Landscape Estimator

**GROW Program Verified Employer**
**Recognized Apprentice Employer**

**Higgins Hardscape** is a passionate team of dedicated landscape professionals looking to expand our crew. We have a centrally-located shop just minutes from Waterdown. If you are looking for a career, not just a job, we offer exciting growth opportunities. Our company focuses on a wide range of landscaping projects with a focus on hardscape construction.

We are currently looking for enthusiastic, hard-working individual with a passion for landscaping to join our collaborative and positive team.

**Responsibilities & Details on the Opportunity**:
**Operations**
- Oversee and carry out Higgins Harscape's sales and estimates for commercial and residential clients.
- Meet with clients on site as required, update property contacts
- Interpret and understand landscape drawings provided by Landscape Designer or Architect (including elevations, grades, building codes, permits, plant material etc.)
- Manage, acquire, price and source all materials required.
- Work with various vendor companies, obtain quotes and organize pricing structures.
- Organize and communicate confirmed projects
- Provide updates on the progress and evolving needs of the estimation process.
- Assist in project management and/or operations as required.
- Target new work in conjunction with prospect client lists, current clients.
- Create and coordinate project meetings as necessary.

**Administration**
- Prepare and format estimates and proposals for clients and projects.
- Manage and update LMN estimating software in relation to costs, materials, budgets.
- Oversee commercial clients’ Vendor Preferred Lists
- Assist with Managing and updating division files: Client Folders, keep up to date.
- Organize proper documentation as applicable to job estimate and tasks.
- Participate with other senior management in setting the strategic direction including budget, sales goals, marketing.
- Capture photos of new sites, work in progress files.

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**Requirements**:

- Extensive knowledge and experience with a wide range of Landscape projects.
- Familiarity with both commercial/large scale projects and residential design/build projects.
- Experience working with trades, vendors, obtaining quotes, pricing materials.
- Horticulture knowledge, Plant knowledge, Plant Design Experience.
- G License with clean drivers abstract.

This is a full-time position that entails (approximately) 40-50 hours per week.

Higgins Hardscape values and promotes professional development and strives to ensure our employees qualifications and strong work ethics are compensated accordingly.

Thank you for your interest in our company.

Please send along a resume, we would be delighted to talk about the position further and discuss further details.

We look forward to hearing from you.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $45,000.00-$65,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Flexible Language Requirement:

- English not required

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus pay
- Overtime pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Waterdown, ON L8B 1P4: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- construction estimating: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person