Landscaping Business Estimating Lead

This opportunity is meant for a passionate person with experience in landscaping and snow who is also a “data geek” and loves the idea of working with a management team on business development, growth, and systems. Must be highly skilled and excited about technology has excellent attention to detail, has excellent interpersonal skills, and is willing to actively participate in winter snow work.

Perhaps you’ve previously owned your own startup business and you’re ready for a change or your recently entering the workforce and looking for a challenge. Come work with our team of reliable, friendly, and smart colleagues as we grow and develop together!

This position will include:

• Learning and mastering our estimating/CRM/time tracking platform (LMN)
• Attend weekly seminars and trainings on LMN
• Train other staff on estimating/CRM/time tracking platform (LMN)
• Data Entry and analysis using LMN Software (Landscape Management Network)
• Perform daily/weekly job costing analysis and job status reports.
• Report data findings to managers.
• Assist managers to make informed decisions, analyze trends, and maintain operational efficiency.
• Assist staff in reporting accurate time, materials and tasks
• Assist Owners in organizing and creating systems, cleaning existing systems, and keeping future systems organized
• Job costing and estimating assistance
• Creating estimating templates and written processes
• Creating estimates for sales staff
• Researching materials costs and updating pricing
• Implement and monitor Customer and Staff Portals (estimates sent, invoices, progress payments, customer communication, staff notes, etc.)
• Relationship Building: Develops relationships with managers, informs and educates staff about job results, trains managers/estimators on business systems, helps motivate staff to be more accountable, helps improve results by showing performance data, etc.
• Assists financial department (collects and categorizes receipts, monitors project, maintenance, and snow payments, billing triggers, etc.)
• Assists Fleet Manager by monitoring registrations, oil changes, service records, vin numbers, dot compliance, etc.)
• Snow Operator and/or manager during the seasonal winter months. Operate snow equipment to remove snow from commercial properties. Work collaboratively with other members to ensure timely and thorough service.
• Other duties as needed

Skills:

• Skilled in math/accounting/business
• Gifted at explaining concepts and teaching others
• Highly organized and has experience creating systems
• Attention to detail and efficiency to make sure information is recorded accurately and in a timely manner.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to research and collect data
• High level of concentration
• Critical thinking
• Self-motivation to get work done and be productive
• Advocates for the team’s success
• Ability to multi-task
• Previous landscaping or working in a landscaping office is highly beneficial
• Experienced in snow operation and/or managing snow
• Willing to work with our snow operation crew.

Design Works has been in business for nearly 20 years and our wonderful and experienced staff has over 150 years of combined experience in the landscaping industry, plus 3 landscape architects on staff. We’re more than just another landscaping company. Our company has young, energetic owners who love their business, customers, and coworkers. We put in the work to improve, honor work-life balance, and create opportunities and career paths for our team. We proudly offer full benefits, Medical, Dental, IRA Match and earned Paid Time Off, New, top-of-the-line equipment always on rotation. It’s an easy commute as we’re close to a major highway. We have a substantial snow plowing operation with large loaders and commercial lots, creating opportunity for plenty of winter work.

Give us a shout to learn more about this exciting position. This position will be meaningful and bring a lot of value to our growth goals and strategies for the future.