Senior Solar Estimator: Cost, Bids & VE

ERS Energy Sdn Bhd; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ERS Energy Sdn Bhd seeks an Estimator (Executive) to support accurate and competitive project cost estimates for tender submissions. The role involves analyzing quotations, performing conceptual estimates and material take-offs, validating cost data, and maintaining detailed cost documentation for renewable energy projects.

The position provides exposure to ASEAN/APAC markets, opportunities to develop expertise in cost estimating and commercial analysis, and close collaboration with engineering,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
• 2-4 years of experience in construction/EPC estimating, quantity surveying, or cost engineering.
• Experience in Solar PV or renewable energy projects is an added advantage.
• Strong analytical, numerical, and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel; familiarity with estimation software like CostX or RIB Candy is a plus.
• Good commercial awareness and ability to work with suppliers and subcontractors.

Responsibilities

• Gather real-world subcontractor and supplier unit rates for civil, structural, mechanical and electrical works across ERS Energy's ASEAN/APAC markets.
• Build and develop a network of subcontractors, suppliers and trade contacts to obtain, benchmark and refresh current pricing, labour rates and productivity norms.
• Track commodity and input-cost movements (steel, copper, aluminium, polysilicon, cabling, concrete, fuel) and translate into the rate database.
• Validate rates by decomposing each rate into material, labour, plant/equipment, consumables, transport and overhead & profit.
• Build bottom-up rate build-ups to test submitted prices and expose padding or under-pricing before entering the estimate.
• Cross-check rates against multiple sources and flag anomalies to the Senior Estimator.
• Recommend the most competitive defensible rate per item with breakdown attached for review.
• Produce estimates where engineering has not provided quantities using first-principles logic and simple material take-offs.
• Document basis of every estimate with sources, references, and adjustment logic.
• Maintain an assumptions-and-sources log accompanying each estimate for review.
• Support the Senior Estimator on BOQ pricing and quote logging; maintain cost database and benchmarks.
• Prepare back-up documentation on estimates, sensitivity checks and number-crunching outputs.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Procurement and Logistics to obtain inputs, ex-works prices and landed-cost data.
• Provide cost data that underpins Value Engineering options in pre-bid stage.
• Contribute rate and source data to post-bid analyses to improve future bids.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Team player

Education

Bachelor's degree in QS/Engineering/Construction

Tools

CostX

RIB Candy

PVsyst

Helioscope

Job description

ERS Energy Sdn Bhd seeks an Estimator (Executive) to support accurate and competitive project cost estimates for tender submissions. The role involves analyzing quotations, performing conceptual estimates and material take-offs, validating cost data, and maintaining detailed cost documentation for renewable energy projects.

The position provides exposure to ASEAN/APAC markets, opportunities to develop expertise in cost estimating and commercial analysis, and close collaboration with engineering,