Do you love helping people through difficult situations? Then, don’t miss your chance to join our Servpro of Kansas City Midtown as a Construction Estimator. In this position, you will be making a difference each and every day. We have a sincere drive toward the goal of helping make fire and water damage “Like it never even happened”!
Summary
The Construction Estimator is responsible for managing a wide range of functions necessary to successfully obtain, bid, and price construction projects. They are responsible for ensuring an accurate scope of work is created, delivering a consistent and complete estimate, and maintaining a high quality of service in all dealings with customers, clients, and resource providers involved in construction services.
Primary Responsibilities
· Establish customer relationship for construction services
· Educate customer on the construction process
· Work with customers to understand desired upgrades/changes
· Ensure that estimates meet client requirements
· Analyze labor, material, and time requirements for a project
· Create an accurate sketch and initial scope of work for construction projects
· Deliver a consistent and well-defined initial estimate
· Recognize project constraints and/or needed upgrades
· Work with Construction Manager to price bid items, if needed
· Identify and document finalized project scope of work
· Work with outside resources as necessary to complete accurate estimate (i.e., Structural Engineers, ITEL, Electrical Inspectors, etc.)
· Assemble accurate and well-organized estimates
· Deliver and communicate estimate to Construction Manager
Education and Experience Requirements
· BA in engineering, construction science or similar relevant field preferred
· 2 years previous construction estimating and/or insurance adjusting experience
· Superb customer service
· Effective written and oral communication
· Proficient use of Xactimate™ estimating software
· Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
· Team Player
Physical and Work Environment Requirements
· Walking and/or standing throughout the day
· Frequent driving and sitting
· Occasionally climbing ladders
· The employee is occasionally exposed to extreme conditions such as heat
Flexible work from home options available.
All employees of a SERVPRO® Franchise are hired by, employed by, and under the sole supervision and control of an independently owned and operated SERVPRO® Franchise. SERVPRO® Franchise employees are not employed by, jointly employed by, agents of, or under the supervision or control of Servpro Franchisor, LLC, in any manner whatsoever.