Regional Estimator

Rain For Rent•Groves, TX

10d

About The Position

The Regional Estimator is responsible for estimating overall costs and prices for large projects, including identifying opportunities for upcoming project bids. The role helps the inside and outside sales teams with project application, installation, operation, and risk training and mentoring to support winning profitable projects. It works with customers and internal Rain for Rent resources to review construction documents, specifications, proposals, and related materials and develop safe, profitable project bids. The Regional Estimator uses opportunity and project information systems to identify significant projects and collaborates with branch management, sales, fleet, and engineering teams throughout the bid and quote process. The position studies specifications and plans execution procedures, verifies equipment scope and availability, develops scopes of work and schedules, coordinates bid requirements and contract terms, prepares cost estimates and quantity takeoffs, and attends pre-bid meetings and site tours as needed.

Requirements

Competency in application engineering.
Competency in product performance.
Competency in ZOHO.

Responsibilities

Identify significant opportunities on large projects using ZOHO, Construct Connect, and Industrial Info Resources (IIR).
Collaborate with the Branch Manager and Sales Team to manage the bid and quote process for significant opportunities.
Study specifications and assist the operations team in planning job execution procedures, including start and completion times, work environment, and staffing requirements for each construction phase.
Collaborate with Fleet and Engineering to confirm quoted equipment meets scope requirements and will be available during the specified period.
Research construction documents and analyze specifications to determine estimated costs.
Produce scopes of work, schedules, and installation processes.
Review bid requirements and coordinate contract terms and conditions.
Include value-engineering ideas in bids and develop and analyze value-engineering and management-analysis options.
Submit all bids and budgets in a timely manner.
Obtain clarification on plans and specifications from architects, project managers, and engineers when necessary.
Develop accurate unit costs.
Attend project site pre-bid meetings and site tours as needed.
Assess and plan takeoff workload accurately.
Perform accurate, thorough, and timely quantity takeoffs using company format, detail, and coding for project documents.
Provide project application, installation, operation, and risk training and mentoring to inside and outside sales teams.