Estimator, Engineering

Company Description

Trafficade, an AWP Safety Company, is North America’s leading traffic control specialist. Our team of 6,500 professionals helps secure 2,000 work zones every day – ensuring customer crews, drivers, and our own teams get home safely. We protect those who operate, maintain, and upgrade infrastructure in the energy, broadband, and transportation sectors and provide traffic control for major events like the Boston Marathon.

Since our founding in 1981, we have served customers through the talent of extraordinary team members committed to customer focus, growth, valuing each other, safety and quality, and a sense of urgency.

The Estimator at Trafficade/AWP Safety will build quality relationships to secure profitable business partners to support the business unit. Responsibilities include reviewing and clarification of proposals, negotiating projects, completing estimates including bid documents, determining the project’s scope, and evaluating special conditions affecting the proposal. This role will collaborate with the Operations Department to ensure the accuracy of quotes as well as prospecting for business opportunities.

• Building estimates for clients through direct requests from our customers, CSR’s, planners, or anyone involved with our daily operations that requests an estimate.
• Produce estimates, track, and manage the estimates in TCR.
• Track all estimates with our clients to determine the close ratio of completed estimates.
• Ensure that estimates are being completed in compliance with each city’s requirement and allowed set-up approvals.
• Continual process improvement, tracking, production and billing of estimates to support the sales efforts for Trafficade/AWP safety.
• Collaborate with management on strategic estimating and growth initiatives for the estimating department.
• Analyze all available information to compile into a proposal estimate.
• Attending external pre-bid meetings to determine the scope of work.
• Determine key variables for cost and other estimates.
• Complete estimates including bid documents, determining the project’s scope, and evaluating special conditions affecting the proposal (including site conditions, access, personnel, and equipment needs)
• Review and clarify proposals and negotiate projects.
• Prepare estimates based on time, labor requirements, equipment costs, and specifications.
• Create and submit estimate reports or bids to appropriate people (project managers, clients, bidding competitions, etc.)
• Obtain and track offers and quotes from subcontractors or vendors.
• Prepare preliminary schedules for all successfully awarded projects.
• Manage multiple projects estimates simultaneously.
• Develop relationships with current and potential customers in a sale capacity. (Mainly calls)
• Involved in peer engagement, mentoring and on-the-job training.
• Verify the customer quote and work with the Operations Team to ensure the customer is provided with a quote.
• Gain technical knowledge required for all aspects of traffic control, and Trafficade/AWP Safety products to present to client.
• Compliance with all aspects of traffic control as governed by standards of local, state, and federal agencies.
• Develop traffic control plans.
• Attend regular customer lunches to build and maintain the relationship.
• Perform other functions as necessary or as assigned.

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• 2 or 4-year college degree in Construction Management or Engineering preferred.
• Minimum of 1-year construction industry experience preferred.
• Organized with an intense focus on accuracy and attention to detail.
• Problem-solving skills and critical thinking skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to develop, foster, and manage customer relationships.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite Products (Excel, Word). Experience with Salesforce software preferred.
• Knowledge of CDOT M& S Standards and MUTCD a plus.
• Hours of operation are typically 8 a.m.
  
  - 5 p.m., M-F
• 40-hour workweek
• Primarily sedentary or working at a desk
• Occasionally lift and move 10
  -25 pounds
• Proficient literacy
• The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, or…