Construction Project Manger/ Estimator

Installed Building Products
  • Norwich, Connecticut
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    $70K-$80K base salary (DOE) + performance-based bonus

    Key Responsibilities:
    • Call on existing and new customers to analyze their insulation needs and provide solutions that maximize energy efficiency, with the goal of building strong,
    • long-term relationships.
    • Develop and provide professional, effective written proposals to customers, ensuring acceptable profit margins by physically measuring work on-site or by
    • reading and interpreting blueprints and construction documents to develop accurate estimates.
    • Occasionally, present proposals to customers.
    • Follow up on all estimates through verbal or written correspondence.
    • Order materials, monitor lead times, and track status to avoid project delays.
    • Develop a Job Hazard Assessment (JHA) for every job, communicate it to all staff on-site, and file it in the job folder.
    • Manage sold projects by monitoring job progress to ensure safety, quality, and productivity goals are achieved.
    • Ensure all jobs run efficiently and profitably with the appropriate staff, materials, and equipment by applying strong estimating and project planning skills,
    • using construction management (CM) programs.
    • Perform duties in all weather conditions and during off-shift hours, weekends, and holidays as required to meet customer needs.
    • Generate and provide reports regarding calls, quotes, and follow-up status; investigate and resolve anomalies in gross margin reports; and participate in branch performance reviews.
    • Develop and retain a team of skilled mechanical insulation professionals.
    • Invoice customers in a timely manner and perform collections as needed.
    • Engage in networking activities such as association memberships, trade shows, seminars, conventions, customer entertainment, and other relationship-building events (may involve days, nights, and/or weekends).
    • Act in the best interest of the company as a whole, supporting efforts toward overall corporate success-not just branch success.
    • Organize files and manage time efficiently.
    • Assume roles of greater responsibility as required to support company objectives.

    Education & Experience:
    • Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, communications, or a related field preferred.
    • 3-5 years of experience in sales with a solid construction background preferred.

    Skills & Competencies:
    • Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills (verbal, written, reading, and listening).
    • Strong presentation and networking skills.
    • Proven ability to build and maintain strong customer relationships.
    • Excellent interpersonal and people skills.
    • Highly motivated, persuasive, and goal-oriented with a strong desire to sell and win.
    • Ability to present ideas, facts, and technical information clearly and concisely.
    • Capable of working independently and collaboratively within a team.
    • Strong problem-solving skills, professional appearance, and a charismatic personality.
    • Ability to remain patient and composed under pressure, including during emergencies or unscheduled events.
    • Excellent leadership qualities influencing both external customers and internal team members.
    • Strong general business and mathematical skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, geometry).
    • Flexibility to work nights and weekends to meet customer deadlines.
    • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Outlook, and CRM software is essential.
    • Highly organized, detail-oriented, with strong follow-up and prioritization abilities.
    • Solid knowledge of insulation materials and applications preferred.

    Training & Safety Requirements:

    Must complete initial safety training (12 hours), OSHA 10-Hour Course, and annual refresher training, including but not limited to HAZCOM and fall protection.
    Support and enforce corporate safety goals and policies.

    Physical Demands:
    • Occasional sitting and verbal communication or listening.
    • Frequent manual dexterity required.
    • Regular standing, walking, reaching, climbing, stooping, kneeling, or crawling.
    • Ability to lift up to 10 lbs. regularly, 25 lbs. frequently, and 50 lbs. occasionally.
    • Essential vision abilities include close and distance vision, color perception, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.
    • Proficiency in reading, writing, and presenting information effectively.
    • Strong mathematical skills, including probability, statistics, and geometry.
    • Regular sitting and manual tasks, with occasional standing, walking, re

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationNorwich, Connecticut

    Skills

    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Blueprintsunmatched
    • Business Skillsunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Constructionunmatched
    • Construction Document Setunmatched
    • Construction Estimatesunmatched
    • Construction Managementunmatched
    • Credit and Collectionsunmatched
    • Customer Relationsunmatched
    • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systemsunmatched
    • Depth Perceptionunmatched
    • Detail Orientedunmatched
    • Develop and Maintain Customersunmatched
    • Energy Efficiencyunmatched
    • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
    • Follow Throughunmatched
    • Geometryunmatched
    • Gross Marginunmatched
    • Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Manual Dexterityunmatched
    • Marketingunmatched
    • Mathematicsunmatched
    • Microsoft Officeunmatched
    • Microsoft Outlookunmatched
    • Needs Assessmentunmatched
    • Organizational Skillsunmatched
    • Performance Reviewsunmatched
    • Persuasion Skillsunmatched
    • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Project Estimatesunmatched
    • Project Planningunmatched
    • Project Trackingunmatched
    • Project/Program Managementunmatched
    • Reporting Skillsunmatched
    • Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
    • Salesunmatched
    • Sales Closing Skillsunmatched
    • Sales Managementunmatched
    • Seminarsunmatched
    • Statisticsunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Trade Showsunmatched
    • Writing Skillsunmatched

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