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About the Role
This role involves developing detailed and accurate project cost estimates for complex electrical construction projects, collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure competitive and comprehensive bids. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of electrical construction and experience estimating commercial or technically complex projects.
Responsibilities
- Prepare detailed and accurate estimates for moderately complex electrical construction projects
- Develop pricing for labor, materials, equipment, subcontractors, and other project costs
- Review drawings, specifications, scopes of work, and contract documents to identify project requirements, risks, gaps, and opportunities
- Perform quantity takeoffs and analyze project requirements to develop comprehensive estimates
- Solicit and evaluate subcontractor and vendor proposals and pricing
- Coordinate with preconstruction coordinators, project managers, engineers, procurement teams, and other stakeholders throughout the estimating process
- Assemble comprehensive bid packages and provide bidders with clear scope, instructions, and clarifications
- Analyze current market conditions, material pricing, labor costs, vendor pricing, and historical project data
- Support value engineering efforts by evaluating alternative materials, systems, construction methods, and solutions
- Identify opportunities to improve project cost, schedule, quality, and overall value
- Document estimate assumptions, qualifications, exclusions, clarifications, and scope considerations
- Extract and utilize production and historical cost data to improve estimate accuracy and project planning
- Collaborate across company divisions, including prefabrication and other self-perform capabilities, to incorporate production efficiencies into estimates
- Participate in estimate reviews and present pricing, assumptions, risks, and recommendations to project leadership
- Contribute to continuous improvement of estimating processes, tools, and best practices
Requirements
- 4–6+ years of experience in electrical construction estimating, preconstruction, cost analysis, project controls, or a related field
- Strong understanding of commercial electrical construction
- Ability to interpret electrical drawings, specifications, one-line diagrams, and scopes of work
- Experience estimating electrical labor, materials, equipment, subcontractors, and related project costs
- Experience with commercial electrical construction or technically complex projects strongly preferred
- Experience with power distribution, lighting, low-voltage, medium-voltage, or other electrical infrastructure is highly valued
- Experience with data centers, advanced technology, mission-critical, healthcare, life sciences, higher education, industrial, or renewable-energy projects is a plus
- Experience with design-build, VDC/BIM, prefabrication, or self-perform construction is preferred
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to effectively manage multiple estimates, priorities, and deadlines
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively with project teams, vendors, subcontractors, and clients
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and construction estimating/takeoff software
Skills
- Electrical construction estimating
- Preconstruction
- Cost analysis
- Project controls
- Commercial electrical construction
- Electrical drawings interpretation
- Specifications interpretation
- One-line diagrams interpretation
- Scopes of work interpretation
- Electrical labor estimating
- Electrical material estimating
- Electrical equipment estimating
- Subcontractor estimating
- Power distribution
- Lighting
- Low-voltage systems
- Medium-voltage systems
- Electrical infrastructure
- Data center estimating
- Advanced technology project estimating
- Mission-critical facility estimating
- Healthcare project estimating
- Life sciences project estimating
- Higher education project estimating
- Industrial project estimating
- Renewable energy project estimating
- Design-build estimating
- VDC/BIM
- Prefabrication
- Self-perform construction
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Attention to detail
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Time management
- Collaboration
- Microsoft Excel
- Construction estimating software
- Takeoff software
Location
- Austin, Texas
Work Type
- Direct Hire
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 4–6+ years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field preferred; equivalent professional experience will be considered
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary based on experience
Benefits
- Year-end bonus based on company performance
- Full Medical, Vision, and Dental
- Short- and Long-Term Disability
- 401(k) with 6% company match
- 4 weeks of PTO
- Every 5 years, employees receive an additional 3 weeks of PTO for that year
About the Company
- Superior Skilled Trades is partnered with a national commercial electrical contractor specializing in technically complex, sustainable, and high-performance construction projects.