*job description: estimator & purchasing agent*
*location*:guadalajara
*wexpand history*:at wexpand, we connect talent with opportunities. We help foreign companies build high-performance teams in mexico with a modern and human approach. We believe in talent, technology, and ideas that connect people. We're looking for someone who shares those values and can translate them into compelling designs.
*about the role*:under the general direction of the estimating and preconstruction director prepares the direct job cost budgets for assigned homes or projects. This includes coordination of purchase order approval, printing and releases. This position will also assist with the bidding of jobs and the procurement of labor and materials to build homes per the construction start schedule of keel custom homes. Finally, this position will assist sales with pricing non-standard options.
*key responsibilities*:
- assist with the review, qualification, and hiring of trade partners.
- negotiate prices, including terms and model discounts, with all trade partners and, in addition, negotiate rebates from manufacturers.
- ensure that all necessary documentation has been collected from trade partners before the start of work and update it on an annual basis thereafter. (i.e., subcontract, w-9, pricing, scopes of work, occupational license, etc.)
- solicit bids from outside trades on a routine basis to confirm current competitive rates from trade partners.
- maintain accurate standard specifications and scopes of work for each trade partner.
- provide consistent and strong support to superintendents and the construction operations manager.
*qualifications*:
- advanced english (c1,c2)
- construction knowledge.
- ability to analyze job cost variance data and take corrective actions.
- organizational aptitude to manage the pre-construction job package routing and processing.
- computer aptitude and willingness to learn to process needed data and to communicate via letters, etc.
- must have understanding and willingness to take direct personnel actions re: non-performing trade contractors from time to time.
- a willingness to handle accounts payable issues with vendors when necessary.
*soft skills*:
- attention to detail
- negotiation skills
- organizational & time management skills
*technical skills*:
- job cost variances related to estimating & purchasing variance codes.
- direct construction costs per square foot
- accuracy of job estimates
- internal customer satisfaction scores (sales, construction)
*schedule*:
- monday to friday from onsite 7am to 4pm
tipo de puesto: por tiempo indeterminado
tipo de jornada:
- turno de 8 horas
lugar de trabajo: empleo presencial