Electrical Construction Scheduler

Scheduler - Electrical Contractor - Charlotte NC
Our client is an established Electrical Contracting Firm that is a leader in the Data Center / Mission Critical Facilities Market. They build mission-critical facilities for data center facilities nationwide for Enterprise Colocation and Hyperscale Companies. They provide electrical contractors designers electrical commissioning operations / maintenance and management expertise for their clients critical power needs. This opportunity provides a career-growth minded role with exciting projects with leading-edge technology and innovation as well as competitive salaries and benefits.

The Senior Electrical Estimator will support projects and will collaborate with other Estimators clients and suppliers to prepare and complete bid / submittals for electrical construction projects. This role will follow company standards and strategy for pursuing estimates that fall within companys parameters. The candidate will have overall responsibility for the delivery of estimations for customers on time and in line with project scopes that meet quality Company Design Standards and the objectives set for the project. The successful candidate will have to be exceptionally organized and be great with back-office work.

Responsibilities:

• Develop accurate and timely electrical construction estimates on which we base competitive bids and proposals for our client-base of General Contractors Owners Developers and end-users
• Determine and price value-engineered alternatives to plans and specifications
• Perform budget pricing from schematic drawings and narrative
• Draft scope letters proposals and vendor solicitations
• Attend job walks; pre-bid meetings; collaborations and conferences with clients and design professionals
• Follow Best Practices for the Estimating Department
• Development and maintenance of computerized estimating programs and databases
• Follow company standards for estimating electrical design / build and plans and specs work. Compile final bid packages for review by Executive and Project Teams
• Review estimates created by others for accuracy and completeness
• Perform job handoffs from estimating to operations through clearly demonstrating detailed scopes of work specifications and job specific conditions.
• Follow procedures for the preparation of estimates for modifications and additions
• Prepare of estimates in accordance with the approved procedure for all phases of the works from the agreed engineering deliverables to the appropriate level of accuracy
• Prepare rationale statements to support the estimate identifying areas of weakness and or areas of risk.
• Carry out validation and verification of the estimates using high level norms and by comparing with previous estimates outcome costs and vendor prices
• Lead estimating team lead estimating team meetings and assist when needed in training developing of jr staff of estimators qualified to carry out departmental and project needs
• Review contractual documents and modifications to determine scope of work and scope of changes.
• Assists project management with preparation of schedules for estimate preparation review and publication
• Develops forms formats and procedures to improve the quality of work produced in the Department
• Interfaces directly with clients when needed

Qualifications:

• 2-5 years of estimating and preconstruction bid experience of large electrical projects
• Knowledge and proficiency with Code requirements and basic electrical engineering calculations; Voltage-drop Ohms law conduit-fill wire ampacity de-rating etc.
• Proven experience in driving the successful execution of the bid process for $10 million to $100 million bids
• Electrical Contracting experience a must!
• Will consider union or non-union candidates
• Have and/or build the industry contacts that will contribute to bid success
• Experience interacting with State and local Municipalities a plus
• Solid knowledge of Estimating software - Accubid Anywhere with LiveCount McCormick Bluebeam and a deep understanding of ContEst a plus
• Highly motivated organized and detail oriented
• Previous experience in the Military / Military veterans in all branches that have experience with Electrical / Mechanical is a huge plus! (Navy Nukes- EMN ETN MMNs Seabees Army - Power Generation Air Force Power Production Generator Techs Maritime Coast Guard etc.)
• Relevant experience in Critical Facilities
• Client Facing /Client relationship / Client Management skills a plus
• Computer Savvy Microsoft Teams Outlook PP Word MS Project (scheduling with Activities and resources etc.) MS Excel (pivot tables vlookup graphing) Adobe Primavera P6 Bluebeam and Procure
• Solid Communicator (written and verbal)
• Possess highly refined analytical / problem solving abilities
• Ability to successfully work independently; Self Starter self-motivated attention to detail and should prioritize well

Submittal Instructions:
Please apply directly by clicking the link below alternatively you can forward your resume directly to:

After applying if you have further questions you may call and ask for Iggy. You can also submit via our career portal and take a look at other Critical Facility openings we are working on at this job is not for you feel free to forward this along. WE PAY FOR REFERRALS!!

Company offers competitive salaries and benefits package including medical insurance a 401(k) plan
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