E&I Estimator - Remote
E&I Estimator — Remote - Data Center Construction Location: Odessa, Texas Travel: To project sites as needed Pay: $53-$56 per hour Employment Type: Full-time, exempt Prepare estimates for large-scale data center and industrial electrical projects, from early budgeting through final bid submission. You’ll work with operations, engineering, project management, procurement, vendors, and subcontractors to build accurate estimates and support successful bids.
What You Will Do
Prepare conceptual, budgetary, and hard-bid estimates for electrical, instrumentation, low-voltage, and controls scopes. Review drawings, specifications, one-line diagrams, P&IDs, bid documents, and project requirements. Complete quantity takeoffs for medium- and low-voltage systems, switchgear, MCCs, transformers, bus duct, cable tray, conduit, underground electrical, grounding, lighting, instrumentation, fiber optics, structured cabling, building automation interfaces, fire alarm, and security systems. Develop labor estimates using productivity factors, and evaluate vendor and subcontractor quotations. Estimate material, equipment, indirect costs, general conditions, supervision, and site logistics. Identify project risks and recommend contingencies. Participate in value engineering, pre-bid meetings, client estimate reviews, bid clarifications, and negotiations. Coordinate with operations, project management, engineering, and procurement teams. Support change order pricing and maintain historical estimating data. What You Will Bring 7 or more years of electrical and instrumentation estimating experience. 3 or more years estimating hyperscale data centers, mission-critical facilities, or large industrial EPC projects. Experience estimating electrical project values exceeding $25 million. Knowledge of NEC, NFPA, IEEE standards, and industrial electrical construction practices. Strong blueprint and specification interpretation and quantity takeoff skills. Strong math, analytical, communication, and presentation skills. Ability to travel to project sites and walk active construction sites, climb stairs and ladders, occasionally lift up to 25 pounds, and work outdoors in industrial environments.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in data center, mission-critical, industrial EPC, oil and gas, power generation, semiconductor, or design-build construction. Field electrical construction experience or a journeyman electrician background. Experience with estimating and project tools such as Accubid, ConEst, Bluebeam Revu, Navisworks, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Procore, AutoCAD, Microsoft Project, or Primavera P6. Advanced Microsoft Excel skills. Experience estimating generators, UPS and battery systems, utility interconnections, PLC/DCS installations, fiber optics, structured cabling, fire alarm, security, or commissioning support.