ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATOR; SUCCESSFUL COMPANY, WELL RUN DEPARTMENT

We need an experienced, productive and thoughtful electrical construction estimator. What we have to exchange with you is a position in large and financially stable organization with a leader who is a leader in both the technical and personal dimensions. We also have a career path for a mid-career estimator that can take a committed and talented person to the chief estimator’s slot here.

We are location in a company system that delivered in excess of three hundred million dollars of electrical construction services last year. We are executing plans for growth that have us at half a billion annual sales level by 2010, and we have consistently hit our goals for decades. That half-billion is a real target for us.

For you as an estimator in our business that means the prospect of a progressive career, good resources and an exciting work environment. We have moved our estimating staff up through the ranks because we have enjoyed the growth that makes that possible. We are one of the strongest electrical constructors in the United States and operate with a cash reserve. We reflect a very stable environment for you to build your career in. We are nice people and consider fit when adding new staff so that the quality of the collaboration and the morale in the estimating team remains high.

When we talk about good resources we are talking about more than nice office spaces and a good computer estimating network. We have the money and we have the field. Your success as an estimator is intimately tied to the quality of the operations you lead and support. You can assemble a great estimate and a job that YOU know YOU could build and make money on, but if that well estimated job gets placed in the wrong operational hands a well estimated job that should have been a winner can quickly become a bad job. Since you as an estimator are evaluated by the success of your jobs financially, you need a strong field, great operational leaders and the assurance of solid accurate reporting to take your good front end work and have it delivered as an overall success. We have the people to take your wins and make them profitable outcomes.

With first class craft training on an ongoing basis and the most sophisticated enterprise resource management system that can be put in place along with quantitative reporting on the jobs, the chances of your work being realized as you estimated it are excellent working with us. Project controls here are bleeding edge and jobs are under control from inception until turn over. We will make your work shine.

Success is in place. We have an extremely highly qualified and stable management team and morale is good. Being a good place to work is a measure of success. We are invited to return and continue working for our private clients, and that is a measure of success. We are paying the vendors, and, the company makes money. All of that is part of success. We share profits too, and you will find real bonus dollars for performers in our system. That (profit sharing) is a genuine part our culture and it was part of the business from the inception.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are in a staff building mode and really need more than one person if we can find good fits. Because of that we are willing to look at estimators with different skill sets and at different career levels.We need a production estimator.We need a good conceptual estimator.We need a good estimator with strong bid/spec. experienceWe have room for a lead estimator.

First and foremost we are an electrical construction company and need a successful person coming from an electrical construction company. We are self-performing and work “at risk� and that environment describes the culture. The vast bulk of our work is commercial and institutional electrical construction. That means we put electrical systems in buildings along with the occasional outdoor venue. We need you to have built your career in the electrical construction business.

The job of estimating is about counting, engineering, anticipation of circumstances, field insight, man-loading and applying labor. The greatest estimators of all are those that combine discipline and accuracy to be applied to the count, with the vision of the president of the company when they build a job. Whether you are a conceptual estimator, a production plan & specification estimator, a government jobs estimator/public works line-item estimator, or a design/build estimator, these fundamentals are always there. Yes, the codes may be different in hospitals than in condominiums, but the basics of estimation remain the same.

What is being put in, how is it situated, what are elevations and densities, how long are the pathways, what are the obstacles, how much are the commodities, and special tools, and special conditions (outdoor, weather), critical schedule requirements, limited access, impact of the NEC or special codes, and what did we forget (site, cutting, core drilling, large rentals & etc.) It is the count and conditions that bring you to “the number�. Whether it comes from you or to you, in effect you are taking a job off.

We need estimators at every level from mid-level to chief. We need conceptual staff, we need strong bid-spec professionals and we need line production estimators. We need lead estimators. We are growing.

The most compact description of the estimator’s duties and responsibilities is counting (take off), applying labor in accordance with realistic field circumstances and coming up with a number. While that minimalist job description is true, a great estimator knows how a job lays out and how it can be manned, even more important, when and during what phases it can be manned at what level. A great estimator can think like a general superintendent. A pro can see if the system is complete, and detect omissions and errors. A great estimator, either by training or experience has become and electrical designer and design alternatives genius.

A good estimator can put an accurate number on the job, but a great estimator can evaluate risk, and potential latitude in execution of the work based on relationships, and even comes to know how the competitive local shops are loaded and where to look for more dollars because meaningful local competition is saturated with work.

And then we move on into lead estimating, where you are working with a team. All the goals are the same with the exception that, beyond processing some of the gritty work, you delegate work, allocating portions of the work to a team you are leading, you develop the critical path work schedules for the team, you do quality assurance and quality control work on the job, and reintegrate the pieces, finally putting the number on the job. There are human elements that are part of management and team leadership, and good leadership means excellent plans and personal approach. All people cannot be approached the same way and great managers learn their staff and can adapt. There are elements of “babysitting� that come with leadership as well.

The job description, then, depends upon where you want to enter our organization and your experience level. We set up a consultant to talk to people before their applications enter the company database. I respectfully suggest talking to our outside expert. He has the experience with us and insight to fully describe the working circumstances.

We use computer tools and everybody shares a part of system upgrade and maintenance (building and updating assemblies and templates). We like our files to be clean (not a pile of hanging sticky notes and illegible scribble), complete and expect everybody to chip in and support good administrative methods and housekeeping. We are not here at all hours of the day and night or all weekend and we make sure we are not by working in a focused and brisk manner while here. We move work efficiently through our estimating department. I would say that we are ceaselessly busy here, and there is energy in the environment.

 

OUR LOCATION

Desert Southwest. This is important. We want people who are attracted to the climate here and culture of a growing area. The outdoors are available 365 days per year, and you can enjoy everything from big city life to ranch life all within an hour and that is just a part of what makes this area attractive. Energy, change and the availability of all that can be offered (entertainment, fine dining, great shopping, extensive recreational possibilities, great healthcare) is part of what makes our region of the country exciting. We have found that certain people love it here and others cannot live here. Hot during the day, cool and spectacular at night is part of it. The diversity is part of it. If you like it cool and wet, this is likely not your spot. If you want everybody in your neighborhood to be from Finland and of the same denomination, again, this is not your spot. If you want to sit by the pool as the sun sets and take your kids dirt biking on the weekends, this may be a 10 for you.

 

MONEY, PERKS AND BENEFITS

The base pay range is $75,700.00 to $110,000.00. Remember, we need production estimators, bid/spec pros, leads and even a chief and the salary range corresponds with your standing as a professional electrical estimator. We are willing to discuss bonus history. We offer a good medical, vision and dental program 100% for the employee, and truly nominal for children, 401K with match of 1/3, profit sharing on top of the 401K, long and short-term disability. Mileage, cell phone and business expenses are part of the package. We will consider moving a person that is an excellent fit in our organization.

 

CONTACT US

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