Estimator - Industrial

Locations considered: Iron Mountain, MI | Chicago, IL | Crown Point, IN | Grand Haven, MI

Position Purpose: Lead the development of technical scope of work and independently develop cost estimates and resource requirements for industrial and commercial electrical construction projects Nationwide. 

Essential Responsibilities

§  Assist with the request for proposal preparation and evaluations, project specifications, and pricing schedules

§  Prepare pre-approval project estimates based on limited information and general scopes of work, often lacking specific precedence

§  Assist project team in scoping of projects for engineering, construction, and contractual requirements

§  Develop detailed post-approval project estimates based on company standards and site-specific facility drawings

§  Perform material take-offs and cost analyses to support estimates

§  Assist with the development of pricing schedules and weighting criteria for proposal evaluations

§  Assist with the development and maintenance of items and assemblies in estimating software

§  Provide expert judgment of costs to support competitive bid and negotiated contracts

§  Assist with the development of standardized historical cost databases and application tools to aid future estimates

§  Provide oversight, coordination, management support and technical expertise for all aspects of electrical construction projects in the Industrial and Commercial markets

§  Review plans, specifications, drawings to determine the cost of the project

§  Analyze time, equipment, tooling, material and manpower requirements for each project

§  Perform material takeoffs and develop a written estimate of cost to perform the work according to the specifications

§  Provide Operations with a detailed cost estimate, corresponding proposal letter and bid form breakout for transition of ownership of the project

§  Interface with customers, vendors and subcontractors to determine the cost of the project

§  Gather information to determine subcontra