Job Overview
Transit & Flow Group is seeking a highly motivated, construction-minded Construction Estimator & Sales Consultant to join our growing Central Ohio team.
This is not a desk-only estimating position.
The Estimator & Sales Consultant will serve as a critical link between the customer, project scope, pricing, sales, and field operations. You will meet customers on-site, evaluate projects, take accurate measurements, document existing conditions, determine labor and material requirements, develop detailed scopes of work, prepare professional estimates, present solutions, follow up with customers, and close profitable projects.
Transit & Flow Group provides residential, commercial, remodeling, construction, property, facility, and emergency services across Central Ohio. Our service platform covers hundreds of individual services and multiple trades, so the ideal candidate must be comfortable evaluating a wide variety of properties and project types.
You do not need to personally perform every trade. However, you must have enough construction knowledge to recognize project requirements, ask the right questions, accurately document conditions, identify when a licensed or specialty trade partner is required, and build a scope that our operations team can successfully execute.
This is a revenue-producing position for someone who understands both construction and sales.
Core Responsibilities
Field Estimating & Site Assessments
- Travel to residential and commercial customer locations throughout Central Ohio
- Conduct professional on-site consultations and project assessments
- Accurately measure rooms, walls, floors, openings, exterior elevations, project areas, and other applicable components
- Calculate square footage, linear footage, quantities, material requirements, and labor requirements
- Take detailed project photographs and videos
- Document existing property and jobsite conditions
- Identify access limitations, demolition requirements, disposal needs, equipment requirements, and potential complications
- Identify visible conditions that could result in additional work or change orders
- Determine when additional evaluation by a project manager, licensed trade professional, engineer, supplier, or specialty contractor is required
- Review customer-provided plans, drawings, specifications, inspection reports, insurance documentation, and project information when applicable
Estimating & Scope Development
- Develop clear and detailed scopes of work
- Prepare professional customer estimates and proposals
- Estimate labor, materials, equipment, subcontractor, disposal, delivery, permit, and other project costs
- Obtain supplier and subcontractor pricing when necessary
- Build estimates that meet company gross-margin requirements
- Develop Good / Better / Best options when appropriate
- Recommend appropriate upgrades, alternatives, and additional services
- Review pricing for accuracy before presentation
- Clearly define assumptions, exclusions, allowances, and customer responsibilities
- Update estimates when project conditions or customer selections change
- Assist with change-order pricing when required
- Maintain accurate estimating documentation
Sales & Revenue Generation
- Present estimates professionally to customers
- Explain recommended solutions in clear, understandable language
- Build trust with homeowners, property managers, facility managers, investors, and commercial clients
- Help customers understand differences between project options
- Recommend appropriate products, materials, upgrades, and complementary services
- Follow up consistently on outstanding estimates
- Overcome reasonable customer objections
- Negotiate within approved company pricing and margin guidelines
- Convert qualified opportunities into profitable projects
- Assist customers with next steps, scheduling, deposits, and financing options when applicable
- Maintain a healthy estimate pipeline
- Work toward established close-rate, revenue, and gross-profit targets
Types of Projects You May Estimate
Transit & Flow Group operates across a broad property-services platform. Projects may include:
- General contracting
- Construction and remodeling
- Kitchen remodeling
- Bathroom remodeling
- Walk-in showers and tub/shower projects
- Flooring installation and replacement
- LVP, hardwood, laminate, tile, and other flooring
- Subfloor repairs and preparation
- Windows and doors
- Roofing
- Siding
- Gutters and downspouts
- Painting and drywall
- Carpentry and trim
- Handyman and home repairs
- Decks
- Porches and sunrooms
- Fencing and gates
- Landscaping and hardscaping
- Concrete and driveway projects
- Exterior property improvements
- Restoration and emergency repairs
- Water-damage repairs
- Storm-damage projects
- Property cleanouts and hauling
- Appliance and fixture installations
- Commercial property repairs
- Tenant-space repairs
- Facility maintenance projects
- Preventive maintenance programs
- Multi-site property and facility projects
The company also coordinates projects involving plumbing, drain and sewer, water heaters, sump and water management, HVAC, electrical, generators, excavation, underground utilities, fire/life-safety systems, security, specialty property systems, and other licensed or specialty trades through appropriately qualified trade partners.
Project Handoff & Operational Coordination
Closing the project is only part of the job.
The Estimator is responsible for ensuring sold work can be successfully transferred to operations.
Each project handoff should include, as applicable:
- Complete scope of work
- Accurate measurements
- Jobsite photographs
- Customer selections
- Material specifications
- Labor assumptions
- Equipment requirements
- Access information
- Parking or property restrictions
- Permit considerations
- Known risks or complications
- Subcontractor or specialty-trade requirements
- Customer expectations
- Approved pricing
- Deposit/payment status
- Scheduling considerations
- Relevant drawings, reports, or supporting documentation
The goal is to minimize surprises after a project has been sold.
Cost Control & Profitability
This position has direct responsibility for protecting project profitability.
