Senior Electrical Estimator – Solar & BESS (Remote)

Koch Business Solutions, LP; Pleasanton (CA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

DEPCOM Power is seeking an experienced Electrical Estimator to develop accurate, bottoms-up cost estimates for utility-scale Solar and BESS projects. You will review engineering documents, perform quantity takeoffs, and build labor/material cost models to support competitive proposals.

Preferred bases include Scottsdale, AZ, Bedminster, NJ, Katy, TX, or Pleasanton, CA, with remote consideration available. Travel up to 25% is expected to sites and meetings as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience estimating electrical construction work for an electrical contractor, EPC contractor, or similar organization.
• Experience evaluating and estimating work where project or field documentation may be incomplete or require additional scope validation.
• Experience using cost estimating methodologies and estimating software.
• Experience performing quantity takeoffs, labor modeling, productivity analysis, vendor quote evaluation, and contingency development.

Responsibilities

• Review engineering documentation, design packages, one-line diagrams, bills of material (BOMs), project specifications, and field documentation to develop accurate estimates for utility-scale Solar and BESS projects.
• Develop detailed bottoms-up cost estimates for labor, equipment, materials, subcontractors, rentals, mobilization, and other project costs.
• Perform electrical quantity takeoffs and develop labor and productivity models using engineering design packages and available project documentation.
• Develop estimate assumptions, exclusions, allowances, escalation factors, and contingency strategies to appropriately account for project scope and commercial risk.
• Partner with project development, engineering, procurement, and construction teams to validate scope assumptions, identify project risks, and support proposal development.
• Evaluate vendor and subcontractor pricing and maintain current material, equipment, labor, and productivity data to support competitive and accurate cost models.
• Conduct site visits as needed and incorporate actual project costs, execution feedback, and lessons learned to continuously improve estimating accuracy and proposal chair.

Skills

Electrical estimating

Labor modeling

Takeoffs

Tools

InEight Estimating

Job description

DEPCOM Power is seeking an experienced Electrical Estimator to develop accurate, bottoms-up cost estimates for utility-scale Solar and BESS projects. You will review engineering documents, perform quantity takeoffs, and build labor/material cost models to support competitive proposals.

Preferred bases include Scottsdale, AZ, Bedminster, NJ, Katy, TX, or Pleasanton, CA, with remote consideration available. Travel up to 25% is expected to sites and meetings as needed.