Sr. Electrical Estimator
About The Position
RK Industries is a second-generation family-owned company led by brothers Rick and Jon Kinning. With seven specialized business units working together, we deliver construction, fabrication, manufacturing, and building services with a focus on safety, quality, and craftsmanship. The purpose of this position is to provide mentorship and training of Estimators, verify the Estimating team is prepared for the bid, pre-close bid tabs, prepare trend pricing for projects in Preconstruction, provide conceptual budgetary pricing, coordinate and clarify scope internally and externally, and assist the Preconstruction team during project turnover to Operations.
Requirements
- College/University graduate preferred with 10 years relevant experience or equivalent combination of skills and experience with proven specialist expertise including fiscal responsibilities.
- Independent decision making.
- Responsible for a single department or functional area either as a manager or functional expert.
- Initiates and maintains relationships with key staff and other departments.
- Makes authoritative decisions and recommendations having important impact on activities of the company.
- Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight and mature judgment in anticipating and solving unprecedented complexities.
- Determines program objectives and requirements, organizing programs and projects and developing standards and guidelines for diverse activities.
Responsibilities
- Track productivity on past projects and follow up on past awards.
- Fill in minor and major scope/design gaps.
- Provide detailed breakouts for customers.
- Provide extensive value engineering ideas.
- Review all project documents and identify scope of work.
- Material, labor, and equipment takeoffs.
- Walk difficult projects.
- Identify and document difficult/non-standard conditions.
- Clarify scope with General Contractor and Engineer.
- Obtain quotes and coordinate/qualify scope with vendors and subcontractors.
- Completely assemble the bid tab in a timely manner.
- Verify estimate accuracy by comparing data versus similar bids.
- Liaison between Estimating and Operations.
- Update database pricing.
- Provide complete and accurate trade specific estimates.
- Assemble bid tab with estimates and vendor/sub quotes.
- Identify value engineering opportunities.
- Other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
