Now Hiring - Sun State Nursery & Landscaping, Inc - Estimator/Business Developer in Jacksonville, FL

Full description of the position

Overview:
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Business Developer to join our team. As a Business Developer, you will play a crucial role in expanding our client base and driving business growth. This position requires strong construction management knowledge and excellent negotiation skills.

Qualifications:
- Proven experience in business development within the construction industry
- Estimating/Construction knowledge
- Excellent written and oral skills
- Ability to read plans, specifications, related documents, and analyze information
- Knowledge of all aspects of commercial landscape and irrigation construction
- Associate or Bachelor's Degree in related field
- Minimum of 4 years' experience in construction field

Personal Attributes:
- Must be a good communicator, persistent, persevering and possess a strong work ethic
- Outgoing, with good people skills, and personable
- Steady, consistent, and dependable behavior
- Self starter
- Action and results oriented, with a can-do demeanor
- Punctual and energetic
- Maintains high professional standards for neatness, accuracy, discipline, self-control and organization

Preferred Skills:
- Proficient with MS Office, and Adobe PDF
- Proficient knowledge of AutoCAD, Planswift or similar program to do quantity take-offs
- Knowlege of Large Format Plotting of Construction Plans
- Ability to multitask and problem solve
- Ability to meet strict deadlines
- Ability to adapt to a constantly changing environment (Deadlines, fluctuations in workload)
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to function effectively under stringent deadlines and resolve problems under pressure
- Team work/player
- Time Management
- Good organization skills

Responsibilities:
- Review gather scope of work, plan, specifications, and related documents to get a complete understanding of project.
- Identifies material and sub requirements
- Maintains cost data
- Contributes to team effort
- Prepare accurate and timely quantity takeoffs
- Acquires proposals from subcontractors in required trades
- Resolves discrepancies
- Timely completion of estimates
- Present prepared estimate by assembling and displaying numerical and descriptive information
- Follow-up and close deals once proposal is submitted
- Develop new clients to expand the business
- Daily searches of publications for new bid opportunities
- Routine calls to existing clients to get new project leads

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $65,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Construction: 4 years (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Jacksonville, FL 32256: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person