Estimator duties and responsibilities:

Estimators work closely with many other professionals including consultants, contractors, accountants and operations personnel to provide the most accurate and comprehensive financial and budget analysis for their employers. Their duties often include:

• Must possess a customer friendly outlook and attitude

• Able to look at Projects with a creative eye

• Ability and willingness to drive to different locations

• Analyzing requirement documents, blueprints and project plans to gain a thorough understanding of the project

• Determining what factors of production will influence the cost of a service or product

• Preparing material estimates and cost estimates for the product or service

• Creating labor estimates for any project

• Developing and maintaining relationships with company vendors and contractors

• Presenting prepared estimates to management.

• Compiling and recording actual costs

• Well versed in Microsoft Office(Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and Google suites ( Sheets, Docs, Gmail, Drive)

• Capacity to learn new programs and software as needed