Pricing and Estimating Intern

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Block Renovation Pricing and Estimating Intern

 

ABOUT US

Block is a renovation platform transforming the $400 billion renovation industry. Today, doing a home renovation is an abysmal consumer experience and not easy for contractors either. Block democratizes access to high-end design, while combining design, construction, and materials into a streamlined experience. Block simplifies a complex and convoluted process and gives homeowners certainty on outcomes, quality, price, and time. 

Our mission is to give homeowners a better way to improve the spaces they live in, and to give contractors a better way to work. We are building an ambitious, tenacious, and creative team who is unafraid of tackling new challenges. The founders are former leaders at Casper, HuffPost, and Rent the Runway. Investors include New Enterprise Associates, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Obvious Ventures, and more.

ROLE

 

The Pricing and Estimating Intern will support the design team in delivering quality experiences for our clients and contractors. Your contributions to key milestones, such as pricing and procurement, will help ensure that the entire design process runs smoothly, from pre-construction through to project completion. You will work closely not only with our designers but also with our estimating, construction, product and procurement teams to quantify the cost of our projects and create accurate project proposals that reflect our customer’s scope of work. You are incredibly organized, meticulous about detail and have an interest in design.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Manage pre-construction responsibilities relating to scoping, pricing, and alignment of overall project objectives and feasibility to ensure high quality, low error outcomes
  • Participate in client calls (as and when required) to provide indicative cost assessments that assist the customer with the decision making process. Be able to confidently and articulately explain the factors and considerations that drive project cost up and down
  • Work cross-functionally with teams like procurement, construction, digital product and marketing to develop systems that improve the company’s ability to deliver high quality, accurate and efficient design experiences for our clients
  • Establish, monitor and analyze design KPIs. Report on learnings to make recommendations for new initiatives and explore ways to improve the process
  • Help build systems / processes for troubleshooting issues that arise during pre-construction, procurement and the construction phases
  • Travel to project sites as and when required (travel reimbursement included) and document all fieldwork and special pricing conditions

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Passion for data and its ability to drive serious business impact
  • Strong attention to detail and interpersonal and organizational skills
  • No task is too small attitude and willingness to take any project on
  • Reliable transportation, a valid driver's license and a clean driving record
  • Previous experience estimating project cost in the home renovation industry (or a comparable and applicable industry) is a plus
  • Fluency in Revit, CAD, SketchUp or the Adobe Creative Suite is a plus
  • You’re curious and see speed as a virtue

BENEFITS

  • Work in the field and in the office
  • Exposure to work alongside an ambitious, kind, no-drama team, consisting of early employees of some of the biggest and most successful technology companies (ClassPass, Rent the Runway, Casper, Tesla and more)

COMPANY VALUES

  • Force simplicity
  • Problems are our fuel
  • Collaborate with tenacity and humility
  • Save money where we should
  • Speed is our advantage
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Location

Our office is nestled between the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge, overlooking the cobblestone streets of the trendy DUMBO neighborhood.

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