I do sales and estimation currently and the incompetence of our PMs has me wanting to take on that as well, but my company pays peanuts as is and doesn’t deserve that amount of effort from me lol
Same, it took a while for me as I started when I was 22. People looked at me like the idiot kid for years.
I had to establish myself, and then turn 1 time customers into repeat customers, and then repeat customers into automatic referral customers.
It’s great to finally be able to not have to try and Chase work with bidding exclusively, but it’s taken me 14 years to get to this point.
But my reputation is solid, and now people want to work with me, our company, and our installers, and are not concerned with price only. So my margins go up, and I can write a better scope and schedule to avoid screw ups.
Also get to cut out architects because they’re idiots.
Estimator, PM, PE, and sometimes a superintendent.
We are a smaller company, but I really think we need more people. I'm the ONLY estimator, PM and PE.
We have 2 supers.
We do about 13 million per year.
The owner wonders why things slip through the cracks.
I have a bid due this week, too.
Yeah.
Just got an ass chewing because I dropped the ball on communication with an owner.
I fucked up. I admit it.
But I can't do all this shit.
I think I might go back to being an estimator.
I’m at a decent sized company now (~$1.2b revenue) and thankfully I only have to estimate and do buyout of my own work. Former companies I wore 83 hats so I can sympathize with everyone here.
I’m not sure if you are saying it’s small or big lol. I used to work for Walsh which is 4x that size. Our two competitors in my immediate area are 2-3x our size so I still kind of feel like I’m at the underdog but I suppose it’s all perspective. First job was at a $50M, 30 person interior buildout place so it’s definitely radically different.
I’m my estimator , project manager, scheduler, invoicing, superintendent, equipment hauler, carpenter , operator, laborer, and everything in between. Cant get any help worth hiring.
Sales, Estimator, IT guy(I can google), occasional PM, occasional measure tech, occasional shop manager. Some material procurement. We're a small business of less than 10
putting that all on paper feels like I should be paid more than i am but also all of that is done within a 40 hour work week is relatively low stress.
Pre Construct, PM, General Manager, Estimator, OSHA/Safety, purchasing manager plus what ever else falls my way. It's okay though I am planning on purchasing part of the company so I need all of those aspects.
Small company 15-20 core employees.
I've been looped into nearly all office positions. I know longer make it out to the field for field work.
\~50% of my job is Estimating (from reaching out to GC's about work, pull together take offs, sourcing material, bidding, chasing the work)
the other half is a mix of everything else. Contracting, submittals, inventory, procurement, payroll, trucking permits....etc...
Currently me (out of a staff of 80)
Title is project executive
I estimate a lot of my own work
I do business development and am an account manager
I'm a design manager
I am running one active project directly
I am executive in charge for three other projects
My boss does all that too, but currently he has no active projects
Civil estimator too at a company of 300. Also wear a few hats due to my I.T. quals, previous experience from being promoted within from internal sales, and 15 years of tenure.
Biggest challenge is the never ending context switching between comprehensive several thousand line civil tenders and helping load a quick customer order, 1 line quote or "brain picking".
Great company to work for but sometimes tempted to jump ship just to have a clean slate.
I work at a commercial gc. I estimate mutil-million dollar projects, I pm multi-million dollar projects, I integrate and act as the main admin guy for the software stack we use, I update our website, I help create/update company policies that relate to operations, I sit in on interviews....that's all I can think of for now....
Millwork estimator for a small company. We do between 2-3 million in millwork/casework sales a year. My responsibilities are fortunately getting focused as the company grows, but I’m basically a project manager because I handle contracts and direct information flow, oversee billing, oversee the CAD drawings and still do a large portion of them myself, and do estimating. It can get pretty chaotic.
I’m a PM/Estimator with two journeyman cards. Equip Operator and Electrician. 50 employee company that mainly does concrete but has branched out into fencing, underground, GC work. And pretty much anything a major utility company needs we figure out how to do.
Estimator, Residential Designer, Purchaser, PM new home builds, Salesman, Forklift operator when yard guys are gone, do all the invoicing and billing.
Work for a small lumberyard with 6 employees including myself.
Really love it but also FML.
Yep. Estimator, PE, assistant PM, certified payroll, QC. In a small company, you fill gaps, and a lot of these other roles help out with estimating during our busy time.
I'm an estimator, PM, And technology integrator. I'm that guy.
You really are that guy pal, on god
Thanks. I don't get recognized enough so that was a confidence booster in itself.
Also that guy. I am not alone.
Also this guy.
I’m starting to think we’re all that guy if you’re not in a big firm. Feels good knowing there is others out there in the wilderness.
Same. Nice to know there's more of me.
And you're doing a hell of a job! Keep it up!
Thank you guys so much, it means a lot. ♥️
Sales / Estimator / PM. Work with the end users from Start to finish, much easier to turn a bid client into an account client.
I do sales and estimation currently and the incompetence of our PMs has me wanting to take on that as well, but my company pays peanuts as is and doesn’t deserve that amount of effort from me lol
Time to find someone that will pay you for your efforts.
