Security Estimator - Access Controls/Intrusion

CyberCoders; Carrollton (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

CyberCoders in Dallas is seeking a Security Estimator to own proposals and cost estimates for electronic security projects, including access control, video surveillance, and intrusion detection. This on-site role partners with sales and project management to deliver accurate bids.

The ideal candidate has hands-on security installation or field management experience, can read drawings and specs, and will travel locally for job walks as needed.

Qualifications

• Background as a security systems technician, lead technician, or field-level PM who moved into estimating.
• Hands-on installation or programming experience with access control, CCTV/VMS, and intrusion detection.
• End-to-end security systems knowledge (readers, door contacts, panels, VMS).
• Ability to read and mark up construction drawings and technical specs.
• Practical CAD, Revit, and Bluebeam experience.
• Strong Excel and Word skills and professional communication.
• Willingness to obtain Texas private security license.
• Office-based role five days a week with local travel; not hybrid/remote.

Responsibilities

• Build detailed, accurate cost estimates and proposals for electronic security projects.
• Read drawings and specs to translate design into a priced solution.
• Attend job walks with sales team and clients to scope projects.
• Use CAD, Revit, and Bluebeam to markup drawings and prepare bids.
• Collaborate with project managers and technicians to validate installability of estimates.
• Price work from small single-build to multi-million-dollar campuses.
• Support proposals for schools, colleges, and healthcare facilities.
• Maintain organized documentation throughout bids and proposals.

Skills

Security systems knowledge

Tools

CAD

Revit

Bluebeam

Excel

Word

Job description

Security Estimator

Location: Dallas, TX (Fully On-Site)

Compensation: $80,000 - $85,000 base salary

Employment Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire

About the Opportunity

Our client is a well-established systems integration firm that designs and installs electronic protection technology for schools, hospitals, higher education campuses, and commercial facilities across Texas. With a corporate footprint in the Texas Hill Country and active branch operations in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio, the organization has spent years building long-term relationships with the institutions it protects. Demand in the Dallas market has grown quickly, and the team is now adding headcount to keep pace.

This is a legacy, employee-first organization where technical staff routinely move up into strategic roles - many of the strongest performers on the estimating and project management side started their careers turning wrenches in the field.

The Role

The company needs a Security Estimator based in the Dallas area who can take ownership of proposals and cost estimates for electronic security installations - think access control, video surveillance, and intrusion detection, not fire alarm. This is a highly visible, in-office role that pairs technical fluency with day-to-day collaboration alongside the sales and project management teams.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Build detailed, accurate cost estimates and proposals for electronic security projects spanning access control, video surveillance, and intrusion detection systems


• Read and interpret construction drawings, technical specifications, and project scope documents to translate design intent into a buildable, priced solution


• Attend job walks alongside the sales team and prospective clients throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth market to scope projects firsthand


• Use CAD, Revit, and Bluebeam to mark up drawings, take off quantities, and prepare bid packages


• Partner closely with project managers and field technicians to make sure estimates reflect what can realistically be installed and programmed


• Price and scope work ranging from smaller single-building jobs to multi-million-dollar campus-wide security upgrades


• Support proposal development for K-12 school districts, higher education institutions, and healthcare facilities


• Maintain organized, professional documentation and communication throughout the bid and proposal cycle

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Background as a security systems technician, lead technician, or field-level project manager who has moved into (or is ready to move into) an estimating seat


• Hands-on installation and/or programming experience with access control, video surveillance (CCTV/VMS), and intrusion detection systems - candidates with fire-alarm-only backgrounds are not a fit for this seat


• Working knowledge of how security systems function end to end (readers, door contacts, panels, VMS platforms) rather than deep loyalty to one specific brand or manufacturer


• Comfort reading and marking up construction drawings and technical specifications


• Practical experience with CAD, Revit, and Bluebeam


• Solid working knowledge of Excel and Word, along with general office professionalism and communication etiquette


• Ability and willingness to hold (or promptly obtain) the private security license required to work on school, hospital, and institutional campuses in Texas


• Comfortable working from an office five days a week and traveling locally for job walks - this is not a hybrid or remote-friendly seat

Why This Role Stands Out

• Clear, proven path for technical field talent to grow into a strategic estimating seat


• Join a growing Dallas team inside a company with a long-tenured, close-knit culture


• Work across a genuinely varied project mix - from smaller retrofit jobs to multi-million-dollar campus security overhauls


• High autonomy and high visibility - you will be the primary estimating resource for the Dallas market