Senior Electrical Estimator: Lead High-Impact Preconstruction

Enterprise Electrical; Hutto (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Bonus opportunities

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Continuing education

Job summary

Enterprise Electrical is seeking a Senior Estimator to lead complex preconstruction efforts for large-scale electrical projects, including data centers, healthcare facilities, and manufacturing sites. You will manage detailed estimates, risk and labor analysis, and value engineering while mentoring junior staff.

Office-based with periodic site walks, you will collaborate with operations, BIM/VDC, procurement, and business development to ensure accurate, competitive pricing from concept through

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6–10 years of progressive electrical estimating experience within commercial, industrial, healthcare, manufacturing, or mission critical construction environments.
• Proven experience leading complex electrical estimates and major bid pursuits with significant contract values and operational complexity.
• Strong background in design-build, negotiated, conceptual, and hard bid project delivery methods.

Responsibilities

• Lead and independently prepare detailed cost estimates for large-scale commercial, industrial, healthcare, manufacturing, and mission critical electrical construction projects.
• Analyze complex bid documents, specifications, drawings, schedules, and phasing requirements to define complete project scope and identify cost and operational risks.
• Develop comprehensive labor, material, equipment, subcontractor, general conditions, and indirect cost estimates for competitive and negotiated project pursuits.
• Lead quantity takeoffs, labor productivity analysis, constructability reviews, and installation planning for complex electrical systems.
• Coordinate and lead subcontractor and vendor solicitation efforts, including scope reviews, bid leveling, clarifications, and pricing evaluations.
• Participate in bid strategy development, Go/No-Go evaluations, executive estimate reviews, and final proposal presentations.
• Collaborate with operations, project management, BIM/VDC, procurement, and field leadership to align estimating assumptions with execution strategies and project logistics.
• Prepare conceptual budgets, schematic estimates, GMP proposals, and design-build preconstruction deliverables.
• Identify value engineering opportunities, procurement strategies, and cost-saving alternatives while maintaining project quality, schedule, and operational requirements.
• Evaluate labor productivity, material escalation, market conditions, schedule impacts, and construction sequencing to improve estimate accuracy and profitability.
• Assist the Chief Estimator and Preconstruction leadership in managing estimating priorities, bid schedules, workload distribution, and departmental processes.
• Lead post-bid reviews, estimate turnover meetings, and lessons-learned evaluations to support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop, maintain, and refine estimating databases, labor units, assemblies, historical cost records, and market pricing benchmarks.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with clients, suppliers, subcontractors, manufacturers, and industry partners.
• Represent the company during pre-bid meetings, site walks, design coordination meetings, and client interviews.
• Mentor, train, and provide technical guidance to Estimator I and Estimator II team members.
• Support business development and strategic growth initiatives by assisting with client relationship development and major project pursuits.
• Maintain compliance with company estimating standards, bid procedures, contractual requirements, and risk management practices.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Project management

Communication

Mentorship

Bid strategy

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in construction science, electrical engineering, or related fields

Tools

Accubid estimating software

Live Count digital take off software

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Enterprise Electrical is seeking a Senior Estimator to lead complex preconstruction efforts for large-scale electrical projects, including data centers, healthcare facilities, and manufacturing sites. You will manage detailed estimates, risk and labor analysis, and value engineering while mentoring junior staff.

Office-based with periodic site walks, you will collaborate with operations, BIM/VDC, procurement, and business development to ensure accurate, competitive pricing from concept through