Estimator/Project Manager - Environmental Remediation & Demolition

Earth Services & Abatement LLC is seeking an Estimator/Project Manager for Environmental Remediation & Demolition in Des Moines, IA. The role involves bidding on projects, managing client relationships, overseeing project performance, and ensuring safety and quality. Responsibilities include creating bids, attending meetings, and assisting other offices. The position requires travel of 25% to 75% and involves physical activities typical of construction sites.
Business Group/Dept: Operations/Sales
FLSA: Exempt
Reports To: Branch Manager
Date: October 20, 2021

Purpose of the Position

Seek out and bids on projects typical of Company's business lines. Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with new and existing customers. Manage overall performance of assigned projects from start to finish. Supervise and coordinate activities of supervisors and workers while demonstrating a commitment to safety, teamwork, and quality work. Review job specifications, inspect work sites, and confer with contracting agents to evaluate removal projects.

Essential Position Responsibilities
• Builds relationships with past clients such as Consultants, Contractors, Facilities representative, Governmental agencies, Railroad Companies, etc., for the services of the Company.
• Follows up on relationships and works to secure projects for the Company on all open opportunities.
• Seeks out and develops business relations as potential clients for the Company.
• Develops, submits, searched for and follows up on bid leads from various sources including those from iSqft, BlueBook and other lead sources.
• Walks projects, creates bids, assists with pre-project set up, pre-job documentation, and post project documentation.
• Provides project management for acquired projects as well as project management for assigned projects.
• Attends pre-bid meetings, pre-construction meetings, construction progress meetings and gathers project information as needed on own projects as well as on directly managed projects.
• Assists other Company offices as assigned; typical duties, to walk projects for other estimators/project managers and provide project management for jobs that originated from other offices.
• Other similar management and business development tasks.

Physical activities: Talking; sitting; typing; entering data, often in small print. Occasional walking; climbing stairs; exposure to hazards typical of construction sites.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Occasional utilization of: half-face or full face respirator; steel toed footwear; earplugs; protective eyewear; hardhat.

Safety Sensitive: Yes

Travel: 25% to 75%