Electrical Estimator

Job description:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Review plans, specifications, addenda, and contract documents to develop complete electrical scope estimates (materials, equipment, labor, subcontractor work, allowances, MEP coordination, and phasing)
• Quantify materials: conduit, wire/cable, raceways, panels, breakers, fixtures, devices, lighting controls, grounding, transformers, specialty systems, etc.
• Produce detailed takeoffs, labor hours, and crew productivity assumptions using historical data and standard estimating methods
• Prepare competitive, compliant bid proposals, including bid forms, unit prices, exclusions, clarifications, and contingency allowances
• Price materials and equipment through vendor quotes, historical costs, and market research
• Estimate labor costs by trade classification and crew mix; identify critical path activities that affect cost and schedule
• Coordinate schedule and phased work assumptions with project managers and general contractors.
• Ensure estimates address applicable electrical codes and standards (NEC, NESC where relevant) and note items requiring licensed electrical supervision
• Identify public-project requirements, including prevailing wage rates, certified payroll, fringe benefit rules, and any Alaska Little Davis-Bacon (Title 36) implications for public contracts; include appropriate wage/fringe cost lines in public bids
• Flag licensing, bonding, insurance, and permit cost assumptions; coordinate with the compliance team to confirm contractor/administrator license requirements for projects in Alaska
• Work with sales, project management, subcontractors, suppliers, and engineering to resolve scope, value-engineering opportunities, alternates, and clarifications
• Prepare and present estimate summaries, bid packages, and risk analyses to leadership
• Support post-award transition: hand off estimated scopes, assumptions, and material lists to project teams; assist in buyout and change-order pricing.
• Maintain and update estimating databases, unit price libraries, historical job cost lessons, and vendor pricing records.
• Track estimate success rates, bid/no-bid rationales, and lessons learned; propose improvements to estimating standards and templates.
• Attend site visits and pre-bid meetings; take field measurements and document site conditions that impact cost or schedule.
• When requested, provide technical clarifications to clients or authorities having jurisdiction (AHJ).

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Pay: From $125,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person, possibly hybrid