What are the responsibilities and job description for the Drywall Estimator position at Christman Constructors, Inc?
Job Description
Job Description
Build More with Your Career at Christman Constructors, Inc.
With projects throughout the Midwest, Christman Constructors, Inc. (CCI) is a great place to begin, continue or grow your career. We're searching for the next generation of innovative minds who want to shape the world and live to build. CCI is looking for a Drywall Estimator to join our team at our Lansing, Michigan region. The Drywall Estimator will assist in leading conceptual estimating efforts to produce accurate construction cost budgets and estimates, provide input on process improvements, and also supports project planning goals and initiatives.
What You Will Do :
As a Drywall Estimator , your primary daily responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to :
- Demonstrates conceptual estimating proficiency in the scope review process, subcontractor knowledge, information of on-screen takeoff and estimating software platforms, and in interiors estimating.
- Surveys, quantifies materials, and produces assemblies from drawings.
- Prepares proposal letters, qualification and clarification sheets.
- Reads and interprets technical documents such as Geotechnical Reports, Due Care Plans, etc.
- Manages supplier and subcontractor bid invitations for respective estimates.
- Contacts / Follows-up with subcontractors and suppliers for pricing input.
- Demonstrates knowledge of client relations and estimate presentations.
- Possesses great knowledge with regard to technical specifications and pricing levels.
- Reviews contract scopes and associated dollar figures.
- Assists with subcontractor recommendations and buyouts.
- Meets deadline challenges and has the ability to prioritize multiple assignments simultaneously.
- Works in conjunction with the bid team to prepare accurate bid proposals.
- Provides technical assistance to Project Managers in negotiating contracts, change orders, etc. as required.
- Responsible for timely and complete bid submission and management of all required bid submission requirements (i.e. schedule, logistics, breakdown pricing, etc.).
- Ensures clean handoff of estimate, bidding information, drawings, specifications, etc. to project management team; assists with kickoff meetings.
- Organizes and performs quantity take-offs.
- Honors the brand promises of the Project Planning Group at Christman. Foundational to our brand is : providing accurate costing; proactively offering creative solutions for the team; and understanding our client's business to optimize capital investment and to win as a team.
- Completes assigned and required training for this role.
What You Will Bring to the Team :
Required experience, knowledge, and skills for this role include :
Additional Eligibility Qualifications
Why Christman?
At Christman, everyone is an owner. Through our employee stock ownership plan, each employee-owner shares in the collective success and wealth of our nationally recognized company and is eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits program, including health insurance, 401K contribution, professional development and tuition reimbursement, and more.
CCI is a premier full-service construction contractor with a tradition of excellence spanning more than a century. We are passionate about constructing facilities that drive our economy, improve our public infrastructure, and create the spaces that enable our clients to do what they do best.
With offices in Detroit, Lansing, and Livonia, Michigan, CCI specializes in :
Learn more about how you can grow as a Christman Expert, Leader and Partner and build more with us.
Work Environment and Physical Demands : The job will be conducted in a temperature controlled professional office environment, with moderate noise. The role will routinely use standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to talk, listen sit, walk, reach, kneel, stoop, crouch, use hands and fingers to handle or feel and to operate a computer and telephone keyboard, and maintain visual acuity.
Notice to Recruiting Agencies (Unsolicited Resumes) : The Christman Company does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our applicant tracking system, website, or to any Christman employee / affiliates. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Christman employees or its' affiliates will be considered property of The Christman Company and will be processed accordingly. Christman will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume without an executed agreement and assigned to a specific search.
The Christman family of companies is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
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