FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

SUMMARY: The Commercial Flooring Sales and Junior Estimator will play a crucial role in assisting guests with their flooring needs, providing expert advice, and ensuring they find the perfect flooring solutions for their projects. They will be responsible for all flooring, bidding, and pricing procedures.

• Provides bidders with accurate interpretations of a project's scope by reviewing, marking up, and becoming familiar with all flooring plans and specifications.
• Proven experience in retail sales, with a focus on flooring or related home improvement products
• Strong knowledge of various flooring materials, including hardwood, laminate, tile, and carpet
• Requests information from architects and engineers regarding design issues. Informs all affected trades of changes.
• Prepares a bid invitation for all selected trade partners, complete with a bid deadline, and researches any questions regarding the construction methods and materials.
• Gathers bids from vendors and analyze them for accuracy.
• Obtains bids from several vendors and compares them to determine which is the best bid.
• Prepares a detailed budget based on submitted bids for a given project.
• Marks up bid packages based on subsequent discussions about the scope outlined in the bid.
• Ensures trade performance is at the level discussed during bidding.
• Analyzes any differences between the bid and the actual cost of a project following its closing.
• Establishes an accurate list of vendors with comments regarding their past performance by said trade.
• Researches and contacts future trade for Driven 4 Group's construction projects.
• Performs site visits on renovation projects in order to measure and document existing conditions and write scopes of work for the project.
• Notes all conflicting conditions on the drawings and during the field verification process and send a request for information designed with proposed solutions for the problems.
• Researches alternate products for Value Engineering.
• Prepares presentation packages using the Driven 4 Flooring Template Library for assigned projects, including budget, general scope of work, specific scope of work, clarifications, and assumptions.
• Establishes and maintains client relationships in accordance with Driven 4 Flooring's core principles and values. Maintains the same values and principles throughout the Driven 4 Flooring team.
• Participates in public gatherings and functions. Maintains positive professional relationships with the public, government officials, and trade organizations. Represents Driven 4 Flooring professionally and in accordance with its values and principles.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Education and Experience - High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate); bachelor’s degree in business administration, construction technology, or equivalent is preferred; A minimum of 1-2 years of flooring estimating and sales required. Ability to perform accurate takeoffs and figure labor and material costs. Thorough knowledge of the construction industry and processes. Understanding of financial and accounting policies and practices. Familiarity with related laws and regulations.
• Language Skills – Ability to follow verbal and written work instructions. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret financial and accounting reports, invoices, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from clients, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to effectively present information to management, public groups, and/or board of directors. Ability to interact clearly and effectively, in both written and oral communication, with supervisor, clients, staff, vendors, etc.
• Mathematical Skills –Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Computer Skills - To perform this job successfully, an individual should be proficient in personal computer skills including electronic mail, record keeping, routine database activity, word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, etc. This role requires an above-average knowledge of Microsoft Office. 
• Other Qualifications: Dependable transportation and a valid driver’s license is required.

• Attention to Detail - Diligently attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing tasks.
• Communication – The ability to inform orally and in writing, with clarity and good effect. Understands clearly and quickly when instructions or orders are received. Knows their audience and can adjust to each setting to effectively relay the message.
• Critical Thinking – Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Interpersonal Skills - Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization, builds appropriate rapport, builds constructive and effective relationships, uses diplomacy and tact, can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Managing Projects or Programs – Structures and directs others’ work on projects or programs.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the individual must be able to remain in a stationary position for 90 percent of the time while operating their computer and performing office work. The individual needs to occasionally move about inside the office. They constantly operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, fax machine, and computer printer. They must be able to exchange accurate information with customers and others in the office while interacting. The employee must regularly move up to 15 pounds and occasionally up to 25 pounds. The individual must be capable of reviewing their work for errors and make adjustments as necessary.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

While performing the duties of this Job, the individual is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate. The individual frequently works in a controlled climate.

