Role · Employee · Management & Operations
Estimator
Reviews plans and specifications, measures materials and labor needs, requests supplier pricing, prepares cost estimates, and updates quotes during project changes.
What should stay human.
Keep and amplify
The welcome, and anything with feeling.
The welcome, and anything with feeling. An agent can draft or prepare; a person should still be in the conversation.
Automate
Routine admin and the weekly numbers.
Routine admin, reminders and the weekly numbers. These are the hours an agent can usually take back.
Tasks, by type of work.
In progress
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Seen at
Business types where this role often appears, with a note on how it shows up there.
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Construction Estimating Service
Prepares quantity takeoffs, pricing breakdowns, and bid documents from plans, specifications, and subcontractor quotes.
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Home Energy Retrofit Contractor
Prepares quotes from site visits, insulation measures, window specifications, and heating upgrade requirements for homeowners.
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Lighting Contractor
Reviews plans, visits sites, prices materials and labour, and prepares quotes for installation and upgrade projects.
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Tile Contractor
Visits job sites, measures areas, calculates materials and labour, and prepares quotes for residential and commercial projects.
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Waterproofing Contractor
Prepares site-based quotes, measures areas, reviews plans, and prices membranes, coatings, labor, and access requirements for each job.
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Solar Energy Contractor
Prepares system quotes, assesses roof layouts, reviews energy usage, and prices equipment, labour, and installation requirements.
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Insulation Contractor
Measures spaces, reviews plans, prepares quotes, and calculates labour and material needs for retrofit and new build jobs.
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Siding Contractor
Prepares measurements, material takeoffs, labor estimates, and written quotes for new siding, repairs, and replacement jobs.
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Wallpaper Installer
Visits sites, measures rooms, prepares quotes, and calculates labor, materials, and access requirements for each job.
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Laser Cutting Service
Reviews drawings, calculates material and machine time, prepares customer quotes, and updates pricing for repeat jobs.
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Security System Installer
Visits sites, assesses security requirements, prepares quotes, and recommends equipment and installation scope for homes or businesses.
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Fence Contractor
Visits sites, prepares quotes, calculates materials, and scopes labour, access, and timeline requirements for fencing jobs.
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Roofing Contractor
Visits sites, measures roof areas, prepares quotes and explains material options, timelines and likely repair scope.
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Heat Pump Installation Service
Assesses property requirements, sizes systems, prepares quotes, and prices equipment, accessories, labor, and installation complexity.
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Auto Body Shop
Inspects vehicle damage, prepares repair estimates, photographs jobs, and submits costings to customers and insurance assessors.
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Skylight Contractor
Visits sites, assesses roof conditions, prepares quotes, calculates materials and labor, and explains scope and pricing to customers.
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Masonry Contractor
Prepares quotes, measures plans, calculates material quantities, and prices labor, equipment, and subcontracted work for jobs.
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Office Refurbishment Service
Prepares refurbishment quotes, measures spaces, prices materials and subcontractors, and updates costings as project details change.
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