Change orders

To apply a change order to an existing job without creating a new quote in Jobber, follow these steps:

1. Edit the Job: Open the job in Jobber, select "Edit," and adjust the existing line items to include the new work or products required.
2. Add Internal Notes: Include a detailed note specifying the change order, outlining any additional work, products, or costs. This helps maintain clarity for both the office and field teams.

These adjustments keep all job changes centralized, avoiding the need for a separate quote.

Hey Glorious Air Team! Thanks for your question, we have a few ways to do this. One suggestion would be to edit the Job directly, leaving the Quote as is, if you require a new signature, you can collect one using the Jobber app in the field - here are the steps. 

Another option would be to go to the Quote > More Actions > Create Similar Quote. This will create a new Quote, but you do not need to start over from scratch.

If you would like to chat with our Success Team to find the best with workflow for you, try using our live chat! Go to the ? at the top right corner > Chat With Us to start the chat!

so how are they going to approve. The existing job already has a price so if additional info be added the price will change, Yes or NO?  I prefer to add change orders under the same job 

If you edit your original quote I'm pretty sure the client does not have to sign/approve again. You can just add the change order as an additional line item and label it "change order". If you do have to get the client to sign/approve the job again. Just make sure you save the original quote that was signed in order to keep a record of their first contract they signed. 

walletfriendly asked how the client approves the changes when you edit the job directly - and that question never got answered, because that's exactly the gap. Editing the job updates the price, but there's no approval attached to the change itself. Editing the quote wipes the original signature. A second quote gives you approval, but now the added work lives in a separate record from the job.

I'm a developer building a tool for exactly this: you open it from a link on the Jobber job, add only the changed items, the client signs on-site (or gets a text link), and the approved amount carries into billing - original quote stays untouched, and you keep a signed record of each change.

It's called JobAmend - jobamend.com. Not affiliated with Jobber. I'm taking a small founding beta: free until it captures your first approved change order, then $29/mo flat for the whole company. If you're dealing with this, I'd genuinely like to hear how you handle it today, even if the answer is "verbally, and half of it never gets billed."

That paper-trail gap is exactly where contractors get squeezed.

Whether the tool is Jobber, a separate form, or a signed text/email approval, the important part is that the extra work is approved before the work starts and tied back to the original scope.

After 30+ years in residential painting, I learned the hard way that “we talked about it” is not enough when the invoice is higher than the original quote. The estimate needs plain wording that says what is included, what is excluded, how changes get approved, and that extra work is priced separately before proceeding.

That protects both sides. The customer knows what changed, and the contractor is not trying to explain a higher invoice from memory later.

You don't need to mess around with a new quote at all. The easiest way is to throw it straight onto the existing active job as a new line item.

​Here’s the simplest way to do it in Jobber:

1. ​Open the Job: Pull up the active job in Jobber (app or desktop).
2. ​Edit Line Items: Click Edit, scroll down, and add a new line item.
3. ​Label It Clearly: Start the title with CHANGE ORDER #1: so it jumps out (e.g., CHANGE ORDER #1: Prep & paint additional rear trim), then set your price.
4. ​Save & Notify: Save the changes and shoot the updated job details over to the client via text or email.
5. ​Get the OK: Drop a quick line in the message: "Hey [Name], updated the job with the extra work we talked about. Just reply 'Approved' so I can get this on the schedule!"

​Why it’s worth doing it this way:

• ​Zero Headaches at Billing: When you wrap up and hit "Generate Invoice," Jobber stacks the original work and the change order into one clean bill.
• ​Cover Your Tail: That quick text or email reply gives you written sign-off before you buy materials or touch the job.
• ​Keeps Jobber Clean: Keeps everything under one Job Number instead of cluttering your pipeline with duplicate quotes.