Description

Who we are:

Pattison ID helps companies deploy their identity for maximum consistency, engagement and impact across physical and digital signage, and branded environments. Our comprehensive signage solutions, including exterior, interior, wayfinding, and digital signage, redefine how brands connect with their audiences.

Our Solutions:

We offer architectural, digital services, sign maintenance solutions and flexible leasing options. As one of the largest companies in our industry, with 7 manufacturing facilities, 8 sales and operations offices, and over 1,000 employees across the US and Canada, Pattison ID is committed to offering a culture where team members can achieve their unique career ambitions, while embodying our Core Values of Innovation, Delight, Dependability, Involvement and Drive.

Essential Functions: What you’ll do:

• Collects and analyzes the information necessary for the estimation process

• Prepares bids according to plans and specifications

• Calculates prices for surveys, permits, engineer approvals, concrete bases, transport, removals, and installation

• Keep price lists up to date

• Prepare estimates of costs of materials, labor and equipment for projects based on design proposals, schematic drawings, and specifications

• Participate in tendering procedures, examine, and prepare notes, and establish product cost

• Make recommendations with respect to alternative materials and manufacturing specifications

• Obtain and negotiate prices from non-raw material suppliers

• Generate installation allowances based on site operations and reginal rates

• Coordinate, consult, and communicate with engineers, architects and subcontractors, account executives, and internal designers

• Review engineering designs and drawings from preliminary concepts, sketches, engineering recommendations, specification sheets, and other data

• Develop product price lists for program and national accounts

• Make recommendations with respect to the feasibility of design data versus manufacturing techniques

• Manage and change estimating techniques consistent with market and manufacturing evolution

• Participate in virtual or face-to-face meetings to discuss pricing issues and strategies with sales and project managers

• Work with purchasing and outside vendors in locating the best source of non-standard sign materials that best meet customer specs

• The ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment

• Must be detail oriented so as all materials or labor requirements are included

Qualifications: What you’ll need to be successful

• Estimating: 2 -3 years i n the field of signage or construction and/or in an equivalent field

• Education: High School/College degree in a field related and/or a ssociate degree

• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, and Outlook, Zoom, Teams

• Customer Service Orientation: Demonstrated ability to deliver excellent customer service, preferably with experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Leadership: Initiative-taking, takes initiative and leads by example

• Communication Skills: Strong written and oral communication, problem-solving, and team collaboration skills. Ability to effectively communicate via telephone and email with internal and external stakeholders

• Detail Orientation: Strong attention to detail, precise and accurate

What We offer:

• 11 paid holidays

• 1 Paid Floating Holiday to recognize a special day of significance to you

• Generous Paid Time Off Policy

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits

• 401K Plan with Company matching,

• Hybrid Work Model

• On the job training and development

• Collaborative and Inclusive work environment

• Special Employee Discounts: Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Great Wolf Lodge and other destinations and services

Pattison ID operates independently within The Jim Pattison Group, headquartered in Vancouver, and comprised of over 605 locations worldwide. The Jim Pattison Group is broadly based across the automotive, media, packaging, food sales and distribution, magazine distribution, entertainment, export, and financial industries.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is constantly required to sit and use hands to operate telephone, type and operate computer and mouse.

• The employee is frequently required to talk, hear, and bend and twist neck.

• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and rarely lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.