Commercial Electrical Estimator

Ascentelectric; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & dental

Company vehicle

401(k) match

17 PTO days

Bid-win incentive

Profit sharing

Direct access to owner

Job summary

Ascent Electric in Ridgefield, Washington is hiring an Electrical Estimator & Closer to own the full bid cycle: the estimate, the strategy, the GC relationship, and the close. You’ll take each bid from invitation through signature, with real ownership over strategy and the GC relationship rather than just producing numbers for someone else to close.

You’ll partner with the pre-construction lead on design review, current costs, buyout, and quantities to keep every number competitive and

Qualifications

• Own your role by evaluating bids before others.
• Demonstrate a strong work ethic with accuracy under tight deadlines.
• Communicate when a number is uncertain or soft.
• Collaborate with pre-construction to win bids.
• Pursue continuous improvement in processes.

Responsibilities

• Qualify new bid opportunities, build estimates, and engage general contractors.
• Own the full bid cycle from invitation to signature with strategic GC relationships.
• Coordinate with pre-construction on design review, costs, buyout, and quantities to keep numbers competitive.

Job description

Ascent Electric is hiring an Electrical Estimator & Closer to own the full bid cycle: the estimate, the strategy, the general contractor relationship, and the close. You'll take each bid from invitation through signature, with real ownership over strategy and the GC relationship rather than just producing numbers for someone else to close.

We're an electrical contractor in Ridgefield, Washington, bidding commercial and multifamily projects across a wide range of contract sizes, built around earning client trust through integrity, performance, and value. You'll partner closely with the pre-construction lead on design review, current costs, buyout, and quantities to keep every number both competitive and profitable.

WHAT THE WORK ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE

Day to day, you're moving between qualifying new bid opportunities, building estimates, and getting general contractors on the phone, often more than one of these at once. You'll lose more bids than you win; that's the nature of the work, and the ones you land carry real weight. Deadlines don't move for a late addendum, even when it lands the afternoon before a bid is due. Between bids, you're keeping the pipeline moving so the field never runs out of the next job.

WHO BELONGS HERE

• Own Your Role: When a bid comes in under target, you look at your own read on the job before anyone else's.

• Strong Work Ethic: An honest day's work for an honest day's pay, with no shortcuts on the number even when the deadline doesn't move.

• Be Real: You communicate that a number is soft before it becomes a problem, not after.

• Win Together: You'll work alongside pre-construction.

• Excellence: Today's process is the starting point, not the finish line, so you're looking for the next edge instead of defending the last one.

WHY WORK AT ASCENT ELECTRIC

• Health and dental coverage for you and your spouse

• Company vehicle

• 401(k) with company match

• 17 days of paid time off

• Bid-win incentive of 0.10% of every signed contract you close, paid quarterly.

• Profit sharing tied to company performance

• Direct access to the owner: no layers between your recommendation and the decision