What are the responsibilities and job description for the Estimator position at Pattison ID?
Who We Are
Pattison ID - We design, build and maintain physical spaces and facilities for brands that want to use their physical spaces to drive value and impact for customers. We are one of the largest companies in our space, with 8 manufacturing facilities, 5 sales and operations offices and over 1,000 employees in the US and Canada.
Key Responsibilities
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is constantly required to sit and use hands to operate the telephone, type and operate computer and mouse.
Pattison ID - We design, build and maintain physical spaces and facilities for brands that want to use their physical spaces to drive value and impact for customers. We are one of the largest companies in our space, with 8 manufacturing facilities, 5 sales and operations offices and over 1,000 employees in the US and Canada.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for providing the overall sign cost for each type of sign.
- Prepares estimates from provided drawings, blueprints, specifications, and related documents.
- Identifies labor, material, and time requirements by studying drawings, blueprints, specifications, and related documents; Identify and quantify cost factors, such as production time, materials, and labor expenses Computes costs by analyzing labor, material, and time requirements.
- Construct estimate, in digital estimating forms, all labor, all material components and component pricing.
- Communicate with the applicable departments to meet required deadlines for customer quotes
- Sign Industry background is preferred
- Manufacturing experience is preferred
- General construction background helpful
- Understanding of sheet metal fabrication, electrical assembly, sign service and sign installation is a plus
- Ability to read blueprints helpful
- At least 3 years of estimating experience, preferably within a manufacturing environment
- Proposal experience with knowledge of cost estimating and RFP process
- Internal candidates who have demonstrated at least 3 years relevant skills and performance may be considered without meeting the 3-year estimating and proposal experience requirement.
- Proficient with Windows 10, Microsoft Outlook and Excel a must
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent math skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Regular work weeks are 5 days, Monday to Friday, 8 hours per day.
- Frequently assigned changing priorities
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is constantly required to sit and use hands to operate the telephone, type and operate computer and mouse.
- The employee is frequently required to talk, hear, and bend and twist neck.
- The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and rarely lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.