Estimator I: Stone & Construction Takeoffs

Coldspring; Cold Spring (MN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Medical FSA/HSA

Dependent Care FSA

Basic Life Plan

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

401K with Company Match

Profit Sharing

PTO (Vacation)

Holidays

Jury Duty

Funeral Leave

Job summary

Coldspring is seeking a full-time Estimator in Minnesota to prepare accurate surveys and cost estimates for stone product projects. You will gather proposals, blueprints, and specifications to determine labor, material, and time requirements.

The role requires AutoCAD/In Inventor/AutoDesk proficiency, PlanSwift experience, and the ability to read architectural drawings. Collaboration with sales staff, site visits, and bid support are essential to the position.

Qualifications

• High school diploma with post-secondary training or experience in Business.
• Minimum of three years of drafting stone products experience or three years combination of work experience and Technical College.
• This position requires the ability to read and interpret architectural, structural, civil, and landscape drawings and specifications.
• General knowledge of natural stone design, fabrication, transportation, and construction practices.
• Familiar with Outlook, Excel and Word.
• Must be able to work in AutoCAD / Inventor / AutoDesk

Responsibilities

• Identify and eliminate potential safety hazards in area.
• Prepare estimates by gathering proposals, blueprints, specifications, and related documents.
• Compute costs by analyzing labor, material, and time requirements.
• Resolve discrepancies by collecting and analyzing information.
• Present prepared estimate by assembling and displaying numerical and descriptive information.
• Provide accurate estimates and surveys for some product lines sold by Coldspring.
• Understand and use Construction Science Institute (CSI) cost codes
• Assemble schedule of values for use in payment applications.
• Utilize Plan Swift estimating module for take off surveys
• Provide assistance to sales staff including site visits and pre bid conferences.
• Attend meetings as required.
• Autocad literate
• Analyze change orders, internal and external, to recognize deviations from original estimate.
• Formulate Cost breakdowns and options for proposed project
• Analyzing precontract work to match estimate

Skills

CAD drafting

PlanSwift

CSI cost codes

Blueprints interpretation

Team collaboration

Education

High school diploma with post-secondary training or experience in Business

Technical College/ drafting experience

Tools

AutoCAD

Inventor

AutoDesk

PlanSwift

Outlook

Excel

Word

Job description

Coldspring is seeking a full-time Estimator in Minnesota to prepare accurate surveys and cost estimates for stone product projects. You will gather proposals, blueprints, and specifications to determine labor, material, and time requirements.

The role requires AutoCAD/In Inventor/AutoDesk proficiency, PlanSwift experience, and the ability to read architectural drawings. Collaboration with sales staff, site visits, and bid support are essential to the position.