Landscape Construction Estimator: Proposals & Takeoffs

Heritage and Company; Holly (MI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance (employee only)

Paid time off

Incentive bonus

Job summary

Heritage and Company is seeking an experienced estimator to prepare accurate landscape installation estimates, develop pricing, and support handoffs to project management and operations after award.

Responsibilities include reviewing plans, performing takeoffs for planting, irrigation, and site work, and developing labor, material, and subcontractor costs while ensuring margins and standards are maintained.

Qualifications

• Three to five years of related industry experience, with landscape installation estimating experience preferred.
• Ability to read plans, perform quantity takeoffs, calculate unit prices and convert material quantities; strong practical mathematics skills.
• Ability to learn company estimating systems; proficiency with Word, Excel and email.
• Clear, professional oral and written communication; organized records, attention to detail and reliable follow-through under deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Prepare accurate, competitive and profitable landscape installation estimates.
• Review plans, specifications, site conditions and bid requirements; clarify scope, exclusions and assumptions before pricing.
• Perform takeoffs for planting, irrigation, masonry, walls, walkways, patios and site preparation; include decks or carpentry when within the company's scope.
• Develop labor, material, equipment and subcontractor costs; verify unit prices, production rates and estimating assemblies.
• Verify labor burden, overtime, sales tax and overhead recovery factors with authorized company personnel before use.
• Review bids for scope completeness, cost accuracy and margin; obtain internal review before submission.
• Maintain the Bid Board daily; track deadlines, proposal status and customer follow-up.
• Estimate handoff to project management and operations with scope, budget, quantities, production assumptions, exclusions and contract requirements.

Skills

Plan reading

Takeoffs

Pricing

Estimating

Communication

Team collaboration

Tools

Word

Excel

Email

Job description

Heritage and Company is seeking an experienced estimator to prepare accurate landscape installation estimates, develop pricing, and support handoffs to project management and operations after award.

Responsibilities include reviewing plans, performing takeoffs for planting, irrigation, and site work, and developing labor, material, and subcontractor costs while ensuring margins and standards are maintained.