Estimator

Great opportunity for advancement.
Grow your career with us ! As we are expanding we seek individuals who are motivated to learn and grow with us, not just for us! We are an innovative, Portland based, on-line, tile and stone company that deals with the interior design, construction, and and supply industries for commercial projects.
We are seeking highly organized and extremely detail-oriented individuals for an estimator position.
It is a full-time position with benefits (PTO, health/dental/vision insurance, 401k) You will be primarily responsible for estimating material costs and freight, submitting budgets and formal quotations to customers, PO processing, and maintaining records throughout the lifetime of a project in a team-oriented, fast paced, professional environment.
*Your responsibilities will include the following (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions)* * Arrive to work on time as scheduled, prepared to be productive, knowledgeable, engaging, and helpful.
* Provide exceptional customer service always.
Make it a priority to be courteous, friendly, helpful, and prompt to our clients, vendors, guests, and teammates.
* Provide budgetary information to designers as requested.
* Prepare internal estimating sheets to record item cost, freight, import duties, and delivered pricing.
* Prepare and submit formal quotes through Netsuite for specified materials on projects as requested.
* Vendor and freight forwarder outreach as needed to verify cost and lead times.
* Document and record special or negotiated pricing for large or customized projects.
* Maintain project records by updating projected values, project timing, key project contacts, and any other helpful information.
* Sourcing stone, specialized and/or custom materials, and reviewing options with the Project Manager.
* Converting customer PO’s into sales orders * Follow up on expired quotes and projects on a regular basis.
* Notify Sample Specialist or Sales Assistant when samples are requested.
* Review all communications and requests with project management staff on a daily basis.
* Update staff / materials team when notified of discontinued products.
* Create projects, add contacts, update address changes and project statuses in Netsuite when notified.
* Participate in weekly sales meetings to discuss daily workload, objectives, challenges, and triumphs.
* Adhere to company policies, processes, and procedures.
* Work safe always.
Follow all required safety guidelines including incident reporting procedures.
* All other duties as assigned.
*This position requires the following:* * Technical / Numerical Capacity * Ability to work both independently and jointly * Communication proficiency * Teamwork Orientation * Ethical Conduct * Collaboration * Computer Literacy * Must be able to work evenings and weekends as needed or required.
* Ability to change and adapt to a fast-moving business environment, technology changes, and product advancements and requires an open mind and flexibility to be successful.
*Supervisory Responsibility* This position does not directly supervise any employees.
*Work Environment* This job operates in a professional office environment.
This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computer, phone, photocopier, filing cabinet and fax machine.
While performing the duties of this job, employee may occasionally attend corporate events or client meetings in other work environments such as warehouse, quarry, or construction site, etc.
, and should abide by all safety standards set forth by that location.
*Physical Demands* The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel and talk or hear.
The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms.
The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 30 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds with aid.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include hearing, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
*Travel * Travel is not expected for this position.
*Required Education and Experience* * Associate’s Degree and/or equivalent work experience * Previous cost estimating / tile knowledge is a plus but not required.
* Organization, time management skills, able to meet deadlines * Strong independent problem-solving skills * Good customer services and interpersonal skills * Ability to handle a high volume of transactions * PC / IOS proficiency and MS Office experience, Outlook, Word, Excel *EEO Statement* Design and Direct Source is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Design and Direct Source is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.
All employment decisions at Design and Direct Source are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.
Design and Direct Source will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
” Interested applicants should submit a resume and references.
*This is not a remote position, you must be able to work at our office in Portland, OR.
* Job Type: Full-time Pay: From $19.
00 per hour Expected hours: 40 per week Benefits: * 401(k) * Dental insurance * Health insurance * Paid time off * Vision insurance Compensation package: * Bonus opportunities Schedule: * 8 hour shift * Monday to Friday Education: * Associate (Preferred) Work Location: In person