Senior Electrical Estimator & Preconstruction Lead

Tesim Electric; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 79,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

Vehicle/mileage reimbursement on site/

Job summary

TESIM Electric seeks a senior estimator to lead preconstruction for large electrical projects in Texas data-center pipeline. You’ll own cost models, takeoffs, and bid strategy, presenting defensible numbers to GC and owner teams.

You’ll build relationships with GC preconstruction groups, attend bid walks, and drive value engineering and alternates. This role blends estimating excellence with client-facing leadership, travel across Texas required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of commercial or industrial electrical estimating, preconstruction, or GC-facing precon.
• Track record pricing complex commercial electrical scopes: data centers, mission-critical, healthcare, industrial, or advanced manufacturing.
• Executive presence - comfortable in the room with senior GC and owner leadership.

Responsibilities

• Full-cycle estimating: conceptual through construction documents on commercial electrical scopes.
• Quantity takeoffs, labor unitization, material pricing, sub solicitation, bid assembly.
• Executive-level relationships with GC precon teams - the room where the bid list gets set.
• Attending bid walks, precon meetings, and pursuit strategy sessions as the face of TESIM.
• Value engineering, alternates, and proposals that make GCs want to hire us.
• Bid/no-bid discipline - chasing the right work, walking away from the wrong work.
• Clean turnover to operations after award - no surprises on day one of construction.

Skills

Executive presence

Estimating experience

Preconstruction leadership

Education

Bachelor's in Construction Management, Electrical Engineering, or related

Tools

Accubid

LiveCount

Trimble

ConEst

Bluebeam

Job description

TESIM Electric seeks a senior estimator to lead preconstruction for large electrical projects in Texas data-center pipeline. You’ll own cost models, takeoffs, and bid strategy, presenting defensible numbers to GC and owner teams.

You’ll build relationships with GC preconstruction groups, attend bid walks, and drive value engineering and alternates. This role blends estimating excellence with client-facing leadership, travel across Texas required.