What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electrical Estimator position at W3Global?
Summary
Analyze plans, specifications, proposals, and other documentation to prepare time, cost, and labor estimates for products, projects, or services.
TYPICAL DAILY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES (including but not limited to)
Safety & Risk Management
Location: Division or Corporate Office
Schedule: Monday through Friday from 7 AM - 5 PM. Work schedules change based on bid needs.
Reports To: Chief Estimator
Works Directly With: Project Management
Supervises: Assistant Estimator
Analyze plans, specifications, proposals, and other documentation to prepare time, cost, and labor estimates for products, projects, or services.
TYPICAL DAILY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES (including but not limited to)
Safety & Risk Management
- Bid projects with a safety-first mindset.
- Abide by the Company's Fleet Driving Policy.
- Track potential projects to bid; orders plans.
- Review proposal specifications, drawings, and attend pre-bid meetings to determine scope of work and prepare appropriate questions for owner clarification of proposal issues.
- Assist in preparing and coordinating plan deposits, bid bonds, and bid proposals.
- Plan bid strategy that meets Owner DBE/MBE/WBE requirements.
- Analyze pre-bid project activities for government regulatory compliance like, OSHA, NC DENR, etc.
- Prepare and assemble detailed estimates through takeoffs and specifications reviews for accurate proposals.
- Generates subcontractors' scopes of work.
- Call in necessary locates for review of existing utilities before bid.
- Coordinates any necessary exploratory digging.
- Complete post bid review.
- Lead hand-off meeting providing project and field management.
- Assemble crew sheets with the proper labor, equipment, and production.
- Prepares subcontractors and suppliers lists.
- Develops a schedule to complete the project on time and under budget.
- Create, update, and manage the project schedule with General and Site Superintendents.
- Confers with project team (including Subcontractors) to outline work plan and to assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.
- Monitor and ensure quality control on the project.
- Participate in regular owner, subcontractor, and engineer meetings.
- Develop subcontractor and purchase order scopes.
- Complete project close-out.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or equivalent
- 3 to 5 years of experience in electrical estimating
- Experience in water/wastewater projects
- Strong working knowledge of Outlook, Excel, Word, etc
- Strong communication and people skills
- Maintain a valid driver's license and safe driving record
- Ability to prepare a scope of work
- Experience with pricing, purchasing, negotiating, and preparing purchase orders for materials and equipment
- Experience reading and understanding drawings
- Detail-oriented
- Experienced in planning, collaboration, and conflict-resolution skills
- Safe work or No work mindset; fully committed to safety and jobsite standards, policies, and processes
Location: Division or Corporate Office
Schedule: Monday through Friday from 7 AM - 5 PM. Work schedules change based on bid needs.
Reports To: Chief Estimator
Works Directly With: Project Management
Supervises: Assistant Estimator
