ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY

We are looking for a professional who will own the full estimating function for our electrical division, producing accurate, competitive, and profitable cost estimates for a wide variety of projects, while proactively building and protecting the pipeline of profitable work that fuels our continued regional growth. You will analyze construction documents, perform quantity takeoffs, solicit subcontractor and vendor pricing, develop labor estimates, and prepare complete bid proposals, working closely with project managers, operations, and executive leadership to secure profitable projects while minimizing risk.

You will thrive if you find it more satisfying to build a bidding pipeline than to simply wait for invitations to arrive, you treat every estimate as a profit decision, you are disciplined enough to manage multiple active bids without letting a due date slip, you read drawings and specifications closely and effectively, and you understand your role from a business perspective.

OBJECTIVES & RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Estimating and Bid Management

• Execute comprehensive electrical estimates by meticulously analyzing project drawings, technical specifications, addenda, and contract documents to generate precise material takeoffs and labor cost models based, ensuring all document revisions are fully incorporated.
• Manage end-to-end bid day operations, overseeing the final assembly of bid proposals, summaries, and submissions, while promptly responding to RFIs from contractors, owners, and procurement agencies.
• Solicit and audit vendor and subcontractor quotations, evaluating coverage and pricing on major cost drivers, equipment, and materials to ensure estimate accuracy prior to submission.
• Incorporate strategic risk management into every proposal by identifying project bottlenecks, conducting constructability reviews, attending mandatory pre-bid meetings and site visits, and building appropriate margin contingencies.

2. Pipeline Development

• Proactively build and maintain a rolling project pipeline by executing daily sweeps of public and private procurement platforms, vetting incoming Invitations to Bid, and tracking developments from concept to award.
• Facilitate strategic decisions with company leadership, evaluating potential project pursuits against operational capacity, historical client data, resource availability, and profitability goals.
• Own operational bid readiness by maintaining a flawless master bid calendar, maintaining a comprehensive industry contact database, and managing the company’s corporate prequalification portfolios.
• Evaluate project feasibility and profitability metrics against organizational capacity, formulating data-driven recommendations for leadership review.

3. Preconstruction, Cost Analysis, and Project Handoff

• Partner on design-build and negotiated project delivery methods, offering conceptual budgeting, cost modeling, and phase-by-phase estimating support during early architectural design stages.
• Review project plans for constructability and look for smart, value-engineering and cost-saving alternatives while working closely with owners, architects, engineers, and general contractors.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of labor rates, material fluctuations, and market conditions to keep baseline estimates accurate.
• Analyze historical project data, tracking bid results and win/loss ratios to compare estimated versus actual costs and sharpen future bids.

4. Relationship Management

• Cultivate long-term market relationships with developers, field engineers, end-users, to secure early-stage project insights and position the company for negotiated work.
• Lead project turnover meetings, transferring clean estimate files, schedules, and budgets, and explicitly briefing Project Managers on labor assumptions, project exclusions, clarifications, and risk areas.
• Foster internal alignment, partnering with project management, purchasing, warehousing, and field operations throughout the bidding lifecycle to secure pricing and ensure seamless material buyout post-award.
• Assist Project Managers post-award with ongoing baseline budgeting, material procurement, and change-order pricing, performing occasional project site walks as required.

QUALIFICATIONS

Requirements

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent field experience may be substituted.
• Minimum 3 years of commercial electrical estimating experience.
• Strong knowledge of the National Electrical Code (NEC), commercial electrical systems, healthcare electrical systems, industrial installations, lighting, fire alarm, low-voltage systems, and emergency power systems.
• Ability to read blueprints and specifications, perform digital quantity takeoffs, build labor units, and develop detailed cost estimates.
• Ability to analyze construction schedules and understand contract language.
• Proficiency with Accubid; Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams; Adobe Acrobat; and electronic plan rooms.

Preferred

• Experience estimating projects from $100,000 to $8,000,000
• Design-build estimating experience, and experience with negotiated and hard-bid projects.
• Healthcare or hospital project experience, and government / public work estimating experience.
• Knowledge of union labor agreements.

Pay: $73,000.00 - $95,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Work Location: In person