Purpose: The Estimator will develop, build, and maintain strong relationships with current and potential customers through inside and outside sales efforts. The Estimator is responsible for executing the entire bid process and will secure projects that PGC can execute successfully. Estimator is a highly motivated and service-oriented team member.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Perform accurate takeoffs and develop estimates based on contract documents.
- Use techniques to be a competitive and successful bidder.
- Participate in pre-bid job walks, scope meetings, and bid follow up.
- Lead and participate in successfully handing off estimates to the project manager and field superintendent to facilitate a positive and profitable project.
- Meet or exceed sales and profit projections.
- Review monthly Budget vs Actual reports and provide input/make adjustments in future bids where necessary.
- Participate in project meetings, as necessary.
- Review change orders over $5k.
- Review and negotiate contract language.
Required Experience and Expertise:
- 5 years’ experience in the glazing industry.
- Accurate takeoffs, strong vendor relationships, and competent knowledge of labor requirements.
- Experience negotiating and assembling bid packages.
- Expertise estimating the following glass/glazing scopes including, but not limited to curtain wall, storefront, entrances, windows, sunshades, aluminum and phenolic panels, fire rated glazing/assemblies, frameless mirrors, glass canopies, smoke baffle, and glass railings.
- Essential office skills: typing, computer literacy, and able to navigate the internet.
- Professional oral and written communication skills. Must be able to effectively communicate with General Contractors, vendors, and PGC departments.
- Ability to work on multiple projects under tight deadlines.
- Knowledgeable in union glazier labor and rules.
- Knowledgeable in California Building Code, International Building Code, basic pre-engineering, Title 24, STC/OITC, GANA guidelines.
- Proficient in understanding construction drawings and specifications.
- Proficient in reading and understanding bid invitations, vendor quotes, installation manuals, and contracts.
- Must be able to understand and apply items in the bid including, but not limited to, insurance (OCIP/CCIP/UCIP), diverse business inclusions (DVBE, SBE, MBE, WBE), general GC requirements, and job specific requirements.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel including, but not limited to, creating proposals through the PGC bid template, knowledge of glazing systems to correctly fill out the PGC labor spreadsheets, understanding the bid review checklist, creating formulas for job specific items, and identifying formula errors.
- Proficient in Bluebeam including, but not limited to, compiling a highlighted scope package, performing takeoffs and measurements, marking up and commenting, and collaborating on a Session in Bluebeam Studio.
- Excellent math skills.
Personal Characteristics:
- Customer-service oriented with relationship building skills.
- Organized, self-starter with the ability to manage numerous projects who can work independently as well as a part of a team.
- Attention to detail with a good sense of time management, critical thinking, problem solving skills, and possesses strong organizational skills.
- Value and display integrity, tenacity, responsibility, and team spirit.
- Able to work under pressure, multi-task, and prioritize to meet bid deadlines and company goals.
- Displays integrity, tenacity, takes ownership, and can work in a team environment.
- Resourceful to seek answers without waiting for anyone.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- The employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, use hands and fingers, and reach with hands and arms.
- Able to lift and/or move up to 25 lbs.