JOB PURPOSE
The Corporate Estimating Implementation Manager owns and drives the execution of estimating related workflows, initiatives, and transformation efforts across the organization.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Assists in developing best practices in drafting systems to ensure proper extraction of material take-offs
- Assists Corporate Purchasing with developing the company ERP and hierarchy with material take-off data
- Develops and implements estimating extraction system to feed ERP
- Responsible for collaborating with division and corporate purchasing when new options are required
- Assists in training in-house drafting team and consultants on quality modeling of plans for material take-off accuracy
- Responsible for reviewing EPO / VPO reports to identify areas of improvement with material take-offs errors
- Assists in the standardization of option descriptions and option creation
- Acts as the estimating liaison between division purchasing teams and Product Development
- Responsible for testing and deploying the latest updates across the estimating systems
- Research and report system enhancements of the current estimating systems utilized by the company
- Acts as another quality control step with plan and model reviews
- Assist with new team members onboarding and training
- Knowledge and Skills
- Strong Project Management skills
Team Player
- Attention to Detail
- Knowledge of residential construction and operations
- Ability to create, manipulate, and read drawing files, plan blueprints and engineering drawings
- Knowledge of MS Office
Organizational Skills
Positive Attitude
Self-Starter
Strong Communication Skills (written, graphic, and verbal)
Education and Work Experience
- Associates degree required
- 2+ years’ experience in residential construction
- 4+ years’ experience in estimating / material take-off extraction systems
- Experience with building option management tools and systems
- Experience in developing model quality control measures
Experience communicating graphically
Bachelor's degree preferred but not required
Job description provided by DRB Group.
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