Estimator

About the Company:

Are you seeking an opportunity to showcase your adept capacity for accuracy, analysis and bid preparation as an Estimator? Better yet with a company that rewards growth, collaboration, and excellence? At Schlosser Signs, your talent and quality-focused mindset could be what it takes to blow our customers’ expectations out of the water with the high level of care and excellence we deliver to all our projects. In business for 25 years, Schlosser is not only a leader in the sign industry, but we’re also innovating beyond anyone’s wildest dreams.

With more than 45 employees and projects ranging from single sign installations to hundreds of signs at a single location, we design, manufacture, and install custom signage for our clients throughout Colorado.

Position Summary:

We are actively looking for an Estimator with a keen eye for detail and who is both a stickler for accuracy and a collaborative spirit, to add to our world-class estimating team. As an Estimator at Schlosser Signs, you will bring your stellar knowledge of different cost-influencing factor, such as materials, labor, location, and project duration to provide accurate pricing for custom sign projects. In this role you will also demonstrate a capacity to understand the work performed, possess an ability to work with various members of our fabrication, installation and project management teams while working with vendors and subcontractors to accurately deliver quotes.

This position is an awesome opportunity to add a unique perspective to your construction estimating experience and expertise. We offer a comprehensive pay and benefits package with PTO, 401k, health, dental and vison insurance and other benefit offerings to our full-time employees.

Compensation and Benefits:

Pay Range: $75k-$85k depending on experience

Benefits Include:

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• PTO and Paid Holidays
• 401K

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Analyze project plans and specifications to determine project scope, requirements and potential risks
• Produce project schedules from project scope and requirements analysis
• Prepare detailed pricing including materials, subcontractors and labor
• Collaborate with sales specialists, project managers and subcontractors to ensure accurate and timely estimates
• Gather, review and analyze bids from suppliers and subcontractors
• Assist our sales team with
• Readying bid documents and/or proposals
• Submittal of RFIs
• Maintaining a database of bids in relation to competitors
• Verifying that sold jobs accurately matches estimating
• Update pricing templates as well as a database of current pricing for items and services
• Develop new vendor/supplier/subcontractor relations as well as current
• Maintain confidential and proprietary information
• Negotiate pricing with subcontractors and material vendors
• Maintain expected margins
• Complete “cost to completion” studies while projects are in process
• Review job costing reports and maintain “estimate vs actual” reports

Experience, Knowledge and Abilities

• Experience in construction and manufacturing (Required)
• Proficiency in mathematics and data analysis
• Ability to read and proficiently interpret technical and conceptual documents
• Exceptional time management and organizational skills
• Ability to multitask while maintaining a strong attention to detail
• Ingenuity and solid critical thinking skills to devise creative solutions, conclusions and approaches to problems
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Collaborative and experienced in relationship management
• High degree of comfort with computers and maintaining fluency of required software and programs