** LOOKING FOR FILIPINOS OR PHILIPPINES - BASED CANDIDATES ONLY **
Position: Construction Estimator
Working Hours: M-F, 7am-3/4pm, PST timezone
Salary Range: 1000-1200 USD/month
Holiday: TBD
About the job:
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Commercial Construction Project Estimator to join our team. The ideal candidate will have experience in construction estimating and be proficient in reading architectural plans, creating take-offs, and have a passion for problem-solving and multi-tasking in a fast-paced work environment.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Use Foxit PhantomPDF to create, edit, review, highlight, notate, and measure PDF documents
- Use Microsoft Word & Excel to create, edit, and review documents, and keep detailed notes in each database
- Manage and organize files through a digital database
- Prepare bid forms and email them to contractors
- Call and email contractors before and after bid time to review scope, pricing, and close contracts
- Send RFIs to GC for bids and contracted projects
- Prepare submittals with cover sheet, product data, fabric cards, shop drawings, details, and window schedules
- Mail physical samples to contractors and keep detailed notes in submittal log
- Add new contracts to contract log
- Meet 3-5 deadlines per day
- Ability to manage time and organize tasks based on level of priority
- Can handle a volume of 20-40 bids per month (take offs, revisions, phone calls, follow-ups, notes)
Requirements
Qualifications:
- 1-3 Years of Construction Estimating experience
- Proficient in reading architectural plans and creating take-offs
- Extensive experience negotiating and closing contracts
- Self-motivated, driven, detail-oriented, problem-solving, multi-tasking, hardworking
- Love for tedious tasks and puzzles
- Comfortable communicating via phone and email; strong oral and written communication skills
- Desire to work independently and as a team
- Eager to meet 3-5 deadlines per day
- Able to manage time and organize tasks based on level of priority
- Can handle a volume of 20-40 bids per month (take-offs, revisions, phone calls, follow-ups, notes)
- Willing to spend 99% of work time on the computer
- Passion for a fast-paced work environment
- Skill for adapting to constant bid changes (new documents and/or revised deadlines)
- If you meet the qualifications and are excited about the opportunity to join our team, please submit your resume and cover letter.
Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, or activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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