Estimator – Lake Worth, FL

If your ideal job is to be with a company on the move, read on! This is your opportunity to join a winning team and showcase your estimating skills with a growing HVAC company. We are not just your ordinary air conditioning company. EDS Air Conditioning is a progressive company where we leverage technology, provide training and pride ourselves on the highest level of professionalism and workmanship. Serving the Palm Beach County and surrounding areas, EDS provides both residential and commercial comfort solutions to our customers. As our founder and President says, “we guarantee everything we do or my name is not Ed Sasso”.

Why EDS?

  • We are a progressive, tenacious and fun team – weekly football pools and ice cream included!
  • We invest in cutting edge technology to make our jobs easier – we are almost paperless and with the goal of being 100% paperless
  • We provide ongoing training for our technicians so they can become the best in the business
  • Our staff are all clean cut professionals and drug free
  • We do not sub-contract our work, ever
  • Our mantra is that failure is not an option

The Estimator will be responsible for initiating sales of all aspects of our commercial and residential work, including estimating, proposing, planning and overseeing projects from initial onset to job completion. The Estimator reports directly to the President and will also work closely with our construction supervisors.

Snapshot of key accountabilities:

  • Promote the sale of engineering, retrofit, new construction and installation, design-build, and construction management and services
  • Provide technical design expertise for both conceptual/budget estimates and completed working documents
  • Take off plans and work with President, Estimating, Drafting and Vendors to determine material and labor costs, equipment pricing and subcontractor pricing to determine total cost
  • Coordinate all subcontractor drawings, submittals, billings and insurance documents
  • Prepare document and proposals for bid process
  • Estimate, negotiate and implement all changes in scope
  • Purchase all major equipment for each job, oversee special orders and purchase of materials
  • Coordinate and communicate with Owner, GC and EDS personnel on all cost and schedule impacts related to change orders
  • Prepare billing, change orders, rebates and any additional paperwork
  • Participate in project turnover to service start up process

Traits required for success:

 Our ideal candidate is self-disciplined and conscientious with the drive to get things done right and according to our standards of accuracy and quality. You are a no nonsense person and impatient to get on with the job at hand. You thrive in a position where you are given control over what you do and the company’s trust to get it done. Understanding the technical aspects of your work very well, you are able to exercise ingenuity in problem solving within your area of expertise.

 

Skills/Experience/Knowledge:

  • Min. 3 years experience in MEP estimating
  • HVAC experience is of value but we are willing to train
  • Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
  • Experience with PM/estimating software (Procore preferred)
  • Mechanical Engineering degree preferred