Senior Estimator - Remote

Econolite Group, Inc.•Remote - USA,

33d•$75,000 - $85,000•Remote

About The Position

Econolite® is an innovator of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) solutions, products, and services. Our technology is helping save lives and making the Smart City a reality. If you want to be at the forefront of this intelligent technology revolution, we want to talk to you about being part of our team. Econolite is committed to employing the best talent that will make significant contributions to building a safer, connected world. Econolite’s ITS solutions ease traffic congestion, provide safer mobility, and improve quality of life. As the one-stop-shop leader for traffic management systems, sensor products, and services, Econolite is committed to the advancement of connected and autonomous vehicles, smart cities, and cybersecurity. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to utilize your technical knowledge of electrical circuits, fundamental electronic design, and electrical theory, while also gaining valuable knowledge and experience in the Traffic industry, particularly with NEMA traffic cabinets. In addition to your technical expertise, you will also need to be familiar with many of Econolite's product lines and have some software experience. As a high-level architect of traffic cabinet designs, you will play a vital role in shaping our company's future. We are seeking someone who has excellent communication skills, personal management, and prioritizing skills, and who is excited about working within a close team environment. In return, you will have the opportunity to interface with many Econolite Sales Personnel, Distributors, and customers throughout the United States, Canada, and some international agencies.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field or at least 4 years traffic related work experience in a relevant technical Traffic Signal role.
Must have a clear understanding of, and ability to work with, plan sheets, bid documents, engineering documents and specifications.
Excellent written and verbal communication, problem solving and organizational skills.
Strong computer software skills including word processing, spreadsheets, and database applications, such as MS Office programs, including Outlook, Word, Excel.
Excellent verbal and written presentation skills
Basic AutoCad skills are a must

Responsibilities

Read and interpret customer bid documents, specifications. and intersection plans.
Convert customer specifications/special provisions and requirements into a complete estimated quotation for sales to be able to quote the specific bid or customer request.
In the process, work to ensure that all technical questions about the request are asked and answered so that an accurate quotation can be completed.
Using our Agile software system, you will need to open a quote ECO, create a bill of materials for the intended cabinet, and perform costing activities to obtain the total estimated cost of the cabinet.
Create a formal quotation letter using a template.
In addition to creating the estimate, you must be able to communicate the information needed for cabinet engineering to review the documents provided so they can create a working set of production documents when needed.
Participate in any communication from cabinet engineering and production about the cabinet quotation provided and the information therein when they have questions about the bill of materials provided to them by the estimating department.
Perform the task of completing an item card in our D365 ERP system after the quotation is completed for use by sales.