Reports To: Chief Estimator  

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt 

SUMMARY:  It is the responsibility of the Estimator to direct and coordinate all activities of the individual project, as they relate to estimating and preconstruction activities. The Estimator is responsible for all bidding and pricing procedures. 

•   Provides bidders with accurate interpretations of a project's scope by reviewing, marking up, and becoming familiar with all plans and specifications.
• Requests information from architects and engineers regarding design issues. Informs all affected trades of changes.
• Prepares a bid invitation for all selected trade partners, complete with a bid deadline, and researches any questions regarding the construction methods and materials.
• Gathers bids from venders and analyzes them for accuracy.
• Obtains bids from several vendors and compares them to determine which is the best bid.
• Prepares a detailed budget based on submitted bids for a given project.
• Marks up bid packages based on subsequent discussions about the scope outlined in the bid.
• Reports all concerns to the project manager.
• Ensures trade performance is at the level discussed during bidding.
• Monitors the construction of the project for discrepancies between the bid and the actual cost.
• Delivers a hand-off package to the Project Manager containing all bids and Value Engineering recommendations.
• Analyzes any differences between the bid and the actual cost of a project following its closing.
• Establishes an accurate list of vendors with comments regarding their past performance by said trade.
• Researches and contacts future trade for Driven 4 Group's construction projects.
• Performs field measurements for conceptual projects. Addition or alteration Projects should be field verified that all items in the existing building are properly drawn and notated in the drawings.
• Notes all conflicting conditions on the drawings and during the field verification process and send a request for information designed with proposed solutions for the problems.
• Researches alternate products for Value Engineering.
• Prepares presentation packages using the Driven 4 Group Template library for assigned projects, including budget, general scope of work, specific scope of work, clarifications, and assumptions.
• Establishes and maintains client relationships in accordance with Driven 4 Group's core principles and values. Maintains the same values and principles throughout the Driven 4 Group team.
• Participates in public gatherings and functions. Maintains positive professional relationships with the public, government officials, and trade organizations. Represents Driven 4 Group professionally and in accordance with its values and principles.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Education and Experience -   High School Diploma; Bachelor’s degree in business administration, construction technology, or equivalent is preferred; A minimum of 5- years of estimating both competitive bid projects as well as conceptual budgeting for 20+ million dollar projects within the construction industry, the last 2 being at a senior estimating level. Ability to perform accurate takeoffs and figure labor and material costs. Thorough knowledge of the construction industry and processes. Understanding of financial and accounting policies and practices. Familiarity with related laws and regulations.
• Language Skills –   Ability to follow verbal and written work instructions. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret financial and accounting reports, invoices, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from clients, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to effectively present information to management, public groups, and/or board of directors. Ability to interact clearly and effectively, in both written and oral communication, with supervisor, clients, staff, vendors, etc.
• Mathematical Skills –  Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Computer Skills -  To perform this job successfully, an individual should be proficient in personal computer skills including electronic mail, record keeping, routine database activity, word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, etc. This role requires an above- average knowledge of Microsoft Office. Proficient in accounting software. 

•  Attention to Detail   -   Diligently attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing tasks.
• Communication -   The ability to inform orally and in writing, with clarity and good effect. Understands clearly and quickly when instructions or orders are received. Knows their audience and can adjust to each setting to effectively relay the message.
•  Critical Thinking   -   Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Interpersonal Skills - Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization, builds appropriate rapport, builds constructive and effective relationships, uses diplomacy and tact, can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
•  Managing Projects or Programs  -   Structures and directs others’ work on projects or programs.

 While performing the duties of this job, the individual must be able to remain in a stationary position for 90 percent of the time while operating their computer and performing office work. The individual needs to occasionally move about inside the office. They constantly operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, fax machine, and computer printer. They must be able to exchange accurate information with customers and others in the office while interacting. The employee must regularly move up to 15 pounds and occasionally up to 25 pounds. The individual must be capable of reviewing their work for errors and make adjustments as necessary 

While performing the duties of this Job, the individual is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate. The individual frequently works in a controlled climate.