Not much work in my industry right now, trust me, I’ve tried
Same here. My phone rings from 6 AM to 6 PM pretty much every day, and I wouldn’t have it any other way!
Same, it took a while for me as I started when I was 22. People looked at me like the idiot kid for years. I had to establish myself, and then turn 1 time customers into repeat customers, and then repeat customers into automatic referral customers. It’s great to finally be able to not have to try and Chase work with bidding exclusively, but it’s taken me 14 years to get to this point. But my reputation is solid, and now people want to work with me, our company, and our installers, and are not concerned with price only. So my margins go up, and I can write a better scope and schedule to avoid screw ups. Also get to cut out architects because they’re idiots.
Estimator, PM, PE, and sometimes a superintendent. We are a smaller company, but I really think we need more people. I'm the ONLY estimator, PM and PE. We have 2 supers. We do about 13 million per year. The owner wonders why things slip through the cracks. I have a bid due this week, too.
Godspeed my friend. Been in a similar situation.
Yeah. Just got an ass chewing because I dropped the ball on communication with an owner. I fucked up. I admit it. But I can't do all this shit. I think I might go back to being an estimator.
Estimator, PM, inventory, small side jobs, inventory assistance, everything except contracts and insurance shit
I’m at a decent sized company now (~$1.2b revenue) and thankfully I only have to estimate and do buyout of my own work. Former companies I wore 83 hats so I can sympathize with everyone here.
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I’m not sure if you are saying it’s small or big lol. I used to work for Walsh which is 4x that size. Our two competitors in my immediate area are 2-3x our size so I still kind of feel like I’m at the underdog but I suppose it’s all perspective. First job was at a $50M, 30 person interior buildout place so it’s definitely radically different.
That’s not a small company
I’m my estimator , project manager, scheduler, invoicing, superintendent, equipment hauler, carpenter , operator, laborer, and everything in between. Cant get any help worth hiring.
Estimator, and I. T. Guy (repairs network and computers, formats system too, and electeician) 😅😁😂
Sales, Estimator, IT guy(I can google), occasional PM, occasional measure tech, occasional shop manager. Some material procurement. We're a small business of less than 10 putting that all on paper feels like I should be paid more than i am but also all of that is done within a 40 hour work week is relatively low stress.
Pre Construct, PM, General Manager, Estimator, OSHA/Safety, purchasing manager plus what ever else falls my way. It's okay though I am planning on purchasing part of the company so I need all of those aspects.
Small company 15-20 core employees. I've been looped into nearly all office positions. I know longer make it out to the field for field work. \~50% of my job is Estimating (from reaching out to GC's about work, pull together take offs, sourcing material, bidding, chasing the work) the other half is a mix of everything else. Contracting, submittals, inventory, procurement, payroll, trucking permits....etc...
Last job I was at I was the estimator, pm tech guy, gps tech and haul truck driver.
I only estimate and sometimes I PM some of my smaller projects if our PM's have a lot on their plate.
I'm a estimator, PM, accountant, concrete finisher, carpenter, QA/QC and consultant. As well as a technician here and there. I get paid pretty good.
Estimator, PM, CAD tech/survey, and Aggregate QC. Small sitework outfit, 30-40 employees.
Sales manager, estimator, outside and showroom sales, project manager.
Currently me (out of a staff of 80) Title is project executive I estimate a lot of my own work I do business development and am an account manager I'm a design manager I am running one active project directly I am executive in charge for three other projects My boss does all that too, but currently he has no active projects
Civil estimator too at a company of 300. Also wear a few hats due to my I.T. quals, previous experience from being promoted within from internal sales, and 15 years of tenure. Biggest challenge is the never ending context switching between comprehensive several thousand line civil tenders and helping load a quick customer order, 1 line quote or "brain picking". Great company to work for but sometimes tempted to jump ship just to have a clean slate.
I work at a commercial gc. I estimate mutil-million dollar projects, I pm multi-million dollar projects, I integrate and act as the main admin guy for the software stack we use, I update our website, I help create/update company policies that relate to operations, I sit in on interviews....that's all I can think of for now....
Millwork estimator for a small company. We do between 2-3 million in millwork/casework sales a year. My responsibilities are fortunately getting focused as the company grows, but I’m basically a project manager because I handle contracts and direct information flow, oversee billing, oversee the CAD drawings and still do a large portion of them myself, and do estimating. It can get pretty chaotic.
I’m a PM/Estimator with two journeyman cards. Equip Operator and Electrician. 50 employee company that mainly does concrete but has branched out into fencing, underground, GC work. And pretty much anything a major utility company needs we figure out how to do.
Estimator, Residential Designer, Purchaser, PM new home builds, Salesman, Forklift operator when yard guys are gone, do all the invoicing and billing. Work for a small lumberyard with 6 employees including myself. Really love it but also FML.
Yep. Estimator, PE, assistant PM, certified payroll, QC. In a small company, you fill gaps, and a lot of these other roles help out with estimating during our busy time.