Senior Electrical Estimator at Braun Electric Company, Inc.

Senior Electrical Estimator

The Opportunity

At Braun Electric Company, Inc., we're looking for a Senior Electrical Estimator to own our most complex bids from the first plan review through award and handoff to Operations. You'll bring deep electrical estimating expertise, set the strategy for how each bid comes together, and lead a team of estimators to deliver it on time and with confidence.

This role is for an experienced estimator who's ready to do more than produce numbers. You'll shape scope and pricing decisions, work directly with clients and general contractors, and develop the next generation of estimators, while partnering with the Chief Estimator on final review and approval.

Your Role

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Leading bids start to finish. Review plans, specifications, and bid documents; set the estimating approach; organize takeoff, labor, bid-form, and material requirements; assign work across the bid team; and keep the bid on schedule through final review and submission.

• Building complete, defensible estimates. Quantify scope; price labor, material, equipment, tools, and subcontracted work; evaluate vendor and subcontractor quotes; and perform a detailed final check for accuracy and completeness.

• Shaping bid strategy and value engineering. Analyze scope and risk, develop pricing alternatives, identify value-engineering and prefabrication opportunities, prepare RFIs, and align with operations and field leadership on the approach presented to the customer.

• Coordinating bid teams and stakeholders. Direct estimating activity and serve as the main point of contact with clients, general contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, and subcontractors, including at pre-bid meetings, job walks, interviews, and proposal presentations.

• Developing other estimators. Guide junior estimators through assigned bid work, review their contributions, share standards and expectations, and help build future estimating leaders.

You'll also be responsible for:

• Documenting scope clearly. Prepare and review scope letters, bid forms, RFQs, takeoff records, and estimate files so every proposal reflects exactly what's included and excluded.

• Preparing conceptual and budget pricing. Interpret early design information and develop budgets and alternatives before full construction documents are available.

• Handing off awarded work. Complete bid files and walk the project team through the estimate, scope, pricing assumptions, and risks after award.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent, plus 7+ years of electrical estimating experience, with a record of building complete estimates and leading the bid process.

• Ability to plan estimating work, delegate bid activities, review others' work, and make sound pricing recommendations within an established review and approval process.

• Proficiency with McCormick, Accubid, or comparable electrical estimating software, and strong working skills in Microsoft Excel and Word.

• Clear, professional communication with clients, general contractors, vendors, subcontractors, and internal teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, electrical engineering, or a related field.

• 5+ years of electrical field experience, giving you a working knowledge of installation methods, labor productivity, sequencing, and constructability.

• Experience supervising or leading other estimators.

• Familiarity with prevailing wage and public works bidding.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Bids arrive ready for approval. Scope, quantities, labor, pricing, vendor and subcontractor coverage, and assumptions are fully checked before they reach the Chief Estimator.

• Bid teams know what's expected. Work is well organized, responsibilities are clearly assigned, and each contribution is reviewed and assembled into one cohesive estimate.

• Junior estimators grow. They take on larger and more complex bid work because of your guidance and review.

• Awarded work transitions smoothly. Operations receives an organized estimate and a clear understanding of the scope, assumptions, and pricing behind the bid.

Compensation & Benefits

Pay range: $150,000.00 – $165,000.00 per year*

*This range reflects the pay Braun Electric Company, Inc. reasonably expects to offer for this position. Actual pay depends on job-related factors such as experience, skills, education, certifications, and work location. Additional compensation may apply.

• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance

• 401(k) with company match

• Short- and long-term disability coverage

• Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation

• Company vehicle

Position Details

Location: Bakersfield, CA Work arrangement: On-site Employment type: Full-time

Schedule: Typically 40 hours per week. Start and end times may vary with project and customer needs, and additional hours may be needed for bid deadlines, meetings, and critical activities.

Travel: Up to [25]%, mainly within the region to project sites, company offices, and client meetings. Regular operation of a company or personal vehicle is an essential function of this role.

Physical requirements: Extended periods of sitting, plus standing, walking, typing, and occasionally lifting up to 50 lbs. Work is mostly indoors with low to moderate noise.

These duties describe the general nature and scope of the role and are not an exhaustive list; other duties may be assigned.

Bakersfield, CA