Reports To: The Director of Construction

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

SUMMARY: The Project Engineer is to assist the Project Manager, Superintendent, and/or Estimator throughout the duration of the specific construction project. The main focus of a Project Engineer is to learn processes and procedures at Driven 4 Group and to gain general understanding of the steps of a project from bid to job closeout.

• Keeps records of all drawings and updates.
• Records accurate and complete meeting minutes.
• Distributes information, drawings, and meeting minutes to all necessary parties in a timely manner.
• Receives, reviews, logs, tracks, and distributes requests for information, submittals, and daily reports in the project management software.
• Receives, reviews, logs, tracks, and schedules on-site material deliveries.
• Provides project photo documentation and ensures photos are logged on daily report software.
• Ensures adherence to all safety policies and procedures such as proper OSHA postings, safety and maintain site first aid kit. Keeps materials safety data sheet files up to date on all products, material used on site. Ensures all subcontractors have a safety book/policy on file onsite.
• Records all safety problems. Ensures Superintendents complete all accident reports and notifies the main office immediately. Notifies Driven 4 Group immediately of any Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspections.
• Attends and documents project-specific walk-throughs.
• Creates, reviews, tracks, and distributes the punch list items. Enters punch list items into the project management software.
• Assists Project Coordinator with closeout documentation.
• Coordinates site permits.
• Assists with material procurement and coordination of change orders.
• Meets regularly with Project Manager, Superintendent, and/or Estimator to report progress and concerns.
• Completes all task lists assignments.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Education and Experience - High School Diploma (or GED or High SchoolEquivalence Certificate); Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Construction Technology, or equivalent experience is preferred. Thorough understanding of the construction industry is required.
• Language Skills – Ability to follow verbal and written work instructions. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret periodicals, journals, manuals, legal documents. Ability to effectively present information to management, public groups, and/or board of directors. Ability to interact clearly and effectively, in both written and oral communication with supervisors and other staff members. Ability to prepare business letters, proposals, summaries, organized spreadsheets, reports using procedural formats, and conforming to all punctuation, grammar, diction, and style.
• Mathematical Skills –Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Computer Skills - To perform this job successfully, an individual should be proficient in personal computer skills including electronic mail, record keeping, routine database activity, word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, etc. This role requires an above- average knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Other Qualifications - Occasional travel when needed. A valid driver’s license is required when traveling to job sites.

• Attendance – Attendance refers to the consistency that an employee shows in turning up for work and completing their normal work hours.
• Communication - Communication refers to the ability to inform orally and in writing, with clarify and good effect. It means to understand clearly and quickly when instructions or orders are received. It means judgment about what information is important and what is not, and what should be communicated, how, to whom and when.
• Safety – The employee is safety conscious about the work environment and equipment. The work area is free of debris to prevent trip and slip hazards. All products and equipment are stored in its proper location. All safety guards and other safety devices are in its proper location, are functional, and utilized effectively on a consistent basis. Standard operating procedures, safety work rules and good general manufacturing practices are followed on a daily basis.
• Organization Support - Refers to the ability to follows policies and procedures. Completes administrative tasks correctly and on time. Supports organization's goals and values. Benefits organization through outside activities. Supports affirmative action and respects diversity.
• Teamwork – Refers to the ability to bring about, cause or influence a joint action by a number of people to achieve a desired result. Understands others quickly and can find common ground. Practices attentive and active listening. Has patience to hear people out and can accurately restate the opinions of others even when he or she disagrees. Provides the information people need to know how to do their jobs and to feel good about being a member of the team.

While performing the duties of this job, the individual must be able to remain in a stationary position for 90 percent of the time while operating their computer and performing office work.

The individual needs to occasionally move about inside the office and outside of the office to travel to job sites. They constantly operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, fax machine, and computer printer. They must be able to exchange accurate information with customers and others in the office while interacting. The employee must regularly move up to 15 pounds and occasionally up to 25 pounds. The individual must be capable of reviewing their work for errors and make adjustments as necessary.

While performing the duties of this Job, the individual is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate. The individual frequently works in a controlled climate.