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Trafficade, an AWP Safety Company, is North America’s leading traffic control specialist. Our team of 6,500 professionals helps secure 2,000 work zones every day – ensuring customer crews, drivers, and our own teams get home safely. We protect those who operate, maintain, and upgrade infrastructure in the energy, broadband, and transportation sectors and provide traffic control for major events like the Boston Marathon.

Since our founding in 1981, we have served customers through the talent of extraordinary team members committed to customer focus, growth, valuing each other, safety and quality, and a sense of urgency.

The Estimator at Trafficade/AWP Safety will build quality relationships to secure profitable business partners to support the business unit. Responsibilities include reviewing and clarification of proposals, negotiating projects, completing estimates including bid documents, determining the project’s scope, and evaluating special conditions affecting the proposal. This role will collaborate with the Operations Department to ensure the accuracy of quotes as well as prospecting for business opportunities.

• Attending external pre-bid meetings to determine the scope of work.
• Track all estimates with our clients to determine the close ratio of completed estimates.
• Review and clarify proposals and negotiate projects.
• Develop traffic control plans.
• Develop relationships with current and potential customers in a sale capacity. (Mainly calls)
• Manage multiple projects estimates simultaneously.
• Collaborate with management on strategic estimating and growth initiatives for the estimating department.
• Obtain and track offers and quotes from subcontractors or vendors.
• Attend regular customer lunches to build and maintain the relationship.
• Building estimates for clients through direct requests from our customers, CSR’s, planners, or anyone involved with our daily operations that requests an estimate.
• Prepare preliminary schedules for all successfully awarded projects.
• Create and submit estimate reports or bids to appropriate people (project managers, clients, bidding competitions, etc.)
• Analyze all available information to compile into a proposal estimate.
• Continual process improvement, tracking, production and billing of estimates to support the sales efforts for Trafficade/AWP safety.
• Complete estimates including bid documents, determining the project’s scope, and evaluating special conditions affecting the proposal (including site conditions, access, personnel, and equipment needs)
• Perform other functions as necessary or as assigned.
• Compliance with all aspects of traffic control as governed by standards of local, state, and federal agencies.
• Ensure that estimates are being completed in compliance with each city’s requirement and allowed set-up approvals.
• Determine key variables for cost and other estimates.
• Involved in peer engagement, mentoring and on-the-job training.
• Produce estimates, track, and manage the estimates in TCR.
• Verify the customer quote and work with the Operations Team to ensure the customer is provided with a quote.
• Prepare estimates based on time, labor requirements, equipment costs, and specifications.
• Gain technical knowledge required for all aspects of traffic control, and Trafficade/AWP Safety products to present to client.

• Organized with an intense focus on accuracy and attention to detail.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite Products (Excel, Word). Experience with Salesforce software preferred.
• Hours of operation are typically 8 a.m.- 5 p.m., M-F
• Proficient literacy
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Ability to develop, foster, and manage customer relationships.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as meticulous attention to detail
• Knowledge of CDOT M& S Standards and MUTCD a plus.
• 2 or 4-year college degree in Construction Management or Engineering preferred.
• Primarily sedentary or working at a desk
• Minimum of 1-year construction industry experience preferred.
• Occasionally lift and move 10 -25 pounds
• Problem-solving skills and critical thinking skills
• 40-hour workweek
• The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, or reach with hands and arms.

• AWP named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces 2023 for Diversity
• Company paid 50k in basic life insurance.
• Health Savings and Flex Spending Accounts Available
• 401(k)
• All traditional benefits are offered, including 3 medical plan options and 2 dental plan options, as well as additional benefits such as Legal and Identity Shield, Accident, and Critical Illness
• Company paid LTD.
• Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays
• Benefits-eligible 1st of the month following hire.

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Trafficade, a company of Area Wide Protective (AWP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.