Senior Estimator

Mesa Energy Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc. EMCOR is the world’s leading provider of mechanical and electrical construction and facilities services, including planning, consulting, and operations and maintenance. Mesa Energy Systems is a HVAC mechanical services company that provides fully integrated solutions for preventative maintenance and repair, upgrading existing mechanical, electrical, and controls systems to provide the most efficient economic solutions to meet customer expectations.

Job Title: Senior Estimator 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Actively gather information for each estimating job by talking directly with the account manager, the end user, the engineering team, the estimating team, vendors, and/or other sources of information.
• Ability to interpret field conditions to determine project direction and to provide costs associated with large-scale mechanical retrofit projects without the use of drawings, plans, or specifications.
• Will submit written proposals, scopes of work, project scheduling, engineering solutions that comply with regulatory agencies, and estimating, including conceptual estimates, project delivery methods, construction economic and accounting principles, and operational leadership focusing on synergistic harmony between departments and processes.
• Generate sales proposals and Excel spreadsheets that are complete and accurate for the proposed project and that comply with Title 24.
• Perform constructability and code compliance reviews of the proposal, estimate, design documents, or engineered solution and effectively document and communicate constructability and risk concerns.
• Understand and have a working knowledge of the California Mechanical, Plumbing, Code and local municipal codes.
• Compile thorough and detailed lists of qualifications, clarifications, and exclusions to communicate our budget assumptions to the client effectively.
• Prepare accurate replacement equipment list, sheet metal, piping, and labor estimates.
• Obtain scopes of work and pricing from subcontractors and suppliers. 
• Assist with pricing change orders.
• Actively involved in planning, organizing, coordinating, directing, and controlling all contract functions for General Trades, HVAC Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical and Automation projects.
• Fully responsible for the successful completion of all aspects of the project.
• Evaluate and ensure the efficient operation of the project, controlling operational expenses that is consistent with the project budget and contractual requirements.
•  Manages the overall operations of the contract, including coordination of turnover meetings, scope of work, construction schedule, customer relations, job cost management, cost control of project, purchasing guidelines, project staffing, schedule of values, change order management, value decisions, scope management, attendance at project meetings, compliance of project specifications, foreman coordination of project, and the performance of daily operations.

Job Specifications (incl. Education requirements, minimal experience, computer skills required, etc.)

• Mechanical Engineering degree or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of Estimating, Engineering, Construction Management, or Business Management experience required.
• 4+ years’ experience with HVAC design and building construction.
• Knowledge of the practical application of mechanical engineering, including redline-designs, design techniques, plans and specifications and the RFQ & RFP process for the budgeting and bidding of retrofit projects.
• Knowledge of submitting written proposals, scopes of work, scheduling, and coordinating site contractors and other assigned personnel; a thorough understanding of construction schedules and operations and the ability to meet demanding customer requirements.
• Thorough knowledge of the mechanical retrofitting of commercial buildings, hospitals, data centers, K-14, and universities, including energy projects that involve integration, DDC, engineering, commissioning, M&V, and energy analysis.
• Knowledge of materials, methods, and tools involved in the mechanical retrofit of commercial buildings.
• Have competent technical knowledge of the construction means and methods of mechanical construction, including retrofit projects, budgeting, engineering redline designs, scheduling, phasing, and planning.
• Ability to plan, organize, coordinate, direct, and control all aspects of the bidding process.
• Self-starter, strong work ethic, get-the-job-done attitude, and overall team player.  
• Ability to work with the customer to find mutually satisfactory solutions to c