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M/I Homes, Inc. · 14 hours ago

Estimator

Fort Myers, Florida, United States

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

M/I Homes is a leading homebuilder with over 40 years of experience, seeking a dedicated Estimator for their Southwest Florida division. The role involves performing detailed material and labor take-offs, managing housing budgets, and ensuring accurate costing information is maintained and communicated across various teams.

Home ServicesReal EstateReal Estate Investment

Responsibilities

Compiles, verifies, calculates, and distributes hard cost items to Purchasing team

Processes subcontractor bids; reviews and analyzes cost changes

Arranges budgets for housing starts including listing of costs for standard and non-standard pricing items

Compiles, verifies, and provides updated costing information for data entry to estimating system

Performs itemized take-offs of all material and labor provided in each home and community

Performs custom option and change order costing

Reviews published pricing for accuracy

Understands construction plans and specifications

Organizes construction plans and communicates completed estimates to all appropriate personnel, e.g., construction, trade subcontractors, vendors, other departments, etc

May assist with bidding process for new and existing products

Performs field audits to analyze purchases, verify quantities, quality, and service levels

Provides general administrative support for costing department including routine processing of correspondence from rough or revised draft, data entry, preparation of miscellaneous reports, filing and copying. May compile and verify information for reports

Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Qualification

Material take-offsCost managementConstruction plans understandingDatabase managementCommunication skills

Required

Performs complete, detailed material and labor take-offs for all house plans

Maintains the plan, community, and option database in JDE

Compiles, verifies, calculates, and distributes hard cost items to Purchasing team

Processes subcontractor bids; reviews and analyzes cost changes

Arranges budgets for housing starts including listing of costs for standard and non-standard pricing items

Compiles, verifies, and provides updated costing information for data entry to estimating system

Performs itemized take-offs of all material and labor provided in each home and community

Performs custom option and change order costing

Reviews published pricing for accuracy

Understands construction plans and specifications

Organizes construction plans and communicates completed estimates to all appropriate personnel, e.g., construction, trade subcontractors, vendors, other departments, etc

May assist with bidding process for new and existing products

Performs field audits to analyze purchases, verify quantities, quality, and service levels

May compile and verify information for reports

Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Benefits

Comprehensive medical/dental

401(k) with a company match

Bonus opportunity

Company

M/I Homes, Inc.

M/I Homes has been building new homes of outstanding quality and superior design for more than 40 years and is known nationally for the M/I Difference: Whole Home Building Standards, Design, M/I Financial, and our industry leading Transferable Structural Warranty.

Founded in 1976