Estimator II

Southeast Culvert•Dade City, FL

About The Position

Since 1981 Southeast Culvert has been serving Georgia with quality storm drainage products and exceptional customer service. Southeast Culvert is a leading manufacturer and distributor of storm drainage and water quality products and is looking to expand our sales team in Georgia and in the Southeast. We offer a wide variety of products for the storm drainage market including Corrugated Metal Pipe, High Density Corrugated Plastic Pipe, Water Quality Solutions, Underground Detention, Concrete Headwalls, and other complimentary products. We are a family business and value our traditions and team approach to doing business. For more than 40 years we have valued our relationships that have been built with our customers. Providing quality products at a fair price with customer service that is second to none is the standard that we live by. We are looking for hard working – customer service-oriented individuals that are self-motivated, honest, well organized, and with excellent communication skills to help continue our growth throughout the Southeast. If you are looking for a rewarding long term career opportunity, be part of a growing Estimating and Engineering team supporting products that are proven and accepted widely in our industry then we may be the right fit for you.

Requirements

Numeric ability and reasoning
Ability to prepare submittals and small fabrication drawings
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Bluebeam, AutoCAD, high proficiency on Excel, ERP systems and Engineering software
Capable of understanding and following business processes
Very detail oriented; diligent
Possess a basic understanding of business functions and processes
Strong ability to learn, self-starter and driven to perform at a high level
Helpful and willing to go above and beyond the minimum required
Knowledge and/or field experience associated with utilities, construction, storm drainage and water quality
Punctual, reliable, and good time management
Ability to read and comprehend blueprints and plan drawings
Strong data compilation, analysis, and interpretation capabilities
Good verbal and written communication skills for dealing with clients, contractors, suppliers, SEC teams, etc.
Capable of planning and prioritizing multiple estimates due over a designated time period with accuracy and efficiency

Responsibilities

Recognize and/or identify potential issues or liabilities with civil drawings and how they relate to our products
Coordinate with other departments regarding take offs, fabrications, size of load, delivery challenges and distance, etc.
Collaborate with Sales Team on prioritization and support on-time delivery of estimates
Provide detailed estimates per the civil drawings and qualify items that need to be interpreted on the drawings to provide our customers with accurate, detailed and timely estimates
Provide our sales teams/ client with value-engineered solutions utilizing our products by analyzing plans, and preparing value-engineered solutions for our team to pursue
Overtime be able to recognize and analyze market trends and competition from the civil drawings
Collaborate with engineering and sales team to provide accurate and best solutions for estimates based on the civil drawings
Collect key documents, such as plans, blueprints, technical drawings, county specifications and project specifications and organize folder for easy retrieval of files for estimates
Keep informed of industry changes, participate where possible in organizations directly involved within the storm drainage market