Associate Estimator

PCM Services; Beltsville (MD); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Flexible Spending Account and Depedent

Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays

401(k) with company match

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Referral Program

Real career growth — we promote from內

Job summary

PCM Services, a Beltsville, MD-based specialty contractor, is building a centralized estimating team. You’ll start by pricing line striping work from satellite imagery using our in-house model and will talk with property managers to confirm scopes and deliver proposals.

With little industry experience required, you’ll learn estimating across service lines and may advance to lead work. Hybrid work after onboarding provides 2–3 days in the office and 2–3 days remote.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred in business, construction management, engineering, or related field.
• No industry experience required; training provided.
• Experience in construction, facilities, or customer-facing roles is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Turn customer requests into accurate, winning proposals, starting with line striping and expanding from there.
• Measure sites from satellite imagery and capture quantities using digital takeoff tools.
• Build estimates in our estimating model by entering quantities and applying production rates.
• Talk with customers to confirm scope and walk them through proposals.
• Deliver proposals on time and keep the pipeline organized.
• Work with field and sales teams to compare estimates to actual work and refine rates.
• Suggest improvements to make the process faster and clearer.

Skills

Growth mindset

Problem solving

Communication

Excel proficiency

Attention to detail

Time management

Organization

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Digital takeoff tools

In-house estimating model

Excel

Job description

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Position Description

PCM Services is a specialty contractor on a growth mission, headquartered in Beltsville, MD and serving Maryland, Washington DC, and Northern Virginia. Our service lines include line striping, paving, snow and ice management, waterproofing and restoration, and landscaping. We're built around our team and our customers, and we're investing in the people and technology to keep growing the right way.

The role

We can teach you the trade. We can't teach attitude. If you're curious, like solving problems, and want a career that grows as fast as you do, we want to talk to you, no industry experience required.

PCM is building a centralized estimating team, and you'll be one of its first members. You'll start by pricing our line striping work using satellite imagery and our in-house estimating model, then talk with customers to confirm scopes and deliver proposals. Within months you'll be estimating across more of our service lines, and within a couple of years you could be leading work, not just pricing it.

What you'll do

You'll turn customer requests into accurate, winning proposals, starting with line striping and expanding from there.

• Measure sites from satellite imagery. Capture quantities like linear footage of striping, stall counts, crosswalks, and markings using digital takeoff tools, with no tape measure required.
• Build estimates in our estimating model. Enter quantities, apply production rates and pricing, and check that every number makes sense before it goes out.
• Talk with customers. Call and email property managers and clients to confirm scope, clear up questions, and walk them through proposals.
• Deliver proposals on time. Manage a steady flow of requests, prioritize deadlines, and keep your pipeline organized.
• Work with our field and sales teams. Compare estimates to how jobs actually ran, and help refine the production rates and pricing the whole company relies on.
• Make the process better. Flag what's slow or confusing, suggest fixes, and help shape how a new team works from day one.

You'll start reporting to our line striping service line leader. As our centralized estimating team takes shape, this role will move into that team under estimating leadership, and you'll help build it.

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• 401(k) with company match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Referral Program
• Real career growth — we promote from within

Position Requirements

What we're looking for

We hire for mindset first. Skills can be taught; the drive to learn can't.

You’ll thrive here if you:

• Have a growth mindset: you ask questions, take feedback well, and get better every week.
• Like solving problems and figuring things out when the answer isn't obvious.
• Communicate clearly and confidently by phone and email.
• Are comfortable with numbers: measurements, square footage, percentages, and margins.
• Know your way around Excel, or are eager to get good at it fast.
• Stay organized, pay attention to details, and hit deadlines.

Education and experience

• Bachelor's degree preferred, in business, construction management, engineering, or a related field. Not required for the right candidate.
• No industry experience required. We’ll train you on estimating, our tools, and the trades.
• Experience in construction, facilities, or customer-facing roles is a plus, not a must.

How we work

Hybrid after onboarding. You'll start full-time in our Beltsville office to learn the tools, the team, and the business side by side with the people who know it best. After your onboarding period, you'll move to a hybrid schedule of 2–3 days in the office and 2–3 days remote.

Our operating principles. These aren't posters on a wall. They're how we make decisions every day.

• Easy isn't a proxy for good, and difficult isn't a proxy for bad. We do the right thing, even when it's the harder thing.
• We grow on purpose. We target 5–18% growth every year: fast enough to create real opportunity, steady enough to do it well.
• We're serious about technology. We use proven tools across the business, and we aggressively test and validate new solutions before we roll them out.
• Teamwork, service, and fun. Being a culture fit is the most important attribute we look for.
• The best idea wins, no matter where it comes from. We actively seek ideas from every level of the company, including yours on day one.