The Estimator & Sales Consultant will:
- Understand estimated revenue versus direct job costs
- Calculate and protect target gross margins
- Avoid unnecessary discounting
- Identify potentially underestimated labor or material requirements
- Obtain current material and subcontractor pricing
- Account for disposal, delivery, equipment, access, permits, and project complexity
- Identify high-risk scopes before contracts are finalized
- Communicate potential cost changes before work begins whenever possible
- Assist management with pricing strategy and estimate performance
- Review completed projects when necessary to improve future estimating accuracy
Software & Technology
Candidates should be comfortable working with modern estimating and construction technology.
Experience with any of the following is valuable:
- Xactimate
- Bluebeam
- HeavyBid
- Construction estimating software
- CRM or field-service software
- Digital measurement tools
- Construction management platforms
- Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets
- PDF plans and drawings
- Mobile photo/documentation applications
- Digital proposals and contracts
Specific software experience is preferred but not required if you have strong construction knowledge and can quickly learn new systems.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Previous experience in construction estimating, remodeling, construction sales, project management, field supervision, general contracting, or a closely related position
- Strong practical knowledge of residential and/or commercial construction
- Ability to accurately perform field measurements
- Ability to calculate material quantities
- Ability to develop clear scopes of work
- Ability to understand construction sequencing
- Ability to identify common jobsite risks and scope gaps
- Experience reviewing drawings, plans, specifications, or technical project information
- Understanding of labor and material costs
- Strong customer-facing communication skills
- Comfortable discussing project budgets and pricing
- Strong negotiation and sales ability
- Strong attention to detail
- Professional appearance and conduct
- Strong organizational and follow-up skills
- Ability to manage multiple estimates and opportunities simultaneously
- Ability to work independently in the field
- Comfortable using smartphones, tablets, computers, and cloud-based applications
- Valid driver’s license
- Reliable transportation
- Ability to travel throughout Columbus and surrounding Central Ohio communities
Preferred Qualifications
Preference may be given to candidates with experience in several of the following:
- Residential remodeling
- General contracting
- Commercial construction
- Restoration estimating
- Insurance restoration
- Flooring
- Roofing
- Windows and doors
- Kitchens and bathrooms
- Exterior construction
- Property maintenance
- Facilities management
- Xactimate
- Blueprint reading
- Material takeoffs
- In-home sales
- Construction project management
- Subcontractor management
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate can walk into a property, understand what the customer wants, accurately evaluate what the project actually requires, document the job, calculate the numbers, develop a professional solution, explain the value, and confidently ask for the business.
You should be equally comfortable speaking with:
- Homeowners
- Property managers
- Facility managers
- Real estate investors
- Commercial property representatives
- Suppliers
- Subcontractors
- Project managers
- Field technicians
- Company leadership
We are looking for someone who thinks beyond simply “What will this cost?”
The right Estimator asks:
What does the customer need?
What does the project actually require?
What could go wrong?
What will it take to execute correctly?
How do we price it profitably?
How do we earn the customer’s business?
Compensation
This is a commission-based position with uncapped earning potential.
Compensation is designed to reward both sales production and project profitability, not simply total contract value.
High-performing estimators will have the opportunity to earn additional incentives based on:
- Gross profit generated
- Monthly sold revenue
- Close rate
- Estimate accuracy
- Margin performance
- Add-on and cross-trade opportunities
- Customer financing conversions
- Low cancellation rates
- Clean project handoffs
- Customer experience
- Overall portfolio performance
Detailed commission structure will be discussed during the interview process.
Why Transit & Flow Group?
Transit & Flow Group is building a different type of property-services company.
Instead of forcing customers and property managers to coordinate multiple contractors, our model is built around providing one accountable partner across multiple trades and property needs.
Our platform serves residential customers, commercial properties, property managers, investors, and facilities throughout Central Ohio.
The breadth of our service platform creates significant opportunity for an estimator who understands how to recognize needs beyond the original customer request.
A flooring consultation may uncover baseboard or subfloor work.
A bathroom project may expand into flooring, drywall, painting, fixtures, or additional remodeling.
A storm-damage inspection may involve roofing, gutters, siding, windows, restoration, and interior repairs.
A commercial service call may lead to an ongoing facility-maintenance relationship.
The Estimator & Sales Consultant plays an important role in identifying those opportunities while ensuring every recommendation provides legitimate value to the customer.
How Success Is Measured
Success in this position is based on:
Accurate Measurements + Complete Scope + Profitable Pricing + Professional Presentation + Strong Close Rate + Clean Project Handoff + Excellent Customer Experience
We are looking for someone who wants to help build projects, relationships, revenue, and a growing Central Ohio service brand.
Transit & Flow Group One Partner. Every Property Need.Licensed General Contractor Bonded & Insured Serving Central Ohio
Apply Today
Please submit your resume along with a brief description of your experience in construction estimating, remodeling, field measurements, project scoping, construction sales, and/or project management [email protected] - visit us online at https://transitflowgroup.com
Candidates with measurable experience in construction sales or estimating are encouraged to include examples of typical project sizes, annual sales volume, or close-rate performance.
Pay: $95,247.12 - $101,274.43 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- Construction estimating: 2 years (Preferred)
- Sales: 2 years (Required)
Ability to Commute:
Work Location: On the road
