Lead Estimator – Multi-Site, Multi-Trade Special Projects

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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Jones Sign Co., Inc.

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1910

🏭 Manufacturing

📣 Marketing

📦 Logistics

Manufacturing • Marketing • Logistics

Jones Sign Co. , Inc. is a leading provider of signage and architectural solutions, specializing in the design, manufacturing, installation, and maintenance of custom signage for various sectors including automotive, healthcare, retail, and banking. With over 100 years of experience, Jones Sign offers a comprehensive range of services from rebranding and franchise development to interior branding and LED solutions, ensuring each project reflects the unique identity of its clients. The company is dedicated to high standards of quality and service, making it a trusted partner for multi-site branding and signage needs across multiple locations.

📋 Description

• Read and interpret plans to estimate the total cost of special projects, remodels, and rollouts • Perform detailed take-offs and scope reviews • Organize scope and material lists with vendors and subcontractors • Present and hand off estimates to the Project Management team • Detail scope of work for each trade, costs per trade/subcontractor, site services, material requirements, and lead times • Develop critical paths for project execution • Oversee and manage projects including refreshes, minor remodels, and multi-site rollouts • Prepare timely estimates for retrofits, remodels, tenant improvements, rollouts, and deferred maintenance projects • Develop unit pricing, template estimates, and repeatable pricing models • Validate pricing across varying site conditions and jurisdictions • Evaluate drawings, specifications, field data, and incomplete scopes • Provide design feedback affecting implementation plans or pricing • Work with sales, operations, and project management to support project awards • Coordinate with field partners to validate labor assumptions, production rates, and constructability • Solicit and analyze vendor and subcontractor pricing across multiple markets • Interface with customers, account managers, and internal teams to clarify scope, assumptions, and exclusions • Support value engineering, alternate pricing, and scope optimization • Maintain vendor pricing databases, labor factors, and regional cost modifiers • Track market conditions, labor availability, and material lead times • Help develop estimating standards, templates, and best practices • Track hit rates, estimate accuracy, and post-project cost performance • Improve estimating workflows, tools, and systems • Report on volume, backlog support, and pricing trends

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of estimating experience in construction, facilities, electrical, mechanical, or related trades • Experience supporting multi-site, programmatic, or high-volume project work • Strong understanding of labor, material, equipment, and subcontractor pricing • Ability to manage multiple estimates concurrently under tight deadlines • Proficiency with estimating software, Excel, and project documentation tools • Strong communication skills and comfort working cross-functionally • Preferred: Experience with national accounts or repeat-client programs • Preferred: Field experience or strong operational knowledge • Preferred: Familiarity with service-to-project conversions • Preferred: Experience building unit pricing and standardized estimating models • Preferred: Knowledge of regional labor factors and union/non-union markets • Parallel execution and prioritization • Attention to detail with speed • Commercial judgment and risk awareness • Collaboration across sales, operations, and vendors • Ability to estimate from incomplete or evolving scopes

🏖️ Benefits

• Health & Wellbeing Benefits • Paid Time Off • 401(k) Plan with Company Match • Leading Edge Tools & Technology • YMCA Health & Fitness Membership • Education & Advancement Opportunities • Incentive Programs including a Company Profit Sharing Plan • Charitable Contributions Match