[Hiring] Senior Framing Estimator & Digital Systems Lead @Framerz

Role Description

We are looking for someone who can live between construction estimating and digital systems. The right person can read a structural plan, question a bad quantity, troubleshoot an Excel formula, write a better AI prompt, and push a quote through a structured process without losing track of evidence, deadlines, or accountability.

This is not a traditional manual-takeoff position. You will operate and improve our proprietary estimating system while taking ownership of quote accuracy from intake through submission. You will:

• Load projects, verify source files, review AI-generated answers, check quantities against plans and takeoff data.
• Identify missing scope, flag RFIs, investigate benchmark outliers, and ensure the quote is ready before it goes to the client.

The role is roughly 60% system operation / AI-assisted estimating and 40% construction judgment / QA.

Mission: Own the estimating workflow from intake to quote-ready output, using construction judgment and digital tools to ensure every quote is accurate, evidence-backed, and submitted on time.

Responsibilities

• Operate the estimating workflow from project intake through quote-ready review.
• Load new projects into structured Excel workbooks using plan files, takeoff exports, PDF text extracts, and project intake data.
• Follow our step-by-step quoting process, including preflight checks, evidence review, quantity validation, benchmark checks, and quote-readiness gates.
• Review AI-generated scope answers, quantities, pricing factors, and assumptions against architectural, structural, truss, EWP, and scope documents.
• Verify that major quote lines are supported by a plan reference, takeoff quantity, formula basis, documented assumption, or RFI.
• Identify missing scope, stale project data, formula errors, broken links, circular references, and unsupported quantities before a quote is issued.
• Compare plan revisions, addenda, and drawing sets to identify changed framing scope, connectors, hold-downs, shear walls, hardware, floor/roof systems, and cost impacts.
• Improve the system's automated scope-detection logic.
• Improve keyword and evidence detection rules.
• Write and refine prompts for AI tools.
• Use AI agents, code editors, Excel, and related tools to review workbooks, run scripts, audit formulas, troubleshoot logic, and improve process speed.
• Flag RFIs and priced assumptions when drawings are ambiguous or required information is missing.
• Run benchmark checks by category and investigate $/sqft outliers before quote submission.
• Document changes, decisions, formula updates, prompt changes, and quote risks in the appropriate logs.

Requirements

• Experience estimating, coordinating, reviewing, or building wood-frame construction.
• Ability to read architectural and structural drawings without relying entirely on takeoff software.
• Understanding of wall, floor, roof, truss, sheathing, stair, deck, balcony, and fire-separation assemblies.
• Ability to identify framing hardware and structural items.
• Multi-residential wood-frame experience is strongly preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills, including lookups, conditional logic, formula auditing, structured references, named ranges, and large workbook navigation.
• Comfortable working in large macro-enabled workbooks.
• Daily practical use of AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, or similar.
• Able to write clear prompts, review AI output critically, and correct incomplete or inaccurate results.
• Comfortable learning AI-assisted development tools.
• Able to work with various file types.

Preferred / Trainable Skills

• Basic VBA, Python, or scripting knowledge.
• Experience editing or reviewing formulas and macros.
• Experience with Git or version control concepts.
• Experience with Kreo, Bluebeam, PlanSwift, or other digital takeoff/plan review tools.
• Experience as a quantity surveyor or cost engineer.
• Familiarity with Simpson Strong-Tie and similar connector product lines.

Working Style

• You treat AI as a power tool, not magic.
• Methodical about logging what changed and why.
• Able to context-switch between construction thinking and systems/technology thinking.
• Comfortable working independently in a remote environment with minimal supervision.
• Available during core Calgary hours, generally 8:00 AM-4:30 PM MST/MDT, with flexibility around bid deadlines.

Success in This Role

• Quotes completed on time against bid deadlines.
• Quote output passes internal accuracy audit before submission.
• Fewer stale-project, wrong-file, or contaminated-data issues.
• RFI and assumptions lists are clear, complete, and issued proactively.
• Benchmark outliers investigated and explained before quote goes out.
• Formula, prompt, and process changes logged with reasoning.
• Quote revisions compared accurately against prior sets with cost impacts identified.
• At least one measurable system improvement implemented per month.

First 90 Days

• Days 1-30: Learn the Framerz quoting process and estimating system structure.
• Days 30-60: Run active quote files with supervision.
• Days 60-90: Own active quote processing with limited supervision.

Benefits

• Fully remote position.
• Compensation based on construction estimating experience, technical ability, and demonstrated ability to operate the estimating process.
• Work at the leading edge of AI-assisted construction estimating.
• Direct collaboration with the company founder.
• Opportunity to grow into a leadership role as the team scales.

How to Apply

Send your resume and a brief note explaining your experience with both construction estimating and technology/AI tools.