Disaster Restoration Project Director, Sales & Estimating

BMS CAT; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle or Auto Allowance

Fuel card

Laptop and smartphone

Fully paid employee life insurance

Optional medical, dental, and vision

Job summary

BMS CAT in Raleigh, NC seeks a Project Director to estimate mitigation and construction work across residential and commercial properties. You will partner with insurance carriers, adjusters, and owners to ensure accurate scopes, competitive pricing, and profitable execution.

Build a referral pipeline through strong industry relationships and active marketing involvement. This role combines technical estimating with relationship-driven sales and marketing, requiring after-hours responsiveness

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on estimating experience with commercial losses.
• Ability to respond to emergency situations on nights/weekends/holidays/vacation as necessary to service our customers
• Xactimate experience required. Experience with time & material estimating (preferred)
• Strong understanding of mitigation processes, documentation, and insurance expectations
• Proven ability to build B2B relationships and generate repeat referral business
• Demonstrated sales mindset: follow-up discipline, pipeline management, and growth focus
• Comfort supporting marketing efforts (presentations, networking, customer meetings)
• Excellent organizational, time-management, and prioritization skills
• Strong communication skills with team members, commercial clients, and insurance professionals
• Team-oriented, accountable, and results-driven work ethic

Responsibilities

• Respond to customer emergency losses with urgency (including after-hours as needed), professionalism, and ownership to secure the opportunity and position the company as the provider of choice.
• Prepare accurate, competitive estimates from thorough site inspections using industry-standard software
• Collaborate with operations to support smooth handoffs, job starts, and scope alignment and supplements that contain proper approvals and documentation.
• Provide the customer with daily project updates, resolve any issues to ensure job is completed satisfactorily and ensure payment is received timely. Work through insurance adjusters and consultants to address any concerns.
• Build and maintain long-term referral relationships with adjusters, brokers, consultants, property managers, and commercial stakeholders
• Serve as a trusted partner by communicating clearly, responding quickly, and solving problems proactively
• Drive new business through networking, prospecting, and strengthening the referral pipeline
• Attend industry events (association meetings, networking groups, trade events) to create visibility and opportunities
• Support and participate in marketing presentations, lunch-and-learns, and capability meetings
• Consistently focus on revenue growth, customer experience, and profit performance

Skills

Estimating

Sales & marketing

Relationship building

Proposal development

Negotiation

Project coordination

Communication

Tools

Xactimate

Job description

BMS CAT in Raleigh, NC seeks a Project Director to estimate mitigation and construction work across residential and commercial properties. You will partner with insurance carriers, adjusters, and owners to ensure accurate scopes, competitive pricing, and profitable execution.

Build a referral pipeline through strong industry relationships and active marketing involvement. This role combines technical estimating with relationship-driven sales and marketing, requiring after-hours responsiveness