Custom Home Construction Estimator

Custom Home Construction Estimator

Hoffman Homes’ mission is to create quality, Luxury Downsized homes through a personal customization process, ensuring a 5-star building and living experience. We are a family-owned company where ensuring a healthy culture is a HUGE priority. Our team loves each other, and we all love what we do.

As an Estimator, you’ll be in charge of pricing, budgets, and cost control. You’ll be a key player in developing accurate budgets, and supplying pricing to the sales team. You won’t be responsible for on-site construction management, but you’ll collaborate with the field team and vendors to stay up-to-date. In this role, you will support the Finance Director in pre-construction estimating, budget monitoring, and the bill approval process.

What Winning Looks like

• Calculates the base price and all common upgrades, and makes them readily available to the design team.
• Ensures all trade contracts are kept accurate and up-to-date, and the trades are held accountable to them through bill approvals.
• Creates budgets and maintains cost-to-completes on all projects.
• Researches and compiles accurate pricing on custom design elements for sales/design team members.

Skills Needed to Win:

• Strong understanding of residential construction, including common building materials and trades.
• Experience with estimating software and project management tools. (We use BuilderTrend)
• Familiarity with square-foot pricing and how to adjust for options and add-ons.
• Ability to interpret plans, specs, and scope of work to generate accurate cost estimates.
• Good communication skills to coordinate with superintendents, subcontractors, and the finance team.
• Attention to detail, especially in verifying quantities and rates.
• Comfortable using spreadsheet tools (Excel or Google Sheets)
• Problem-solving mindset, with the ability to adjust and pivot when design or scope changes occur.
• The ideal candidate will have either a bachelor's degree in a relevant field or 5+ years of estimating experience.

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  Please note, all final candidates will undergo a background and/or credit check as part of the hiring process.