Sr. Estimator - Transportation

Colonial Group; Escondido (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Baker Electric is seeking a Sr. Estimator for Electrical Transportation in Escondido, CA. The role focuses on producing and assembling bids, budgets, change orders, and design-build proposals within Baker Electric's scope.

You will mentor others, build client relationships, and tackle complex estimating challenges. The position requires leading the estimating team, analyzing drawings and specs, and ensuring all bid documents are completed accurately.

Qualifications

• Leads Transportation Estimating Team with timely roll-out and execution of the entire estimate deliverable process.
• Assumes job duties and responsibilities of the Estimator II.
• Proven knowledge of electrical transportation needs (traffic signals, street lighting, comms).
• Proficiency with construction software like Bluebeam and Accubid.

Responsibilities

• Organize the bid team, provide leadership on means/methods, schedule and strategy.
• Create detailed crew and production cost estimates and review prices with estimating team.
• Attend pre-bid meetings, site tours, and post-bid interviews as required.
• Assist in gathering actual vs. estimated costs and maintain cost history.

Skills

Team leadership

Bid analysis

Cost estimation

Mentoring

Problem solving

Education

CPE - Certified Professional Electrical Estimator

Tools

Bluebeam

Accubid

Job description

SUMMARY:

The position of Electrical Transportation Sr. Estimator has been established to enhance the profitability of the business by producing and assembling bids, budgets, change, design build and change order proposals that accurately reflect projects within Baker Electric's scope. The Sr. Estimator will build and maintain relationships with clients, mentor others, and problem solve some of the most complex estimating issues. This an exempt position and may lead and directly manage employees.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assumes job duties and responsibilities of the Estimator II.
• Manage, oversee, and perform all take-off and quantity surveys per company standardized procedures.
• Leads Transportation Estimating Team with timely roll-out and execution of the entire estimate deliverable process.
• Conduct initial analysis of drawings and specifications to ensure required documentation is present and determine scope of work.
• Responsible for the completion of all bid related documents.

• Critically analyze bid documents and understand risk and opportunities and articulate those to management.
• Organize the bid team, providing leadership and direction with regards to means and methods, schedule, and strategy.
• Participate in technical proposals for Alternative Delivery projects as requested.
• Effectively plug budgets for all disciplines, vendors, and subcontractors.
• Create detailed crew and production cost estimates and review prices with estimating team.

• Attends project site pre-bid meetings, site tours, and post-bid interviews as required.
• Accurately assesses and plans takeoff workload.
• Assist in the process of gathering actual cost vs. estimated cost, maintaining project cost history.
• Manage and maintain subcontractor database and subcontractor prequalification.
• Builds and maintains effective relationships with customers, design team, subcontractors, suppliers, vendors and user groups that reflect and support company core values and meets or exceeds the customer’s expectations.

• Assist with business developments activities.
• Conduct special studies to develop and analyze new material and installation procedures and related cost data to determine the effect of possible cost reductions as directed by Chief Estimator.
• Perform other special projects as needed.

EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION:

• 3+ years of experience as an Electrical Transportation Estimator. Years of experience in role may vary by previous field experience in the electrical trade.
• Proven ability to successfully complete various Electrical transportation estimates and budgets simultaneously
• Proven knowledge of electrical relevant to needs of the electrical transportation business group (traffic signals, street lighting, communication systems, intelligent traffic systems, etc.)
• Overall understanding of construction business (operations, procurement / buy outs, risk management, etc.)
• CPE “Certified Professional Electrical Estimator” a plus

• Proficiency in Bluebeam, Accubid or similar construction software
• Intermediate use of Excel
• Exposure to mentoring or training new Estimators