Lighting Associate

Power Design; Saint Petersburg (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Power Design in Saint Petersburg, FL is seeking a Lighting Associate to help quote and submit lighting packages in collaboration with the Lighting Consultant. You'll work with vendors and the Estimating team to ensure accurate quotes and pricing.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, knowledge of the lighting supply chain, and strong communication skills. You will build BOMs, track lead times, and prepare competitive quotations to support project budgets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• Knowledge of the lighting supply chain or construction distribution.
• Understanding of electrical contracting and lighting design.
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment with deadlines.
• Strong verbal and written communication and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Build, update, and maintain a bill of materials with pricing.
• Coordinate with Lighting Consultant and vendors for quotes.
• Gather documents for fixture submittals through approvals.
• Track lead times, product availability, and pricing.
• Create accurate quotations for Estimating and budgets.
• Maintain pricing database and update vendor price sheets.
• Learn about vendor products and industry trends.
• Identify information gaps from estimating/dept and client.

Skills

Pricing & Quotation

Vendor Coordination

Attention to detail

Microsoft Office proficiency

Bill of Materials management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

About The Position

Lights, camera, action! We're looking for an organized and detail-oriented Lighting Associate to join our team and help us light up skylines around the nation. This position is responsible for the quotation and submittal of lighting packages in coordination with the Lighting Consultant and works directly with our vendors and Estimating teams to ensure accurate quotes and pricing.

About The Position

Lights, camera, action! We're looking for an organized and detail-oriented Lighting Associate to join our team and help us light up skylines around the nation. This position is responsible for the quotation and submittal of lighting packages in coordination with the Lighting Consultant and works directly with our vendors and Estimating teams to ensure accurate quotes and pricing. Sound like a perfect fit?

Position Responsibilities

• Build, update, and maintain a bill of material and enter accurate pricing, adjusting counts as necessary with Lighting Consultant guidance.
• Assist in identifying gaps in the information provided and track answers as they come from the estimating department and the client.
• Gather and format all documents required to create and maintain organized, accurate fixture submittals through approvals and until handoff to a Lighting Project Manager for purchasing.
• Work directly with manufacturers and vendors regarding lead times, product availability, and pricing.
• Create accurate and competitive quotations for PDI Estimating while adhering to project budgets.
• Utilize external vendors, internal pricing sheets, and pricing databases for accurate quotes.
• Maintain PDI quotations through approvals and handoff to the Lighting Project Manager.
• Update and maintain the pricing database with vendor price sheets.
• Continue learning vendor products, trends, technology, and systems related to lighting, obtaining continuing education credits where available.
• Obtain fixture quotes and provide accurate pricing and recommendations for fixture solutions.

Here's What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the lighting supply chain process or similar experience within construction-specific distribution.
• General knowledge of electrical contracting, lighting design, distribution, and construction processes.
• Ability to multitask in a high-volume, fast-paced work environment with tight deadlines.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and efficient.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Demonstrate and uphold Power Design's core values: integrity, accountability, teamwork, innovation, and growth.

At Power Design, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Power Design believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is paramount to our success as a national company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool nationwide.

About Us

Power Design is a National Design Build Contractor, focused on innovative construction across multiple trades: electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and systems technologies. Since 1989, we've disrupted the industry by putting next-generation ideas to powerful... practical use because we care. We design breakthrough solutions that push the limits of what's possible by harnessing the collaborative power of our teams to elevate experiences and empower the communities where we live and work. In an industry that tends to look back, we're building better by staying grounded in our values, dedicated to our unique culture, and supportive of work-life balance - making us built to last. By investing in our people and doing things differently, we're designing what's next.

To learn more, visit www.powerdesigninc.us.