Estimator

Estimator

Woodstock, GA

At Smith Douglas Homes, our mission is to enhance people's quality of life by creating opportunities for homeownership. We believe that mission starts with our people.

When you join Smith Douglas Homes, you become part of a team that is committed to doing the right thing, supporting one another, and delivering exceptional experiences for our customers. We foster a culture built on collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and mutual respectwhere every team member has the opportunity to make an impact and grow their career.

Join us and help build more than homes. Help build opportunities, communities, and a future you can be proud of.

At Smith Douglas Homes, we pride ourselves on being one of the fastest growing home building companies in the country. We are looking for an experienced Estimator to join our team in our Woodstock, Georgia office. This will ultimately be a hybrid role, after training is completed.

Job Purpose:

In this role, you will be in charge of SMART (our proprietary software) Standard Plan component and infrastructure design to ensure that purchase order quantities are correct. You will collaborate with the team to implement changes where needed in SMART.

You'll focus on new initiatives for estimating projects as well as new plan estimates. In addition, we'll rely on you to help train other estimators as needed.

What You'll Do:

1. Maintain the SMART estimating database to include improvements in product structure.
2. Collaborate with other estimators to ensure best practices
3. Work with management to implement new projects in SMART including adding sellable plans to meet CIC's timeline for approved deals
4. Accurately perform quantity takeoffs of new plans and enter into plan structure format of the SMART database
5. Create and maintain retail catalogs and option standard books, including color selections
6. Assist in development and maintenance of the Construction Schedule
7. Promote new strategies for cost savings and quality improvement in the plans and estimates
8. Oversee standards books creation and perform margin comparisons

Minimum Job Requirements:

Education :

• Four-year college degree

Experience :

• At least two years of home building estimating software experience
• Knowledge of techniques, methods, and terminology of residential construction
• Two years of residential estimating experience
• Experience in building construction or related field helpful

Computer Skills :

• 1 year+ Planswift experience
• 1 year+ Pipeline estimating software experience
• Microsoft Excel and Access
• CAD (AutoCAD) helpful

SDH Management Services LLC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, reach out to View email address on click.appcast.io.

An offer of employment for this role is contingent upon the successful completion of background check and drug screening. We are a certified Drug Free Workplace.