Estimators

Reporting to the company’s President, Vice President and General Manager of Operations , the Estimator will be responsible for but not limited to:

• Assist Senior Estimators with all day-to-day responsibilities
• Explain various railing system designs offered by the company
• Respond to various questions customers ask during quote and/or project process and how to appropriately respond
• Build strong relationships and trust with contractors/repeat customers so that Estimator becomes first point of contact for any railing needs
• Drive to customer/potential customer sites across Vancouver Island/Gulf Islands
• Take accurate measurements on-site used to produce estimates and shop drawings
• Anticipate potential problem areas of a project and price/plan accordingly
• Prepare estimate calculations
• Generate customer estimates and proposals from approved estimate calculations
• Assist with training Junior Estimators
• Project management
  • Communicate with customers throughout project timeline
  • Prepare layouts and communicate with designer to ensure accuracy of shop drawings produced
  • Independently prepare shop drawings using in-house software when possible
  • Review shop drawings to ensure customer expectations will be met prior to production
  • Prioritize completion dates of personal projects for production team
  • Follow-up with production team and scheduler in order to ensure customer timelines met
  • Maintain personal projects list in project management software to ensure all projects completed in a timely manner
  • Communicate with installers to ensure installation completed according to plan
  • Follow-up on deficiencies and ensure corrective action taken in a timely manner
  • Problem-solve complex, unanticipated issues to develop the most efficient and low-cost remedy that will be satisfactory to the customer
    • Understands when problem-solving requires support and communicates with leadership clearly
  • Ensure inventory levels are adequate for all upcoming projects
  • Schedule engineering and provide documentation to clients when needed
• Report safety concerns, deficiencies, and continuing challenges to management
• Assist and provide support to team members in all departments when help is required