Estimating Admin at Forté Specialty Contractors

About The Company

At Forté Specialty Contractors, we use our team's innovation, talent, and energy to create iconic experiential spaces in luxury homes, creative commercial and hospitality venues, and unique themed museums, nightclubs, and theme park attractions. We shine in our industry with unsurpassed design integrity, commitment to quality, and budget stewardship.

Join Our Team

Forté Specialty Contractors is looking for our next Estimating Administrator. Our EA

will aid the senior members of the Estimation team in preparation of budgets and bids for all projects, as well as completing administrative tasks as assigned.

This position is based in Las Vegas, NV.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Help maintain a database of pre-qualified subcontractors & manage data via the Procore platform.
• Documentation
• Recent jobs worked.
• Average response time.
• Notation of any difficulties in the working relationship.
• General admin tasks as assigned by the senior members of the estimating team.
• Field incoming solicitations from new subcontractors, helping to provide a first layer of screening for the rest of the team.
• Help schedule meetings – virtual or in-person – for the senior members of the estimating team.
• Take meeting minutes and distribute to appropriate contacts both internal and external.
• Create and maintain estimating calendars.
• Monitor key milestones such as RFI deadlines, site visits, and bid due dates.
• Participate in Estimate Reviews.
• Join internal estimate review meetings to observe senior estimators’ logic and methodology.
• Learn how to document notes and action items during reviews.
• At the direction of the department leadership, help prepare/present information to management and clients alike.
• Other job duties as assigned
  

What You Bring To The Table

• Estimating experience preferred but not required.
• Any of the following are strongly preferred:
• Undergraduate degree in engineering, construction management, architecture, or interior design.
• Field experience in any Division 9 trades.
• Experience in the construction industry.
• Must possess the ability to efficiently operate Microsoft Office, namely Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
  

How We Take Care Of Our Team

• Forté pays 100% of insurance premiums for eligible salaried employees and dependents for health, dental, life, and vision coverage.
• Two health plan options (details available upon request).
• Our 401(k) provides a dollar-for-dollar match on the first 4% of your contributions.
• Flexible Time Off.
• Nine paid company holidays.