About the role
About Our Company - Prospiant represents the agriculture technology business portfolio of Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROCK), and is the leading U.S.-based provider of turnkey controlled environment agriculture (CEA) solutions for growing fruits, vegetables, and flowers. The company has expertise in custom-designed, manufactured, and installed greenhouses for research, education, and retail garden centers.
Prospiant embodies long-term stability with the unmatched financial strength and end-to-end expertise of our heritage brands; gained during more than 150 years of combined business success. Our customers rely on our expertise to succeed in these markets:
- Produce — growers of fruits and vegetables located closer to grocery retailers and restaurants they supply
- Commercial — growers of flowers and plants as well as greenhouses for educational, research and institutional organizations and retail businesses
We are trusted AgTech experts partnering to grow a prosperous and sustainable world. Our success in the produce, commercial, and cannabis markets couldn't be possible without our employees' commitment to our core values - Make It Better, Make It Right, Make It Together, and Make An Impact.
- Make It Better - Challenges our way of thinking every day to exceed the needs of our customers and improve our business and workplace. Raises the bar and sets new standards.
- Make It Right - Cares about doing the right thing for fellow employees, customers, and our communities. Holds high standards of ethics and safety and includes others. Does not look the other way when something is amiss.
- Make It Together - Works collaboratively with others, across the organization, and with our customers. Fosters a culture that is inclusive of different perspectives and experiences.
- Make An Impact - Approaches work and life with an intent to drive change and make a difference for our customers, investors, and community.
Gibraltar is a leading manufacturer and supplier of products and services for North American AgTech, renewable energy, residential, and infrastructure markets. By building solutions that make life better for people and the planet, Gibraltar advances the art and science of engineering, science, and technology to shape the future of comfortable living, sustainable power, and productive growing.
Guided by an inclusive, values-driven culture that celebrates and rewards different perspectives, we work together to create lasting positive impact on everyone our business touches. To learn more about what makes us #GibraltarProud, visit our website: www.gibraltar1.com
Position Summary
The Greenhouse Estimator will work on several projects independently, from project estimation, preliminary layout and design, and proposal generation. They will assist in maintaining good customer relationships through collaboration. They will assist in maintaining good supplier relationships, vetting new suppliers and technology. The Greenhouse Estimator will also provide coaching and training to peers on the Estimating team in effort to expand the knowledge of the department.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Identify, mark, takeoff and estimate products of interest to company from contract documents, including all revisions/addendums.
- Maintain accuracy of takeoffs, estimates, and quotations of products through self-review of project specifications, material and labor items as well as the final quotation itself.
- Collaborate on Requests for Information (RFIs), as required, with customers and/or owners to clarify specifications as part of estimating process.
- Address customer inquiries, concerns and requests related to preliminary designs, estimates, and pricing.
- Interact with supervisors and other departments (Engineering, Operations) on unusual products to ensure all cost factors have been accounted for and that customer schedules can be met.
- Contact suppliers to obtain pricing for materials and review quotations for accuracy.
- Create and maintain supplier relationships.
- Qualify and find new suppliers.
- Enter cost and selling totals in database for tracking.
- Collaborate with the operations team to verify project specifications, such as budgets and vendors, to ensure overall efficiencies within the project.
- Where pre-determined standards are not available, conduct appropriate and reasonable research to provide a logical and well-planned estimate.
- Continuously monitors for discrepancies, reports them promptly, and contributes to root-cause analysis and mitigation efforts with the team
- Create initial layouts in CAD, including preliminary systems designs, for customer review.
- Provide feedback on estimator layouts and advise on product flow and project challenges.
- Develops and maintains resource information on products, vendors, subcontractors, government requirements, etc.
- Advise on new and challenging builds, take on more challenging projects that require more consideration.
- Review and update resource information (standard drawings/specifications, checklists and notes) to ensure items that impact cost are up to date.
- Maintain adequate lead time on takeoff/estimate preparation.
- Prepares post fabrication cost analysis, especially for those projects that have been identified as going overestimate, by recapitulating material, labor, equipment, subcontractor and overhead costs incurred in the fabrication of items.
- Assist in the supervision and development of new estimators.
- Aid manager in reviewing estimates / product quotes.
Desired Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or construction management preferred.
- Experience in construction/fabrication
- 4+ years in cost estimating.
- High Proficiency in using computer-aided design (CAD) software, Excel, Word.
- Ability to read/understand engineered documents.
- Ability to work with a sales team and present technical information to potential clients
- Effective communication and interpersonal abilities, with the capability to interact professionally with customers, subcontractors, and team members.
Experience
Required
- Effective communication and professional interaction with customers, subcontractors, and team members
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including sales, operations
- Ability to read/understand engineering documents
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word)
- High Proficiency using computer-aided design (CAD) software
- 4 year(s): Cost Estimating
Preferred
- Construction / Fabrication
Education
Required
- Bachelor or better in Construction Management Services or related field
- Bachelor or better in Engineering or related field
Behaviors
Required
- Thought Provoking: Capable of making others think deeply on a subject
- Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
- Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
About M2S Group
M2S Group is the leading engineered coating specialist in North America. Our companies have a collective focus on delivering solutions that positively enhance the way people experience everyday life.
