Senior Electrical Estimator – Solar & BESS (Remote)

Koch Industries Inc.; Bedminster Township, Katy, Pleasanton, Scottsdale (NJ, TX, CA, AZ); Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Variable pay

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

DEPCOM Power, a Koch Engineered Solutions company, seeks an experienced Electrical Estimator to support utility-scale Solar and BESS projects. You will review engineering and field documentation, perform detailed takeoffs, and build cost models for labor, equipment, and materials.

The role involves collaborating with engineering, procurement, and construction teams, validating scope assumptions, and updating cost data to ensure competitive proposals.

Qualifications

• Experience estimating electrical construction work for an electrical contractor, EPC contractor, or similar organization.
• Experience evaluating incomplete project or field documentation and validating scope.
• Experience using cost estimating methodologies and estimating software.
• Experience performing quantity takeoffs, labor modeling, productivity analysis, vendor quote evaluation, and contingency development.
• Willing and able to travel up to 25% to project sites and meetings.

Responsibilities

• Review engineering documentation, design packages, BOMs, and field docs to develop accurate estimates for utility-scale Solar and BESS projects.
• Develop detailed bottoms-up cost estimates for labor, equipment, materials, subs, rentals, mobilization, and other costs.
• Perform electrical quantity takeoffs and build labor and productivity models from project docs.
• Create estimate assumptions, exclusions, allowances, escalation factors, and contingency strategies.
• Collaborate with project teams to validate scope and identify risks to support proposals.
• Evaluate vendor and subcontractor pricing and keep data current for cost models.
• Incorporate actual costs and lessons learned from site visits to improve estimating accuracy.

Skills

Electrical estimation

Takeoffs

Vendor pricing

Labor modeling

Travel up to 25%

Education

Tools

InEight Estimating

Job description

DEPCOM Power, a Koch Engineered Solutions company, seeks an experienced Electrical Estimator to support utility-scale Solar and BESS projects. You will review engineering and field documentation, perform detailed takeoffs, and build cost models for labor, equipment, and materials.

The role involves collaborating with engineering, procurement, and construction teams, validating scope assumptions, and updating cost data to ensure competitive proposals.