At The Cincinnatus Group, we face the same challenges as our competition, and one of the most common is the lack of human capital. When it comes to providing HVAC estimating services, having the right person in the estimator’s seat can be critical to your success.
Finding people with the right understanding, skills, strengths, and character is more difficult that most people think.
That’s why we make it our focus to acquire the best talent, with the best insights, and the right character, then train them in our exceptional processes and in the latest software. The end result is that The Cincinnatus Group can offer sheet metal contractors, owners, and developers the most accurate estimates and takeoffs available today. We save you time, money, and trouble like no one else.
Want to learn more? Call The Cincinnatus Group at 878-295-8009, or visit our Contact Us page today.
Understanding: People in our industry must understand construction, including the nature of scheduling, sequences, construction methods, and the language of construction. Knowing the process from conceptual drawings to the topping off party provides a valuable framework for building a great employee. Knowledge of the materials, finishes, capabilities, limitations, and how our scope is built and installed goes a long way toward making that employee exceptional. Document handling, spec reading, and understanding a set of blueprints are all must have skills to succeed in the construction world.
Skills: The math skills of a construction professional are always tested. Calculating simple things like lineal footages or volumes are elementary in nature, but profit margin, duration scheduling, schedules of values, and taxation are advanced skills for even the most seasoned employee.
Strengths: The gift of spatial perception, seeing the unseen, conceptual problem solving, and attention to detail seem to be the traits and strengths most companies look for in employees at any level. Being able to give maximum effort and be accurate for sustained periods of time and see projects through to completion are all desirable strengths in an all-star.
Character: Lastly, character is one of the most important and determining factors in the value of an employee. If there is a strong character, and a desire to learn, the above Understanding, Skills, and Strengths can be cultivated with a solid training program, outside educational resources, and team dedicated to that employee’s success. Knowing you have an employee with integrity and one who is future focused can make all the difference.
Your company may have already been through this process. You’ve found the candidate with a strong moral character and strengths that they can leverage to advance on their path. You’ve imparted the skills they need, and through your employee enrichment plan, you’ve helped them gather the understanding.
This person became your #1 Estimator.
They were perfect. You found a diamond in the rough. The company polished that diamond and its brilliance was on display. After a time, you realized that your best Estimator was so good that they should go into Sales and capitalize on all of their strengths and experience built on that strong foundation of estimating.
Or perhaps you saw Operations as the best place for them to shine. Sure, your company is going to benefit from the move and maximize its return on investment with the employee. But you hired them as an estimator. While they are selling or managing projects, who is doing the takeoff?
This is where a company like The Cincinnatus Group comes into play. The “Promoted All-Star” is one of the problems we solve. We hire only the people with the right Understanding, Skills, Strengths, and Character to succeed as a Take Off Estimator for Duct Fabricators and Sheet Metal/Mechanical Contractors.
Want to learn more? Call The Cincinnatus Group at 878-295-8009, or visit our Contact Us page today.
If you are tired of facing problems with quick hires, long hours, passing on jobs, aspirin, playing your players out of position, stressing the team, sacrificing opportunity, letting down your contractors, and producing substandard results— or having to do the work yourself….there IS an answer.
The Cincinnatus group hires the right people, with the right Character. We train them in our proven process, to gain the understanding and skills. We work in teams that allow these all to become strengths, and we know we can count on them for fast accurate takeoffs consistently and over the long haul. Every employee at TCG is trained as an estimator First.
We are keenly aware of the problems EVERY company is facing in the industry. Great estimators don’t grow on trees. They are precious. They are mined and refined, and their value is understood only by those who have sat in the chair or felt their absence.
When you need estimating done right, you can always find the team you need at The Cincinnatus Group. Call us at 878-295-8009, or visit our Contact Us page today.