned projects
- Accurate material quantities.
- Accurate material prices, verified with vendors in writing.
- Accurate labor estimates with detailed explanations.
- Visit job sites to validate integrity of your initial breakdown.
- Verify that the site is as described (accessible, terrain, etc.)
- Meet with client, architect, or superintendent to ensure that job peculiarities have been identified.
- Prepare post-meeting minutes that define all topics discussed during the site visit, detailing all job peculiarities.
- Calculate final pricing based on adequate or superior mark-up multipliers.
- Prepare accurate and detailed sales proposals.
- Final pricing.
- Include peculiarities in proposal.
- Site layout drawing, at clients request.
- Assist in providing for all other customer needs.
- Complete and turn in all required paperwork for new job folder creation:
- New Project Form
- Customer Name
- Bill to and ship to address
- Phone and fax numbers
- Accounts payable contact and invoice mailing address (where do we send the invoice?)
- Payment terms (short as possible)
- Site Contact information
- Signed Contract
- Map to job site
- Completed detailed work order and two copies of associated blueprint(s).
- Attend pre-construction meetings to ensure that:
- Job details have not been changed.
- Proposed timing is still accurate.
- Communicate proposed timing to our customer service representative for inclusion in our installation and fabrications schedules.
- When necessary, assist in material procurement.
- When necessary, go to jobsite and layout job for crew installation.
- Timely troubleshoot customer and installer problems that arise during the job (these are urgent and must be handled in an extremely expeditious manner).
- Periodically visit job sites, ensuring a smooth installation and correcting all observed problems with our foreman.
- Communicate job status with Operations Manager, identifying all concerns or problems with the job.
- Troubleshoot any customer concerns.
- Assist the controller or salesman in collection activities.
- When appropriate, pick up checks from various clients.
- Sales Activities
- Meet with current prospective clients, aiding American Fence in developing lasting professional relationships.
- Call on potential selling opportunities, attempting to garner American Fence additional business.
- Sales expectation $1.5M to $2M.
- Maintain Seasonal Job Minimum.
- $65,000 to $100,000
- 8-10 hours per day, Monday through Friday
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American Fence & Supply Co., Inc.
Warren, MI
48089
USA
Industry
Construction
Posted date
Over a month ago
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