Sr. Estimator

Reece Group • French Camp, CA

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About The Position

Working at Reece & Fortiline means being part of a growing global company that brings our purpose and values to life every day. We celebrate our team members living our values and provide opportunities to build a long and remarkable career. We’re proud to support essential industries helping bring clean air and water to everyone. To learn more about our purpose and values, visit our career site at https://careers.reece.com/us/ Purpose The Senior Estimator will partner with the Outside Sales Representatives in preparing quotations for Municipalities, Contractors and/or Water Treatment Plants.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Excellent customer service skills with strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills
• 5+ years of estimating experience (including negotiating pricing & revising specifications)

Nice To Haves

• College degree or experience in an industry-related field.
• Prior experience with estimating with a contractor or engineer

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Inside/Outside Sales to determine which projects will require formal quotations and to handoff all project documents during order initiation
• Work on the more complex projects – Water Treatments plants, “big pipe”. In Plumbing, those would be manufacturing plants and large municipal projects.
• Negotiate and generate bids for multiple branches/ territories in Plumbing or for multiple OSRs in WW
• Discern discrepancies and recommend design changes to engineering specs, and influence cost by substituting approved vendor products
• Anticipate the need of items beyond engineering specs
• Track win rate of bids and create strategic plans on how to improve the success rate
• Prepare detailed and thorough Bills of Materials including all Piping/Valves/Fittings required for the project with concise quotations that can be easily understood by our customers
• Manage addendums and communicate with sales and customers
• Track upcoming projects for addition to Bid Calendar/Frontlog
• Develop a working relationship with key customers

Benefits

• Medical and Dental Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO) - plus paid holidays
• Parental Leave
• Voluntary benefits: Vision
• Long-term Disability
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Additional Voluntary Benefits through Corestream

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees