Our Opportunity
GPJ is hiring an Estimator to join our growing team!
This role is on-site, requiring you to report to our Smyrna, TN office location a minimum of 5 days per week.
Your Role
As the Estimator, your role is vital in overseeing and coordinating all estimating projects assigned to you. Your goal is to ensure the utmost accuracy and quality while maximizing profit margins in areas like fabrication, refurbishment, graphics, and special projects.
With your solid background in fabrication, you're well-equipped to interpret conceptual designs and bidding information, no matter how it's presented. It's all about delivering top-notch results and maintaining high standards throughout the estimation process.
Depending on the project, your responsibilities might focus exclusively on fabrication, or you could be in charge of overseeing all aspects of a particular project. It's all about delivering the best results and maintaining high standards throughout the estimation process.
Your Skills
- Participate in all aspects of fabrication estimating and bid preparations on a wide variety of industrial trade show, automotive, international, activations, permanent installations, and special event projects
- Follow GPJ estimating standards and policies
- Cost Analysis: Evaluate and analyze the costs of materials, labor, equipment, and other expenses related to project proposals.
- Bid Preparation: Prepare detailed and competitive bids for projects, ensuring all elements are considered and accurately estimated.
- Documentation: Maintain thorough documentation of all estimates, including assumptions, methodologies, and supporting data.
- Vendor Management: Source and obtain quotes from suppliers and subcontractors, ensuring cost-effective procurement.
- Risk Assessment: Identify and assess potential risks and uncertainties in project estimates and propose mitigation strategies.
- Collaboration: Work closely with project managers, engineers and other stakeholders to gather necessary project information and specifications.
- Reporting: Generate comprehensive reports and presentations for management, highlighting key cost factors and potential savings
- Continuous Improvement: Stay updated on industry trends, cost benchmarks, and best practices to continuously improve the accuracy and efficiency of estimates
- Proficiency in estimating software (e.g., AutoCAD, Bluebeam, PlanSwift), Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides)
Your Impact
In your role, you will have influence and responsibility over:
- Fabrication & Graphics
- Estimating
- Management, Delivery & Deployment
Your Experience
Experience & Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Construction Management or equivalent work experience.
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in estimating, preferably within the experiential industry.
- Familiarity with interior and exterior building materials and fabrication techniques.
Travel & Mobility
Your Competencies
Solution Oriented - Even with tight project budget management practices, you focus on the desired outcome and are ready with multiple solutions in order to reach the end goal.
Thoroughness - Ensure your work (and if applicable, the work of others) is complete and accurate. You can spot when details were overlooked, and take the initiative to complete the project, following up to ensure agreements / commitments are on track or have been fulfilled. When details are ambiguous, you ask questions to confirm you understand the expectations. Team members can easily follow your work, understand where you left off, and what comes next. You are prepared and organized for meetings and presentations.
Urgency - Decisive, responsive, and fast acting you achieve goals quickly both when working on your own and in collaboration with others. You demonstrate adaptability and agility when making on-the-spot decisions never sacrificing quality or work interactions. Cool under pressure. For the sake of time, you are able to eliminate unnecessary steps and use network resources to aid in project completion.
Who We Are
GPJ is the world leader in experiential marketing. Our 29 global offices are filled with fearless people dreaming up ideas that are transforming industries and bringing the most respected brands to life in powerfully, exciting ways. We are a part of the Project Worldwide family. An independent, employee-owned global network of complementary, wholly owned agencies.
You read that "employee-owned" part, right? You heard us correctly. You work hard, she works hard, we all work hard… we all succeed and reap the rewards. We have an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – providing our employees with an ownership interest. We thought you would want to know that. In fact, there is a lot more you would want to know about us, like our FTO policy (no more "accruing" time off), our employer matching 401(k) plan (no vesting period), our "no employee contribution" healthcare option. But we are getting ahead of ourselves here, let's talk about this exciting opportunity first and we can fill you in on our perks & benefits later.
GPJ is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected class. In addition to federal law requirements, GPJ complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. GPJ expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on any protected class.