We are driven by purpose and unified by values, is built on harnessing the power of materials science and innovation to serve our customers.
Our four values embody how our purpose manifests into attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. Everything we do stems from our core values—they shape how we do our job, lead decision-making and guide how we make a positive difference in the world.
Who is Nekoosa? The premier manufacturer of specialty print media. Established in 1961, Nekoosa embodies a strong legacy of manufacturing and converting specialty paper. Our partnerships allow us to sustain a reputation as an innovator with solutions that ensure merchants thrive in the digital printing age. Nekoosa has been private equity owned since 2005 and has continued to be a market leader in producing high-quality products with globally recognized and trusted brands.
Nekoosa’s select brands include: RTape, Catalina Graphic Films, Mojave Digital Media, ClingZ®, NCR Paper, and CET Films
Who is Appvion? The North American leader in specialty and high-performance coatings for thermal label and film applications. Founded in 1907, Appvion innovates sustainable specialty coating solutions that are a part of many tickets, tags, labels, and packages consumers touch daily. Our solutions leverage a unique blend of proprietary processes and technical expertise to provide crisp imaging, which ensures reliable barcode scannability and consistent image quality for pressure-sensitive and non-pressure-sensitive applications.
Appvion’s key brands include: Resiste®, Alpha®, PolyTherm®, Royale®, and OPTIMA®
Who is Decorative Films? The most well-known global brands trust us to enable millions of transactions daily, saving time and labor while reducing error and waste. Founded in 1979, Decorative Films produces and distributes a wide range of ready-to-install window films in the glass coating and solar control window tinting industries. Decorative Films has a sales and installation network of more than 2,850 dealers in the U.S. along with major distributors in Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Italy, India, Australia, and South Africa.
Decorative Films’s select brands include: SOLYX®, SimGlas®, UltraCool®, UltraSafe®, and UltraGlare®
Who is Iconex? A world-wide leader in paper receipt and label solutions. Founded in 2017, Iconex is an industry innovator and market leader in paper receipt and label solutions. The most well-known global brands trust Iconex to enable millions of transactions daily, saving time and labor while reducing error and waste in industries including retail, grocery, pharmacy, hospitality, food and beverage, banks and credit unions, manufacturing, distribution and logistics, and transportation.
Iconex's select brands include: Iconex Sticky Media™, MAXStick®, 2ST™, rE-label™ Technology
About the role
About Our Company - Prospiant represents the agriculture technology business portfolio of Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROCK), and is the leading U.S.-based provider of turnkey controlled environment agriculture (CEA) solutions for growing fruits, vegetables, and flowers. The company has expertise in custom-designed, manufactured, and installed greenhouses for research, education, and retail garden centers.
Prospiant embodies long-term stability with the unmatched financial strength and end-to-end expertise of our heritage brands; gained during more than 150 years of combined business success. Our customers rely on our expertise to succeed in these markets:
- Produce — growers of fruits and vegetables located closer to grocery retailers and restaurants they supply
- Commercial — growers of flowers and plants as well as greenhouses for educational, research and institutional organizations and retail businesses
We are trusted AgTech experts partnering to grow a prosperous and sustainable world. Our success in the produce, commercial, and cannabis markets couldn't be possible without our employees' commitment to our core values - Make It Better, Make It Right, Make It Together, and Make An Impact.
- Make It Better - Challenges our way of thinking every day to exceed the needs of our customers and improve our business and workplace. Raises the bar and sets new standards.
- Make It Right - Cares about doing the right thing for fellow employees, customers, and our communities. Holds high standards of ethics and safety and includes others. Does not look the other way when something is amiss.
- Make It Together - Works collaboratively with others, across the organization, and with our customers. Fosters a culture that is inclusive of different perspectives and experiences.
- Make An Impact - Approaches work and life with an intent to drive change and make a difference for our customers, investors, and community.
Gibraltar is a leading manufacturer and supplier of products and services for North American AgTech, renewable energy, residential, and infrastructure markets. By building solutions that make life better for people and the planet, Gibraltar advances the art and science of engineering, science, and technology to shape the future of comfortable living, sustainable power, and productive growing.
Guided by an inclusive, values-driven culture that celebrates and rewards different perspectives, we work together to create lasting positive impact on everyone our business touches. To learn more about what makes us #GibraltarProud, visit our website: www.gibraltar1.com
Position Summary
The Greenhouse Estimator will work on several projects independently, from project estimation, preliminary layout and design, and proposal generation. They will assist in maintaining good customer relationships through collaboration. They will assist in maintaining good supplier relationships, vetting new suppliers and technology. The Greenhouse Estimator will also provide coaching and training to peers on the Estimating team in effort to expand the knowledge of the department.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Identify, mark, takeoff and estimate products of interest to company from contract documents, including all revisions/addendums.
- Maintain accuracy of takeoffs, estimates, and quotations of products through self-review of project specifications, material and labor items as well as the final quotation itself.
