Office Locations: Pictou NS / Dartmouth NS / Bridgewater NS / Dieppe NB

Join a culture of communities, as we continue to grow

Are you passionate about helping our customers experience growth and make a difference?

If so, our environment will allow you to grow, be supported by peers who inspire you and make you smile when you walk in the door. Advocate Printing & Publishing is searching for an enthusiastic, energetic and outgoing Estimator to join our growing team. Every Estimator has the potential to have an impact on customer success - when customers succeed, we all do.

The successful candidate will be responsible for preparing pricing & cost analyses that ensure clients receive the most cost-effective and competitive pricing proposals while achieving company revenue, quality and profit expectations. Reporting to the Manager, the Estimator may collaborate with various co-workers; sales, customer service, pre-media, press production, signs & banners, digital operations, post-press and other areas amongst several sales locations and production plants. These all affect pricing to determine estimating proposals with suggested work processes, practices, procedures and production methods.

Who are we and what do we do?

Advocate Printing & Publishing is the is the largest privately-owned printing and publishing company in Atlantic Canada. Our customers' success makes our business successful. The Advocate family values and understands that people really do make a difference.

How does a print and publishing company from a small Maritime town become a major force in the Atlantic Canada and a hands down favorite with clients?

Roots • Work Ethic • Ability • Diversity • Desire

What does this mean for you?

For you, that means an opportunity to join our family and enjoy benefits that work, some of which are, work / life balance, health and pension plans, and the opportunity to participate in exciting community events.

Attributes:

• Willingness to maintain a flexible work schedule based on workload and expectations.
• Ability to manage multiple projects/requirements with tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently exercising a high degree of autonomy and discretion and the ability to work collaboratively with other Estimators and other subject matter experts in the organization.
• A dedicated, enthusiastic and motivated person with strong analytical, communication and presentation skills.
• Previous experience in a print environment (estimating, sales, production) or equivalent experience is a definite asset.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Receive and examine Requests for Quotes (RFQ) specifications, sketches, and sample layouts to calculate production 'costs' consisting of labour, materials and outside costs while taking into consideration production abilities and anticipated spoilage.
• Work with Sales Management, Customer Service team members and our Customers - to develop appropriate production plans and pricing based on the needs of the customer and the company while keeping Advocate capabilities in mind.
• Communicate with department heads, production personnel and/or outside vendors to obtain information regarding various time elements.
• Work as a member/team lead for special or on-going projects that are important for continuous 'best practice' development/improvement.
• Willingness to use/learn Enterprise MIS and other Microsoft Office products such as Excel and Word to prepare, summarize and present costs, markups and pricing.
• Willingness to learn how to use beneficial reports and provide sales, administrative and production feedback to enhance continuous improvement.
• Check repetitive, revised or copied dockets to ensure processes and material costs are up to date.
• Willingness to research vendors, customers and products to ensure product knowledge.
• Must acquire a broad knowledge base of all equipment and divisions so one can act as a back-up when other Estimators are not available.
• Open purchase orders for estimated outside services and be willing to assist CSRs/Production in their tracking of outside production for on time delivery.
• Comply with company policies, procedure guidelines, and health and safety standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.