**_Ultimate LLC has an immediate need for an Estimator_** _Topeka, KS or Remote - Salary is $105k-$128k depending on experience_ **Primary Accountability:** As an Estimator at the client, you'll help our teams achieve our project objectives by requesting bids from suppliers. You'll anticipate specific requirements for new projects and ensure our bid strategy supports our budget requirements. You'll be a valuable member of our team, developing and maintaining strong partnerships with vendors and subcontractors and making sure we understand their abilities and capacity to perform work for us. We’ll appreciate your solutions-oriented approach, your estimating know-how, your impressive relationship-building, communication, and teamwork skills, and the way we can count on you to get things done - and get them done well. **In this role, you will:??** ? + Support Pre-Contract and Operations with project costs and pricing objectives + Utilize tools to create bid comparisons + Build and develop vendor relations and strategies + Select appropriate vendors for bidding various needs in concert with internal teams + Develop RFQ documentation for vendors and suppliers + Develop budgetary cost models + Assist in submission of bid projects + Build tools necessary for efficient budgeting + Present cost models to internal operations teams and leaders + Maintain organized and accurate documentation throughout the project + Partner with Applications Engineering, Purchasing, and Field Services teams to meet specific needs and scope of each job bid + Establish and maintain positive working relationships with employees and department managers. **We’re Excited About You Because:??** ? + You believe anything worth doing is worth doing right, no matter how “small”. + You live in the details. + You have the motivation and ability to learn and improve processes and tools. + You enjoy thinking critically and solving problems. + You communicate clearly and concisely in both written and verbal form. + You are proficient in MS Office Suite, including Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, and PowerPoint. You have experience or are ready to learn Sage Intacct ERP and ProCore Project Management Software. + You have minimum of 2 years of relevant experience (Construction or Material Handling preferred) and a college degree (Bachelor’s in Finance, Accounting, or Engineering preferred) or equivalent experience. + You have or wish to pursue your PCEA certification or something similar. **Physical Demands:** + Physically mobile with reasonable accommodation. + Ability to sit for extended periods of time. + Ability to read computer screens, email and talk on the phone. + Ability to bend, reach, kneel, twist and grip items while working at assigned desk area. + Ability to lift up to ten (10) pounds. **Work Environment:** + Professional and deadline-oriented environment in an office setting. + Interaction with team members and clients in both remote and on-site locations. + Periodic weekend or evening work is expected. **Additional Duties:** **_Additional duties and responsibilities may be added to this job description at any time. The job description does not state or imply that these are the only activities to be performed by the employee(s) holding this position. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related responsibilities as requested by their supervisor._**