Jr. Estimator/Planner - AWP Safety

AWP Safety 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 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 Super Bowl and 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 Jr. Estimator at 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.

• Builds 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 SharePoint, TCR and/or estimating spreadsheet.
• Track all estimates with our clients to determine the close ratio of completed estimates.
• Ensure that estimates are being completed in compliance with local, state, and Federal MUTCD requirements and allowed set-up approvals.
• Knowledge and understanding of the permitting processes and costs.
• Continual process improvement, tracking, production, and billing of estimates to support the sales efforts for 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, labor, equipment, and other estimates.
• Complete estimates including bid documents, determining the project’s scope, deration of the project, phasing and evaluating special conditions affecting the proposal (including site conditions, access, personnel, labor hours, mobilization 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 and estimating staffs 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 AWP Safety products to present to client.
• Compliance with all aspects of traffic control as governed by standards of local, state, and federal agencies.
• Track estimates in external systems to manage close ratios and margin profiles.
• Create plan in Rapid plan and submit traffic control plans.
• Help support traffic control plans.
• Attend regular customer lunches to build and maintain the relationship.
• Follow AWP Safety policies and procedures.
• Exceed KPI’s & follow estimating SOP.
• Perform other functions as necessary or as assigned.

The employee must be able to successfully handle the physical demands of this position, which include the following:

• Hours of operation are typically 8 a.m.- 5 p.m., M-F
• 40+ hour work week based on need
• 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 reach with hands and arms

• Benefits-eligible 1st of the month following hire
• All traditional benefits are offered, including 3 medical plan options and 2 dental plan options, as well as additional benefits such as Legal and Identity Shield, Accident, and Critical Illness
• Company paid 50k in basic life insurance
• Company paid LTD
• Health Savings and Flex Spending Accounts Available
• 401(k)
• aid Time Off & Paid Holidays
• AWP named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces 2023 for Diversity

Compensation: $65-75K

AWP Safety is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability.