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About The Position
Garden View Landscape, Nursery & Pools is seeking an experienced landscape construction professional with estimating experience or the necessary field experience and organizational skills to learn the role. The company specializes in high-end outdoor construction, including complete landscape, pool, hardscape, irrigation, lighting, masonry, carpentry, outdoor living, and design/build projects. The ideal candidate will understand construction, be able to read plans, create accurate estimates, and assist in transforming detailed designs into well-organized scopes of work.
Requirements
- Experience in landscape construction estimating.
- Ability to read construction plans and details.
- Experience with takeoffs, cost coding, and scope writing.
- Experience working with subcontractors and vendors.
- Experience with residential outdoor construction projects.
- Detail-oriented and organized.
- Construction-minded team player.
- Good with numbers.
- Able to communicate clearly.
- Comfortable asking questions before guessing.
- Focused on accuracy, follow-through, and constant improvement.
Nice To Haves
- Pool construction estimating experience.
- Experience in hardscape, masonry, concrete, grading, drainage, irrigation, or lighting.
- Experience with Buildertrend, CAD plans, Excel, takeoff software, and/or construction estimating systems.
- Proven experience in landscape, pool, hardscape, grading, drainage, masonry, lighting, carpentry, and subcontractor estimating (for higher compensation).
Responsibilities
- Prepare detailed estimates for landscape and pool construction projects.
- Review plans, drawings, site photos, and project notes.
- Perform quantity takeoffs.
- Estimate labor, materials, equipment, subcontractors, and general conditions.
- Collaborate with designers, project managers, sales, and production teams.
- Create organized scopes of work and cost breakdowns.
- Solicit and review subcontractor and vendor pricing.
- Identify missing information, conflicts, or unclear scope items.
- Assist in value-engineering projects.
- Maintain estimating accuracy and consistency across projects.
Benefits
- Health insurance plus Dental, Vision, and critical injury
- Paid Vacation, Sick days & Holidays
- 401(k) plan with company match contributions
- Company phone or phone allowance, if applicable
- Opportunity to work on award-winning landscape, pool, and outdoor living projects
- Support from an experienced design, estimating, project management, nursery, and construction team
- Long-term growth opportunity within a nearly 50-year-old company
