What are the responsibilities and job description for the Estimator/Project Manager position at SERVPRO of Metairie?
Benefits:
Essential Job Functions
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Essential Job Functions
- Reviews project proposal or plans to determine time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of project.
- Calculate cost of jobs based on materials, supplies and man hour and prepares job estimates for each project.
- Supports safety compliance and acts as a safety champion and ensures compliance with all City/State//Federal/OSHA guidelines and communicates the need for safety plans to the Safety Director in a timely manner.
- Submits change orders, bills, budget inputs, cost codes, cost reporting, purchase orders and any necessary paperwork for each job in a timely manner.
- Regular job visits to ensure project progress is on schedule and within prescribed budget.
- Coordinate with supervisors to prioritize and outline work plan and to assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority. Sets expectations and monitors delegated activities. Provides recognition for results.
- Takes responsibility for subordinates' activities, makes self-available to staff and provides regular performance feedback and acts as a leader in the organization. Encourages employee's skill development for growth and to improve processes.
- Develops and implements cost saving measures to contribute to profits and revenue.
- Understands business implications of decisions, profitability, with a thorough knowledge of the market and competition.
- Proactively identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner, overcome obstacles and provide quality control.
- Manages difficult or emotional customer situations, responds promptly to customer needs, solicits customer feedback to improve service.
- Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming, maintains confidentiality, and remains open to others' ideas and tries new things.
- Treats people with respect, inspires the trust of others, works with integrity and ethically while upholding organizational values.
- Follows policies and procedures, completes tasks correctly and on time; supports organization's goals.
- Perform other related duties as required or assigned, including various special projects.
- Travel may be required.
- Minimum of 2 years' experience in the demolition field required.
- Bachelor's degree in construction management, Engineering or related business field, a plus.
- Minimum of 2 years' experience managing projects from bid to project completion.
- Proven finance/budgetary skills in construction project management with proven ability to bring projects in on time, and on budget.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to interact with multiple work groups, employees, and clients to complete tasks.
- Adapts to changes, delays, and unexpected events in the work environment by managing multiple conflicting priorities.
- Develop strong trusting relationships in order to gain support and achieve results.
- Effectively envision, develop, and implement new strategies to address competitive, complex business issues.
- Ability to effectively interface with the entire spectrum of employees at all organizational levels
- Take initiative to identify and anticipate company's needs and make recommendations for implementation.
- Proficient in Microsoft Windows (Word, Excel, Outlook)