Senior Glass & Glazing Estimator

Steel Encounters • Salt Lake City, UT

21d • Onsite

About The Position

Steel Encounters is seeking a Senior Glass and Glazing Estimator to join their team in Salt Lake City, Utah. This role involves estimating projects from architectural drawings to comprehensive bid packages, solving customer problems, identifying design deficiencies, and collaborating with business development on product and pricing strategies. Steel Encounters is an employee-owned company that values its employees and fosters a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Requirements

• Eight plus years of experience large commercial façade estimating
• Experience estimating projects ranging from eight million to thirty million in contract value
• Knowledge of stick curtain wall, unitized curtain wall, punched openings, aluminum operable windows, and window wall
• Strong knowledge of construction methodologies, materials, and processes.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Preference for panel experience.

Responsibilities

• Gather all necessary project documents, drawings, specifications, and schedules to gain a comprehensive understanding of the project.
• Organize bid information, solicit vendor quotes, prepare takeoffs, RFPs, and estimates.
• Provide written proposals tailored to each project’s unique needs.
• Review contracts, awarded bids and work orders for scope and congruence with estimates.
• Attend pre-bid meetings, traveling to sites as needed.
• Collaborate with the assigned Project Manager and engineering personnel to review the estimate, the process, contract documents, etc. to facilitate turnover transitions.
• Foster relationships with key-vendors and subcontractors.
• Constantly update knowledge of current and prospective vendors, manufacturers, and products.

Benefits

• Competitive salary / rates, negotiable based on experience ($120,000-$130,000 annually inclusive of auto allowance)
• Health / Dental / Vision (Company pays 75% of Health premium)
• Annual Bonus
• Paid vacation time (15 days)
• Paid Holidays (8)
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• 401K

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree