Fire Protection Estimator
Job Description
Who We Are
Northstar Fire Protection of Texas is a Texas based company. Northstar has been on the forefront of the fire protection industry since 1980. With offices in Austin, Lewisville, Houston, San Antonio, and Atlanta, GA we have grown to be a nationally recognized company. Northstar engineers, fabricates, and installs fire sprinkler systems for structures including commercial, government, healthcare, high-rise condominiums and mixed-use projects.
We joined Shambaugh & Son, L.P., a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc. and together we perform more than $800 million of construction projects per year with over 4,000 employees throughout 50 states from our home office in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
We recognize people as our most important resource and it is our mission to produce the industry’s highest level of quality services and productivity on every project in order to develop repeat customers, maximize return on investment, and provide professional growth opportunities for people in the organization.
Responsibilities
Job Summary
Northstar Fire Protection is seeking a Fire Protection Estimator. In this position you will be performing Fire System work in several areas of the construction industry. You will be estimating and doing site visits as well as some marketing and sales tasks.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Establish contact with prospects and qualify potential buyers of Fire Protection contracts by scheduling sales calls, following up on leads and utilizing outlined marketing strategies.
- Determine customer needs and develop a sales strategy to gain customer understanding of company offerings.
- Close sufficient sales to exceed sales plan objectives.
- Familiar with reading blueprints, understanding current NFPA 13, 14, and 20 standards and local codes.
- Develop a positive ongoing relationship with existing and new customers, general contractors and end users.
- Estimate small projects including fixed price service as required in addition to large projects ranging from $100k-$1MM+.
- Ability to build new busin
Job Requirements
Qualifications
- Experience in a Fire Protection industry preferred
- Previous design and/or construction Project Management experience preferred.
- Experience performing tasks such as layout, takeoff, and hydraulic calculations to put contract proposals together for customers.
- Experience with various design software/tools such as AutoCad, Revit, Revu, and Navisworks.
- Previous Contract Sales experience with ground up warehouse, retrofit warehouse, and cold storage warehouses would be a plus
- Understanding of underground design and install procedures for bidding purposes would be a plus.
- Self-motivated with a strong desire to succeed
- Proven ability to work effectively with minimal supervision, able to multi-task and organize work
- Exceptional presentation, verbal and written communication skills
- Regular and reliable attendance, including the ability to work extended hours and weekends as required
