EPC Estimator; Solar​/BESS

ABOUT THE ROLE

The EPC Estimator will assist the estimating team by managing, planning, coordinating, and controlling all assigned estimates to maximize time while delivering on promises to customers and co-workers. This position also directs and supervises the activities of each project for quality and accuracy, while ensuring all estimates and RFP’s are fulfilled.

Since 1990, CSI Electrical Contractors, Inc. (CSI Electric) – a subsidiary of MYR Group Inc. – has been a leader in highly technical and innovative electrical design and construction. Our team of consultants, engineers, project managers, and professionals deliver the best solutions to our customers’ greatest electrical engineering and construction needs. We have the resources and expertise to manage any commercial, industrial, or one‑of‑a‑kind challenge in aerospace, biotech/pharmaceutical, education, healthcare, entertainment, hospitality, manufacturing, and retail.

Our services include electrical construction, technology solutions, and alternative energy where CSI Electric is regarded as a premier provider of energy development, installation, and maintenance. Whether your project entails mission‑critical power, energy production, or a simple space upgrade, CSI Electric offers unmatched expertise in electrical, energy, and technology solutions. We’re proud to celebrate more than 30 years of commitment to do all things with excellence for our customers, ourselves, and our craft.

We Build Better.

• Direct and supervise the activities of each project for quality and accuracy of work: including performing estimates, scheduling tasks, and achieving goals and standards
• Manage, plan, coordinate, and control all assigned estimates to maximize time while delivering on promises to customers and co-workers
• Analyze regional labor rates and per diems to be used in the estimate
• Obtain and review quotations from vendor and subcontractors for materials and performance tasks not being self‑performed
• Ability to travel to project sites to observe, construction sequence, means and methods, site conditions and observe and perform time studies
• Assist in the interview procurement process and the proposal writing for an RFP
• Assist with bids, documents and reports in an accurate, complete and professional manner
• Survey job sites as needed for scope of work and to determine the most cost effective and efficient plan possible
• Ensure all estimates and RFP’s are fulfilled to the customer’s or CSI’s conditions for satisfaction.
• Maintain technical knowledge and building codes by attending educational workshops, reviewing technical publications.
• Establish and maintain a positive and cooperative working relationship with clients, subcontractors and co-workers
• Promote the Company image through exercising sound and ethical business practices as they relate to clients, subcontractors, suppliers and the public
• Work with the Director of Preconstruction to determine the general expenses, labor rates, and other costs associated with each project
• Analyze and interpret construction drawings, specifications and other bid documents
• Perform accurate take-offs for a diverse range of EPC solar and BESS construction projects
• Understand Scope of Work to bid as well as resolving discrepancies by collecting and analyzing information
• Confer with engineers, architects, owners, contractors and subcontractors on changes and adjustments to cost estimates
• Establish and maintain working relationships with vendors and subcontractors
• Prepare pre‑bid RFI’s and track and document responses
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
• Use computer software to calculate estimates (Accubid, Live Count, Bluebeam)
• Able to work both independently and as a team member, accepting assignments from senior management and delegating to junior estimators
• Attend meetings/interviews with clients, pre and post bid
• Train junior estimators on proper procedures and company standards
• Mentor junior estimators to assist in their development and professional growth
• Responsible for the accuracy and timeliness of estimating tasks performed by junior estimators as well as self
• Ability…