Commercial Fire & Life Safety Estimator — Growth & Impact

ABF Bearings; Fenton (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401(k) with company match

Competitive compensation

Job summary

ABF Security in Fenton, MO is seeking an Electrical Estimator/Commercial Fire & Life Safety professional to build relationships with commercial clients and translate field needs into practical, code-aware proposals.

Responsibilities include surveying sites, developing system concepts and estimates for fire alarm, access control, video surveillance, and related systems, while coordinating with designers, engineers and trades to win work and ensure install success.

Qualifications

• Ability to read plans and understand construction coordination.
• Strong customer communication, presentation, organization and project management skills.
• Sales mindset: curiosity, follow-through, accountability and comfort asking for the business.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships and develop new opportunities involving fire alarm, access control, video surveillance, intrusion and integrated systems through prospecting, referrals, networking and customer education.
• Work with customers, estimators, designers and operations to turn field conditions and project requirements into practical, code-aware solutions that can be sold and installed successfully.
• Survey sites, review plans/specifications and lead technical discovery.
• Develop system concepts, estimates, proposals and scope narratives.
• Prepare or coordinate layouts, shop drawings, submittals, battery calculations and voltage-drop calculations.
• Coordinate with customers, engineers, architects, AHJs and construction trades.
• Identify scope changes and support change orders.
• Own follow-up and maintain visibility into your pipeline and forecast.
• Stay engaged from opportunity development through handoff and project coordination

Skills

Read plans

Customer communication

Sales mindset

Project coordination

Education

NICET Level II or higher

Tools

CAD software

Floor-plan software

Job description

ABF Security in Fenton, MO is seeking an Electrical Estimator/Commercial Fire & Life Safety professional to build relationships with commercial clients and translate field needs into practical, code-aware proposals.

Responsibilities include surveying sites, developing system concepts and estimates for fire alarm, access control, video surveillance, and related systems, while coordinating with designers, engineers and trades to win work and ensure install success.