Job Description

Job description

Creative Windows is looking for a new estimator to join our team. This position will range between 30-40 hours a week working primarily remotely in the Big Rapids area. This role will have a flexible schedule and allow you to work remotely by our head estimator, based in Big Rapids. Applicants should be in the general West Michigan area for training and regular meetings.

• gather emailed or faxed requests for bids and respond back
• Review each request for bid for size, scope and location of each project to determine if it is a project we want to bid.
• create overviews for each project we bid, filling in as much information and making the information as clear as possible.
• attend pre-bid meetings if necessary
• collect bid documents on potential projects and evaluate job potential (based on products, distance, size of job, etc.)
• find out all bidders we are bidding to and against for each job
• collect general conditions information (union, prevailing wage, substitutions, alternates, bid bonds required)
• review job specifications and drawings
• submit RFIs if needed
• do takeoffs on each job
• submit an RFQ to management for internal products
• submit RFQs to outside vendors to collect their product costs
• calculate installation costs
• estimate total job costs in a timely manner
• have management look over each bid before submitting
• submit bids
• follow up on bids submitted (finding out as much information as possible about who bid and how much)
• go to post-bid meetings

We are a 40-year-old company located in Ann Arbor, MI that is devoted to creating beautiful custom window treatments for our commercial and residential clients. Whether our creations are crafted on products from Hunter Douglas or other nationally known brands, or whether they include our proprietary brand of OpenLight roller shades (both manual and motorized), we specialize in designing window treatments that suit individual styles, business models and budgets.

We are an equal opportunity employer.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $35,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Construction estimating: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: Remote

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