Lubke Construction is a premier luxury design-build company specializing in crafting custom homes. Renowned for our commitment to excellence and client satisfaction, we transform our clients' dreams into stunning reality. Our collaborative approach ensures that each home reflects the unique vision and lifestyle of our discerning clientele, creating spaces that are as functional as they are beautiful. If you are looking for a position with a stable, successful company, we are seeking a Construction Estimator/Purchaser familiar with residential homebuilding experience to join our team.
As a member of the Lubke Estimating and Purchasing team, your duties include:
- Perform detailed quantity takeoffs, prepare project specific scopes of work and request vendor and subcontractor pricing.
- Review proposals, drawings, and sites to reduce/eliminate scope gap.
- Coordinate total estimating effort relevant to bids for projects assigned for budget adherence.
- Maintain files of working documents as back-up for estimate figures. Interface with vendor and subcontractors regarding project budgets and feasibility.
- Follow all assigned projects to completion - including assisting in original project estimates, compiling estimates for added scopes, and identifying and preparing change orders.
- Creation of purchase orders from field team requests for materials and labor in accordance with purchasing schedule.
- Procure materials, manage lead-times, and track deliveries, returns and exchanges.
- Cultivate relationships with competent, reliable subcontractors and vendors to assist with competitive pricing.
Skills and Abilities
- Excellent oral and written communication skills necessary.
- General knowledge of construction disciplines is required.
- Ability to read/interpret blueprints and construction documents.
- Ability to work independently and as a team in a fast-paced environment.
- Knowledge of estimating techniques, cost control, and value engineering.
- Ability to solve practical problems and manage variety of situations where limited standardization exists.
- Advanced proficiency with MS Office, specifically Excel and Outlook, proficiency in Planswift, Buildertrend and Bluebeam.
- Ability to bend, lift, move general inventory items in a warehouse setting.
Required Experience and Education We welcome candidates with a combination of education and relevant experience. While a degree in construction management or engineering is beneficial, equivalent professional experience will also be considered.
