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Job overview
Carter Lumber’s Estimator performs material take-offs for commercial buildings, reviews construction documents and material lists, and supports outside sales representatives with blueprint-related questions and project sales. The role requires commercial construction knowledge, blueprint-reading ability, building material sales experience, and working knowledge of estimating software and Microsoft Office. Full-time employee benefits include health, dental, and vision plans, disability coverage, life insurance, a 401(k) match, vacation, and paid holidays.
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Estimator
Kalkaska, MI
Full Time
Estimating
Experienced
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A Carter Lumber Estimator performs material take-offs on commercial buildings. Requires accurate knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices and procedures within the building construction industry. A strong belief in the mission and goals of the company and customer service are necessary to this position
Requirements:
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Understanding of commercial construction standards
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Ability to read blueprints
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3-4 years experience in light commercial construction or 2 years in estimating
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Building material sales experience
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Working knowledge of Professional Estimating Software
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Working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Access and Outlook
Responsibilities:
Estimating
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Performs material take-offs for commercial designs from a variety of blueprints in a timely manner.
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Reviews construction documents and understands material to bid.
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Reviews and fixes potential inaccuracies in material lists.
Field Support
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Works directly with the outside sales representatives regarding all aspects of blueprints.
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Follows up with the status of take-offs and assists Outside Sales Representatives/Installed Sales Manager in the selling of projects.
Benefits (full-time employees)
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Health, Dental, Vision (Single and Family Plans) available after 30 days of employment
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Short and Long-Term Disability
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Company-paid life insurance and AD&D
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Optional supplemental life insurance
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Company-match 401(k)
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Vacation time and paid holidays
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Vendor incentives
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Room for growth; we promote from within!
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Military encouraged to apply!
How this job compares
Set against the 2,542 open Estimator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Michigan median$90–149K/yr48 salary ranges
- US median$24–30/hr110 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 67 open Estimator jobs in Michigan and 2,542 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Michigan
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Estimator postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,040 postings).
- Education
- 349 of the 2,542 open Estimator jobs (14%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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