Senior Residential Construction Estimator

Korndoerfer Homes; Town of Brookfield (WI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Insurance

Long-Term Disability Insurance

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Korndoerfer Homes in the Milwaukee area is seeking a Senior Residential Construction Estimator for our Brookfield office. You will manage budgets, take-offs, and pricing for standard and custom changes while reviewing plans, codes, and site plans.

The role requires residential construction experience, proficiency with estimating software, and strong communication and organization. A collaborative, fun team environment with trade partners is emphasized.

Qualifications

• Residential construction experience required.
• Experience with takeoffs and estimating software preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication, and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage complete house budgets and quantity take-offs.
• Produce accurate job documentation and pricing for standard and custom changes.
• Review home plans, specs, codes, site plans and ACC requirements.
• Perform take-offs and pricing for all home construction aspects.
• Develop databases to support estimating and sales.
• Collaborate with sales, construction staff and trade partners.

Skills

Residential construction

Takeoff experience

Strong communication

Organizational skills

Detail-oriented

Deadline-driven

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree (plus)

Tools

Hyphen Solutions

Builder MT

Sales Simplicity

Job description

Dynamic Milwaukee Area 100% employee-owned Home Builder, Korndoerfer Homes, has an outstanding career opportunity available as a Senior Residential Construction Estimator to join our purchasing and estimating team in our Brookfield Office. Ideal candidate must enjoy working in a fast-paced, growing company with a positive attitude and an ability to have fun while working hard.

Duties & Responsibilities:

This position will be responsible for creating and managing complete house budgets, quantity take-offs, accurate job documentation, and sales pricing. Duties also include determining costs and estimates for custom changes, database development, and sales support. Should be able to thoroughly review and understand home plans, specifications, scopes of work, building codes, site/grading plans, and ACC requirements. The estimator will perform take-offs of all facets of home construction along with pricing of standard and custom requests. The candidate will have industry knowledge of residential construction. Must be able to work in a fun team environment with our sales and construction staff along with outside trade partners.

Education & Qualifications:

Critical competencies to include residential construction experience, construction takeoff experience, strong communication and organizational skills, particular attention to detail, ability to meet deadlines, and problem solving. Candidates should have exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, and strong interpersonal skills with an ability to balance the interests of multiple team members.

Industry experience required, experience with purchasing & estimating software (such as Hyphen Solutions, Builder MT and/or Sales Simplicity) highly preferred, and a bachelor’s degree a plus.

Highly competitive salary. Benefits package includes employer paid Life and Long-Term Disability, voluntary medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401K and flexible Paid Time Off.