Production Home Estimator - Residential Construction Pro

First America Homes; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

First America Homes seeks a Residential Construction Estimator specializing in production homebuilding to join our team in The Woodlands, TX. You will maintain construction materials, create estimates and purchase orders in Newstar Enterprise, and read blueprints to support plan take-offs.

Required: prior estimating experience in residential construction and proficiency with PlanSwift and Microsoft Office. Familiarity with AutoCAD or Newstar is a plus; field visits and collaboration with

Qualifications

• Prior estimating experience and knowledge of residential construction and reading blueprints is required.
• Equivalent work experience 3-5 years estimating experience utilizing PlanSwift
• Estimating Software and/or Newstar Enterprise Database preferred.

Responsibilities

• Estimate new plans and elevations including plan options and reconcile those options.
• Develop and maintain accurate plan take-offs and process plan changes.
• Development and maintenance of job-cost budgets in database system.
• Build each community in Newstar Enterprise, based on features and community requirements.
• Field visits to validate take-offs.
• Interact directly with Construction Managers, Area Managers, Purchasing, Design Personnel and Vendors / Suppliers.
• Assist with special projects as needed by the Management Team.

Skills

Self-starter

Detail oriented

Multi-tasking

MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)

Read architectural plans

Team player

Organizational skills

Adaptable to changing priorities

Education

Construction Management / Construction Science / Business / Finance degree

Tools

PlanSwift

Newstar Enterprise Database

AutoCAD

Job description

First America Homes seeks a Residential Construction Estimator specializing in production homebuilding to join our team in The Woodlands, TX. You will maintain construction materials, create estimates and purchase orders in Newstar Enterprise, and read blueprints to support plan take-offs.

Required: prior estimating experience in residential construction and proficiency with PlanSwift and Microsoft Office. Familiarity with AutoCAD or Newstar is a plus; field visits and collaboration with