Electrical Estimator

Must Have Requirements

• 5 years of commercial or industrial electrical estimating experience.
• Experience owning full estimates from takeoff through pricing, proposal, vendor quote coordination, and handoff.
• Strong experience estimating commercial electrical projects such as tenant improvement, office, warehouse, industrial, retail, education, service, medical/clinic, ground-up, or similar work.
• Comfortable estimating hard bid / pre-engineered plan sets from complete drawings and specifications.
• Strong understanding of lighting, power distribution, panels, switchgear, conduit, wire, devices, controls, low voltage, and commercial electrical systems.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings, blueprints, specifications, addenda, bid documents, and scopes of work.
• Ability to identify scope gaps, exclusions, clarifications, RFIs, constructability concerns, and bid risks before submission.
• Ability to coordinate with general contractors, vendors, subcontractors, project managers, field teams, ownership, and clients.
• Strong communication, organization, deadline management, and follow-through.
• Comfortable learning iWire’s in-house estimating system and using Excel, Outlook, Word, and PDF/takeoff tools.
• Local to Orange County or able to reliably work from the Orange County office.

Nice to Have Requirements

• Existing relationships with Southern California GCs, construction managers, customers, vendors, or project decision-makers.
• Experience bringing bid opportunities, customer relationships, or awarded work into a contractor.
• History producing or supporting approximately $7M to $15M in annual awarded work.
• Experience with design-build, negotiated work, budgeting, early-stage pricing, or preconstruction planning.
• Ground-up and underground electrical estimating experience.
• Experience with warehouse, industrial, hotel TI, mixed-use, storefront/apartment, office, retail, education, and medical/clinic projects.
• Prior field electrical experience or journeyman-level electrical knowledge.
• Experience with Title 24, lighting controls, CALCTP-related work, or energy-efficient electrical systems.
• Experience supporting project handoff, change orders, budget updates, or project management.