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Overview

AMS Industries, Inc. is a leading mechanical contracting firm with over 60 years of experience, serving various industries. The Piping Estimator will assist in creating estimates and budgets for commercial and industrial mechanical projects.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze drawings and specifications.
  • Maintain high attention to detail.
  • Understand contractual terms and conditions.
  • Issue intelligent and perceptive RFIs.
  • Perform quantity take-offs for piping systems and mechanical equipment.
  • Assemble accurate and well-organized estimates in a timely manner.
  • Organize sub-contractor and vendor quotations, ensuring they meet contract documents.
  • Maintain relationships with sub-contractors and clients.
  • Prepare, coordinate, and evaluate subcontractor bid packages.
  • Assemble material and labor costing information for the company historical database.
  • Formulate cost breakdown from estimates for project managers' pre-construction budgeting.
  • Attend pre-bid walk-thru periodically.
  • Work with other company estimators assembling multi-trade proposals.

Requirements

  • Previous experience estimating commercial projects.
  • Computer estimating software experience, QuickPen AutoBid preferred.
  • Experience with HVAC take-off is a plus.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Software (i.e. Word, Excel, Project).
  • Strong math and analytical skills.
  • Ability to read and interpret drawings and specifications.
  • Knowledge of Piping Plan, Isometric and detail drawings.
  • A mix of field and office experience will be helpful.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Location: Woodridge, IL
  • Reports to: Chief Estimator

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Woodridge, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $54/hr, this posting sits about 80% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $25–$38/hr middle band drawn from 276 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 91% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Woodridge, IL

Woodridge, IL currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 373 other active welding openings from 232 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Woodridge, or widen the search to Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are S&C Electric Company (18), Gerber Collision & Glass (14), and Staff on Site (13). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Downers Grove at $46/hr, Chicago at $36/hr, and Addison at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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