Senior Estimator, Mission Critical

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Intermountain Electric (IME) brings decades of experience as a trusted leader in electrical contracting. Founded in 1946, we began as a small company in Denver, CO, and have since grown to be part of the largest specialty contractor in North America. Today, we work with owners and contractors nationwide, delivering complex construction solutions across various industries, including aviation, mission critical, entertainment, and healthcare.

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Position Summary

This Mission Critical Senior Estimator serves as a key leader within the pre‑construction process, responsible for developing, reviewing, and validating accurate, competitive cost estimates for complex mission critical and datacenter electrical projects. This role provides strategic oversight of estimating methodologies, risk assessments, and bid development while ensuring alignment with organizational objectives, market conditions, and project execution strategies. The Senior Estimator also leads and develops estimating team members, fostering a high‑performing and collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities

Estimating & Bid Strategy

• Lead the preparation and validation of comprehensive quantity take‑offs, material pricing, labor, equipment, and indirect cost estimates for complex electrical projects.
• Establish estimating strategies and bid approaches, including risk assessment, competitive positioning, and value engineering considerations.
• Review, analyze, and interpret project plans, specifications, contracts, and bid documents to define scope, assumptions, exclusions, and project requirements.
• Perform and validate on‑screen and off‑screen take‑offs.
• Review, audit, and approve estimates prepared by other estimators to ensure consistency, accuracy, and adherence to company standards.
• Prepare and approve proposal deliverables, including bid forms, labor sheets, schedules, and pre‑qualification documents.
• Maintain the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and confidentiality throughout the estimating process.

Stakeholder Communication & Strategic Partnership

• Serve as a primary estimating resource for leadership, clients, and project stakeholders.
• Communicate estimating strategies, risks, assumptions, opportunities, and challenges in a clear and professional manner.
• Lead estimate reviews and bid strategy discussions to ensure alignment among project teams and decision‑makers.
• Partner with project management, engineering, operations, and executive leadership to support successful project pursuits and execution planning.

Process Management & Compliance

• Establish, maintain, and continuously improve estimating processes, procedures, standards, and best practices.
• Ensure estimating documentation is complete, accurate, organized, and audit‑ready, including project plans, specifications, correspondence, quantity take‑offs, pricing data, subcontractor information, and supplier records.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and contractual requirements.
• Oversee CRM opportunities and maintain accurate estimating and project data.

Leadership & Organizational Collaboration

• Lead proposal efforts from initial evaluation through final submission and transition to…