Senior Electrical Estimator

Bakersfield, United States | Posted on 09/24/2026

At A-C Electric Company, we’re looking for aSenior Electrical Estimator who can lead the bid process from initial review to final submission and handoff. You’ll combine deep electrical estimating experience with the ability to organize bid teams, develop estimating strategies, evaluate scope and pricing, work directly with clients and project partners, and help other estimators strengthen their capabilities. If you’re ready to move beyond independently producing estimates and take broader responsibility for how a bidcomes together, this role offers the opportunity to lead the workwhile partnering with the Chief Estimator on final review and approval.

As a Senior Electrical Estimator, your key responsibilities will be:

• Leading bids from planning through submission by thoroughly reviewing plans, specifications, and bid documents; establishing the estimating approach; organizing takeoff, labor, bid-form, and kitting requirements; delegating work across the bid team; and maintaining progress through final review and handoff.
• Developing complete, well-supported estimates by quantifying project requirements, evaluating subcontracted work,equipment tools, supplies, and other costs; reviewing vendor and subcontractor quotations; developing budgets and conceptual pricing; and completing a detailed final review of the estimate for accuracy and completeness.
• Shaping bid strategy and value-engineering solutions by evaluating project scope, developing pricing alternatives,identifying value-engineering opportunities, preparing Requests for Information (RFIs), and working with Division and Construction Services partners on bid strategy, prefabrication opportunities,and the approach presented to the customer.
• Leading bid-team and stakeholder coordination by directing estimating activities, working with clients, general contractors,vendors, suppliers, manufacturers, subcontractors, and internal teams, and representing the estimating effort during pre-bid activities, interviews, proposal presentations, and otherbid-related discussions.
• Developing estimating capability in others by guiding junior estimators through assigned bid work, reviewing their contributions, sharing estimating knowledge and expectations, and helping prepare future estimating leaders while maintaining accountability for the quality of the team’s bid work.

Additional duties will include:

• Developing clear scope and bid documentation by preparingor reviewing scope letters, bid forms, takeoff information,estimate documentation, requests for quotation (RFQs), and supporting bid files so the proposal accurately reflects the intended scope.
• Preparing conceptual and budget pricing by interpreting available design information, evaluating alternatives, and preparing pricing that supports projects before complete construction documents are available.
• Supporting successful project handoff by completing bidfiles, reviewing handoff packages, and communicating the estimate,scope, pricing assumptions, and other relevant bid information tothe project team after award.

• A high school diploma or equivalent, with at least seven years of electrical estimating experience and demonstratedability to develop complete estimates and lead the estimating process.
• The ability to plan and organize estimating work
  , delegate bid activities, review others’ contributions, make sound estimating recommendations, and coordinate a bid team through established review and approval processes.
• Proficiency with Mc Cormick or comparable electrical estimating software and working proficiency with Microsoft Exceland Word.
• The ability to communicate effectively with clients,general contractors, vendors, subcontractors, internal teams, andother…