- Collaborate on Requests for Information (RFIs), as required, with customers and/or owners to clarify specifications as part of estimating process.
- Address customer inquiries, concerns and requests related to preliminary designs, estimates, and pricing.
- Interact with supervisors and other departments (Engineering, Operations) on unusual products to ensure all cost factors have been accounted for and that customer schedules can be met.
- Contact suppliers to obtain pricing for materials and review quotations for accuracy.
- Create and maintain supplier relationships.
- Qualify and find new suppliers.
- Enter cost and selling totals in database for tracking.
- Collaborate with the operations team to verify project specifications, such as budgets and vendors, to ensure overall efficiencies within the project.
- Where pre-determined standards are not available, conduct appropriate and reasonable research to provide a logical and well-planned estimate.
- Continuously monitors for discrepancies, reports them promptly, and contributes to root-cause analysis and mitigation efforts with the team
- Create initial layouts in CAD, including preliminary systems designs, for customer review.
- Provide feedback on estimator layouts and advise on product flow and project challenges.
- Develops and maintains resource information on products, vendors, subcontractors, government requirements, etc.
- Advise on new and challenging builds, take on more challenging projects that require more consideration.
- Review and update resource information (standard drawings/specifications, checklists and notes) to ensure items that impact cost are up to date.
- Maintain adequate lead time on takeoff/estimate preparation.
- Prepares post fabrication cost analysis, especially for those projects that have been identified as going overestimate, by recapitulating material, labor, equipment, subcontractor and overhead costs incurred in the fabrication of items.
- Assist in the supervision and development of new estimators.
- Aid manager in reviewing estimates / product quotes.
Desired Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or construction management preferred.
- Experience in construction/fabrication
- 4+ years in cost estimating.
- High Proficiency in using computer-aided design (CAD) software, Excel, Word.
- Ability to read/understand engineered documents.
- Ability to work with a sales team and present technical information to potential clients
- Effective communication and interpersonal abilities, with the capability to interact professionally with customers, subcontractors, and team members.
Experience
Required
- Effective communication and professional interaction with customers, subcontractors, and team members
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including sales, operations
- Ability to read/understand engineering documents
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word)
- High Proficiency using computer-aided design (CAD) software
- 4 year(s): Cost Estimating
Preferred
- Construction / Fabrication
Education
Required
- Bachelor or better in Construction Management Services or related field
- Bachelor or better in Engineering or related field
Behaviors
Required
- Thought Provoking: Capable of making others think deeply on a subject
- Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
- Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
About M2S Group
M2S Group is the leading engineered coating specialist in North America. Our companies have a collective focus on delivering solutions that positively enhance the way people experience everyday life.
We are driven by purpose and unified by values, is built on harnessing the power of materials science and innovation to serve our customers.
Our four values embody how our purpose manifests into attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. Everything we do stems from our core values—they shape how we do our job, lead decision-making and guide how we make a positive difference in the world.
Who is Nekoosa? The premier manufacturer of specialty print media. Established in 1961, Nekoosa embodies a strong legacy of manufacturing and converting specialty paper. Our partnerships allow us to sustain a reputation as an innovator with solutions that ensure merchants thrive in the digital printing age. Nekoosa has been private equity owned since 2005 and has continued to be a market leader in producing high-quality products with globally recognized and trusted brands.
Nekoosa’s select brands include: RTape, Catalina Graphic Films, Mojave Digital Media, ClingZ®, NCR Paper, and CET Films
Who is Appvion? The North American leader in specialty and high-performance coatings for thermal label and film applications. Founded in 1907, Appvion innovates sustainable specialty coating solutions that are a part of many tickets, tags, labels, and packages consumers touch daily. Our solutions leverage a unique blend of proprietary processes and technical expertise to provide crisp imaging, which ensures reliable barcode scannability and consistent image quality for pressure-sensitive and non-pressure-sensitive applications.
Appvion’s key brands include: Resiste®, Alpha®, PolyTherm®, Royale®, and OPTIMA®
Who is Decorative Films? The most well-known global brands trust us to enable millions of transactions daily, saving time and labor while reducing error and waste. Founded in 1979, Decorative Films produces and distributes a wide range of ready-to-install window films in the glass coating and solar control window tinting industries. Decorative Films has a sales and installation network of more than 2,850 dealers in the U.S. along with major distributors in Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Italy, India, Australia, and South Africa.
Decorative Films’s select brands include: SOLYX®, SimGlas®, UltraCool®, UltraSafe®, and UltraGlare®
Who is Iconex? A world-wide leader in paper receipt and label solutions. Founded in 2017, Iconex is an industry innovator and market leader in paper receipt and label solutions. The most well-known global brands trust Iconex to enable millions of transactions daily, saving time and labor while reducing error and waste in industries including retail, grocery, pharmacy, hospitality, food and beverage, banks and credit unions, manufacturing, distribution and logistics, and transportation.
Iconex's select brands include: Iconex Sticky Media™, MAXStick®, 2ST™, rE-label™ Technology