Estimator at METROPOWER in Jacksonville, Florida

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Review proposal specifications, drawings, and attend pre-bid meetings, etc. to determine scope of work and required contents of estimate.


• Comprehend industrial electrical applications and code.


• Comprehend industrial electrical control schematics and drawings.


• Prepare disciplined estimates by calculating complete take-off of scope of work.


• Coordinate estimating effort relevant to particular estimate as assigned.


• Review and approve take-off and estimates done by estimator trainees under him/her.


• Submit bids and proposals on projects estimated.


• Prepare breakdown of estimate. Provide estimate information to Project Manager.


• Prepare reports as requested.


• Introduce cost saving ideas through redesign (Value Engineering opportunities).


• Maintain files of working documents as back-up for estimate figures, including current information on prices from suppliers.


• Improve and update computer-estimating system. Maintain estimating system prices, labor, etc.


• Introduce better, more efficient estimating procedures.


• Schedule estimate backlog to determine how many estimators are required to complete estimates.