Electrical Estimator

Ace Electric • Sanford, NC

25d

About The Position

The Electrical Estimator is responsible for electrical estimating for the Division office. The role includes analyzing blueprints and related documentation, preparing time, cost, materials, and labor estimates, composing bills of materials, performing takeoffs, entering takeoff data, submitting RFIs, writing proposals, consulting with clients, preparing cost and expenditure statements, and assisting with budgets. The estimator supports bid coordination and reviews estimates with division and project managers after contract award.

Ace Electric performs electrical installations across commercial, mission-critical, education, healthcare, institutional, industrial, correctional, hospitality, military, and retail markets, among others. Its services include fabrication, hard-bid, design-build, negotiated-contract, and fee-based work.

The position may involve work in varying weather and job-site conditions, including elevated and restricted spaces. The schedule may include 40 hours per week plus overtime, night shifts, and out-of-town work when required. The company describes itself as an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

• High school graduate or GED.
• Valid state driver's license as required by job conditions or company requirements.
• Minimum of 5 years of electrical experience is preferred in industrial or commercial construction.
• Provide references and complete a background check and drug-screen testing.
• Ability to identify wire colors; read and comprehend blueprints, drawings, and schematics; and follow safe work procedures.
• Ability to operate a company truck with manual and automatic transmission and read maps, manuals, site directions, and written instructions.
• Ability to hear and see well, naturally or with correction.
• Ability to bend, stoop, squat, crawl, climb, kneel, balance, push, pull, and reach overhead; tolerate prolonged standing and movement; and repetitively use arms, hands, and fingers.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, with frequent lifting and carrying of objects weighing up to 20 pounds.
• Ability to climb ladders, work at heights up to 90 feet using ladders, scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks, and other safe work areas, and transport or relocate ladders unassisted.
• Ability to work in restricted areas such as switchgear rooms, manholes, utility tunnels, and crawl spaces.
• Must have required personal tools available at all times; a waist tool belt as worn weighs approximately 30 pounds.
• Personal weight with tools must not exceed the rated weight capacity of ladders used.
• Wear personal protective equipment as required.
• Ability to work 40 hours per week plus overtime as required, including night shifts and out-of-town work if required.

Nice To Haves

• Post-secondary certificate preferred.
• Five or more years of electrical experience in industrial or commercial construction preferred.
• Preferred job skills include active learning, active listening, critical thinking, learning strategies, mathematics, monitoring, reading comprehension, speaking, writing, complex problem solving, negotiation, client coordination, social perceptiveness, management of financial, material, and personnel resources, time management, equipment maintenance, equipment selection, installation, operation and control, operation monitoring, operations analysis, programming, and quality control analysis.

Responsibilities

• Perform electrical estimating, including composing bills of materials, performing takeoffs, entering takeoff data, submitting RFIs, and writing proposals.
• Assist the senior estimator in coordinating and streamlining the bid process for each project.
• Analyze blueprints and other documentation to prepare time, cost, materials, and labor estimates.
• Assess cost-effectiveness and track actual costs relative to bids as projects develop.
• Consult with clients, vendors, other department personnel, and construction foremen to formulate estimates and resolve issues.
• Confer with engineers, architects, owners, contractors, and subcontractors about changes and adjustments to cost estimates.
• Prepare estimates for management planning, organizing, and scheduling work.
• Prepare estimates to support the selection of vendors or subcontractors.
• Review material and labor requirements to determine whether components should be produced or purchased.
• Prepare cost and expenditure statements and other project documentation at regular intervals throughout the project.
• Prepare and maintain a directory of suppliers, contractors, and subcontractors.
• Set up cost-monitoring and reporting systems and procedures.
• Establish and maintain the tendering process and conduct negotiations.
• Conduct special studies to develop standard-hour and related cost data or achieve cost reductions.
• Review estimates with the division manager and project managers after contract award.
• Assist in creating budgets and schedules of values after contract award.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability, accident, and critical illness insurance.
• 401(k) with match.
• Access to Ace University, including an apprenticeship program, leadership training, and skill-building classes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED