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Electrical Estimator - Project Controls

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Detroit, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 12/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/24/2026
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Key Accountabilities And Responsibilities

  • Assist project management teams by developing, monitoring, and updating project estimates.
  • Develop Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimates, Budgetary estimates, Unit pricing, and Definitive (detailed) estimates.
  • Assist project management team in reviewing, design documents or scope packages for completeness.
  • Assist project management team in reviewing contractor and engineering estimates; validation of quantities and contractors/engineering estimates.
  • Review and challenge the submitted contractor bids for scope accuracy and optimal pricing
  • Review change orders for scope and cost accuracy.
  • Develop estimate details by WBS to cost load project schedules
  • Analyze costs; perform risk analysis, benchmarking, value engineering, constructability review, and claim analysis.
  • Provides expertise and develops methods and techniques, standards, processes, procedures, guidelines, and templates, for project controls organization, to support efficient development, management, control, and integration of projects plans.
  • Ensures that required project estimating and/or planning controls are appropriately implemented and maintained.
  • Participates in continuous improvement of the estimating organization by capturing lesson learned and participating in after action reviews
  • Ability to work in a 'team' and/or 'matrixed' structure, supporting multiple clients.
  • Flexibility & the ability to work with shifting priorities; embrace new/evolving responsibilities.

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

  • High School or GED, & 10 years of job-relevant Electrical Journeyman estimating experience, or
  • Associate degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related field and the knowledge / capabilities typically acquired through 8 years of job-relevant experience in estimating electrical systems . or
  • Bachelor s degree in electrical engineering, or a related field and the knowledge / capabilities typically acquired through 6 years of job-relevant experience in estimating electrical systems
  • Intermediate to advanced level skills in using Microsoft Excel Other Qualifications Preferred
  • 4 years of understanding Electrical systems, reading plans, calculating labor/material costs and experienced in working on large construction projects, preferably renewables (Solar, Wind, etc.)
  • Electrical Work (Substations, OH and UG cable work)
  • Estimating all project costs (i.e., engineering, design, project management, construction, commissioning, etc.)
  • Familiarity to intermediate level experience using On-screen take off, or any other estimating software

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