Painting Estimator

Wies Drywall and Construction Corp. is hiring for an additional Painting Estimator. With over 50 years in the wall and ceiling business, the Wies team has fought hard to have a great environment and reputation. We've been fortunate to have many incredible clients and thrive on long standing relationships with both clients and team members. Driven by core values, we're seeking a candidate who is looking to be part of our team.

The following information aims to provide potential candidates with a better understanding of the requirements for this role.

Character:

• Live by Wies core values (Do What Is Right, Lead To Serve Others, Solve Problems Creatively, Persistent Learning, Set The Standard, Be The Standard, and Act With Humility)
• Take care of clients in a respectful way, even when courtesy is not returned. 
• Maintain consistently clear communication among entire chain of clients, project management, support, and operational team. 

Prerequisites:

• Familiarity with construction documents, including plans, specifications, and front ends 
• Familiarity with technology - BlueBeam, Microsoft Excel, Word and Adobe Acrobat Pro preferred  
• Detail oriented 
• Pro-Active problem-solving mentality 
• A hunger to learn  
• The ability to meet deadlines 
• Tenacity in the face of rejection 
• The ability to think through Value Engineering strategies
• *** Strong documentation process to be able to switch between multiple jobs simultaneously 

Description of work processes:

• Create accurate bid proposals with quality take offs of painting scope for interior, exterior walls, wall coverings, floors and stain packages
• For commercial, industrial and residential projects
• Download and review plans electronically 
• Upload documents into estimating software for on screen takeoff 
• Use templates to create and quantify the work required 
• Request, receive, and input material pricing 
• Review and adjust the labor required for scope items 
• Request, receive, and review sub-tier contractor bids 
• Create pricing for alternates and substitutions 
• Compose bid proposals using a template to effectively communicate included scope, excluded scope, architectural holes, and bid assumptions
• Follow up with submitted estimates 
• Project Management of contracted work 
• Review and sign construction contracts to general contractor and to subcontractors 
• Request, create, and submit all required submittal documents, including product data, engineered shop drawings, sub-tier submittals, and any other onboarding documents 
• Procure long lead time and specialty materials 
• Provide Superintendent with physical and electronic documents, including plan documents, scope of work, project schedule, and take off documents 
• Provide additional pricing to general contractor as required 
• Maintain a change order log via template of all pricing provided and change orders received for every project  
• Attend general contractor’s project meetings as required 
• Attend and report at Wies’s estimators meeting 

Pay and Benefits:

• The floor salary is $95,000, this would be for a candidate with technical building experience but no estimating experience. xhqgsiq Salary is negotiable with estimating experience.
• Yearly bonus
• 401k with match
• Health insurance family coverage