Estimator - Substation - On Site Position

Position Summary

New River Electrical is searching for an Estimator to join our growing company. The Estimator is responsible for reviewing, analyzing and interpreting contract documents (specs, drawings, and reference information) to develop detailed, comprehensive estimates for various electrical projects.

This position reports directly to the Estimator Supervisor.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Reviews project plans and specifications and confirms complete scope.
• Participate in customer pre-bid meetings (in-person or virtual) and site visits to gain an understanding of project requirements and site challenges.
• Identify risk issues and their order of magnitude.
• Solicit subcontractor and/or supplier information and pricing.
• Meet estimating deadlines working independently.
• Performing detailed takeoffs of the labor, materials, and equipment required to complete the work associated with various types of electrical construction projects.
• Managing flow of bid information between customers, contractors, vendors, subcontractors, and operations employees.
• Creating and transmitting scope letters and quotations.
• Following up with customers on proposals.
• Supporting project managers during pre-construction phase of projects.
• Assisting senior estimators on large project estimates.
• Create Project Schedules to define construction workflow and deadlines to meet customer constructability requirements.
• Prepare and submit accurate and professional bid proposals and supporting documentation.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

• Aminimum5yearsofelectricaland/orcivilestimatingexperienceinanindustrialenvironmentrequired,oraminimumof5yearsoffieldsupervisionorrelevantexperience.
  
  Utilityconstruction&Substationexperiencepreferred.
• Mustbefamiliarwithmaterialsandequipmenttake-offprocess.
• Possesstheabilitytoperformconceptualestimatesbasedonspecifications.
• Possessstrongmathematical,communicationandcomputerskills.
• Generalunderstandingof
  
  MSOfficewiththeabilitytobecomeproficientintheuseof
  
  Excel.
• Abilitytocomposebasic,aswellascomplexproposals,technicaldocuments,andformalletters.
• Abilitytomakepresentationstobothsmallandlarge,diversegroups;abilitytocommunicatewithclients,engineers,andinternaloperations.
• Excellent organizational,planningandtimemanagementskills.
• Highattentiontodetailwiththeabilitytorecognizediscrepancies.
• Generalunderstandingof Fixed Price ,Time&Materials,Cost Plusand Unitcontractpricingmechanism .
• Basicunderstandingofelectricaltradeandgeneralconstruction.
• Abilitytounderstandconstructiondrawingsandcontractdocuments.
• Strongcommunicationskills,bothwrittenandverbal.
• Abilitytoworkonmultipleestimatessimultaneously.
• Theremaybeoccasionallimitedtravelforoff-site meetings,events,orotherbusinessmatters.

Physical Demands

Thephysicaldemandsdescribedherearerepresentativeofthosethatmustbemetbyanemployeetosuccessfullyperformtheessentialfunctionsofthisjob.

Whileperformingthedutiesofthisjob,theemployeeisregularlyrequiredtosee,talk,andhear.

Theemployeeisrequiredtositatadeskandworkonacomputerforprolongedperiodsoftime.

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Job Industries

• Other