ELECTRICAL ESTIMATOR

City Light & Power, Inc; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

401k with company contribution

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

City Light & Power, Inc. in Denver, CO is seeking an Electrical Estimator to join their professional team. The ideal candidate will have over five years of electrical estimating experience and strong Excel skills.

Your responsibilities will include generating price take-off quantities, evaluating proposals, and leading subcontractor procurement. The role offers a salary range of $75,000 - $95,000 annually along with a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of electrical estimating experience required.
• Familiarity with take-offs and pricing in different environments.
• Strong Excel skills are required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Generate price take-off quantities and construction equipment.
• Evaluate Request for Proposal requirements.
• Compute costs by analyzing labor, material and time requirements.
• Prepare subcontractor bid packages.
• Lead the solicitation and procurement of subcontractors.

Skills

Electrical estimating experience

Excel skills

Ability to communicate effectively

Attention to detail

Tools

Timberline estimating

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Title: Electrical Estimator

Work Location: Denver, CO

City Light & Power, Inc. (CLP) is seeking an Electrical Estimator to join our team of Professionals in our corporate office.

CLP has built a reputation as an innovative, reliable, and responsive private Utility Development Leader. We support the federal government, military institutions, municipalities, and major utilities across the US, with financing, design, engineering, construction, and ongoing operations and maintenance for electrical transmission and distribution systems, as well as outdoor street, sport, and other recreational lighting.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Leverage prior experience to generate price take-off quantities, materials, and construction equipment.
• Evaluate Request for Proposal requirements and work with estimating team to prepare and submit required documents.
• Compute costs by analyzing labor, material and time requirements.
• Prepare subcontractor bid packages to be estimated from third party suppliers by gathering proposals, designs, specifications and related documents.
• Participate in pre-bid meetings with clients.
• Create and maintain an electronic database of project components including unit costs of electrical equipment, labor hours for installation and engineering.
• Interface with internal engineering staff and other third-party suppliers to specify scope of supply.
• Lead the solicitation, evaluation and procurement of subcontractors and materials for applicable scopes of work.
• Review final bids for accuracy, ensure all items have been included.
• Determine possible value engineering.
• Develop scope and plans for pricing of conceptual or budgetary estimates.
• Review contractor programs for compliance with contract documents.
• Perform constructability reviews, analyze budgets and project costs.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum of five (5+) years of electrical estimating experience required. High voltage experience is a plus.
• Must be familiar with take-offs and pricing work in union, self-perform and lump sum, competitive bid environments.
• Strong Excel skills required.
• Ability to understand scope of work and effectively communicate to various stakeholders.
• Able to utilize Microsoft Office applications effectively.
• Timberline estimating experience is a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Will assist with resolving technical issues, preparing reports and analyses, and working closely with suppliers to meet service and technical needs of project.
• Accuracy and attention to detail are essential.

Travel

• Minimal overnight travel may be expected.

Work Authorization/Security Clearance

• US Citizen or Permanent Resident Required.
• Valid driver’s license meeting CLP Fleet Policy is required.

Benefits & Compensation

• We offer an excellent benefits package that includes medical insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, 401k with company contribution, paid time off and paid holidays.
• Salary: $75,000 - $95,000/year based on experience plus eligible to participate in Short Term Incentive Plan.
  • We reserve the right to pay more or less than the posted salary range based on factors unrelated to sex.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/Disabled/Veterans. We maintain a drug‑free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.