Senior Electrical Estimator

Take Charge of Your Career at Interstates

At Interstates, we don't just show up to work, we show up for each other. From our headquarters in Iowa to job sites across the country, we're doing award-winning electrical, controls, automation, and OT work that powers industrial facilities for clients here in the U.S. and around the world. Whether you're bending conduit, wiring panels, writing code, supporting projects, or helping things run behind the scenes, you'll be part of a crew that works hard, shares laughs, and takes pride in doing quality work.

We believe in building strong teams, doing the right thing, and making a difference in the communities where we live. If you want to grow and do meaningful work, you'll feel at home here.

Sign-on Bonus $7500

Are you passionate about construction and have skills to lead a team to pursue projects? Step into a leadership role where your electrical estimating expertise drives multimillion-dollar decisions and shapes the future of complex construction projects.

Interstates is currently in search of a talented and motivated Senior Estimator with at least 3 to 5 years' experience in industrial electrical estimating. Your role will be to work with our team of construction professionals and provide accurate and efficient cost estimates for projects.

• Caring co-workers treat each other like family
• Be treated like an individual, not just a number
• Flexible schedules allow you to focus on your personal life as well as work life
• Lunch gatherings and social activities promote fun and camaraderie
• Support charities and your community through events sponsored and hosted by Interstates

• Providing opportunities for our people
• Making a difference with our clients
• Pursuing a better way

Sound too good to be true? Put in your application today, and allow Interstates to prove to you why we are an Industry Leader in more ways than one.

The estimating department is responsible for producing project-specific construction estimates based on written and/or oral instructions from our clients. Your role in this process will be as follows:

• Reviews and analyzes bid specifications, bid drawings and other bid documents to prepare estimates as well as consult with clients, vendors, and other offer estimators.
• Attend job walks; pre-bid meetings; collaborations and conferences with clients and design professionals.
• Co-develop scopes with clients and other project team members to understand what customers value. Able to lead scope review meetings with external clients.
• Maintain and capture all necessary documentation of the bid cycle (i.e.: notes, assumptions, verbal instructions).
• Develop accurate and timely electrical construction estimates on which we base competitive bids and proposals for our client-based customers. Perform budget pricing from schematic drawings and narrative.
• Understand how scope of works impacts other estimators and actively engages with others to ensure there are not scope gaps.
• Leads communications and collaboration efforts with internal and external stakeholders.
• Defines winning strategies and value-add ideas as needed.
• Assesses risks and mitigates them by offering solutions and clarifies them in proposals.
• Identifies and utilizes job cost history for production units, direct labor, indirect labor, general expenses to ensure that costs are applied correctly.
• Draft scope letters, proposals and vendor solicitations.
• Assembles and transfers the estimate information to the execution team.
• Work under deadline pressures in an efficient, composed, and calm manner.

• Work alongside other estimators, project managers and project engineers on change-orders and cost-to-complete estimates of on-going projects.
• Help create and communicate company standards for estimating electrical design/build and plans and specs work.
• Additional duties as assigned by management.

• Preferred to have experience with the following software's:
  Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, Bluebeam, Microsoft Outlook, and one of the major computerized estimating programs (e.g., Accubid, etc).
• Analytical, problem-solving mentality.
• Team player, self-motivated, get along well with supervisors, peers and subordinates.
• Ability to lead other estimators working on the same project.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Able to track and organize projects and information.
• Able to calculate figures and amounts.
• Possesses sound judgement skills, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize work.

Bachelor's or associate's degree from two year college or Technical School in a construction related program.

And/or a combination of education and 3-5 years' experience in estimating Industrial electrical projects.

This role will be based out of our Omaha, NE office.

This role requires some occasional travel to job sites near Omaha area, per business needs and requirements…