Lead Estimator

As a Lead Estimator with Bosch Building Technologies, your primary responsibility will be to maximize the award of profitable contracts by providing strategic leadership for estimating and bid administration activities across multiple projects and markets. In this role, you will serve as a senior technical resource and mentor to the estimating team while collaborating closely with Sales, Engineering, Operations, and Project Management to develop competitive, accurate, and profitable solutions for our customers.

Ideal candidates will represent Bosch in a professional manner that aligns with our values of leadership mindset, people development, teamwork, and client focus. A typical day may include leading bid strategy meetings, reviewing complex estimates, mentoring estimators, participating in customer scope discussions, supporting business development efforts, and partnering with operations teams to ensure successful project transitions.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the preparation, review, and delivery of accurate and competitive cost estimates based on drawings, specifications, customer requirements, and site conditions.
• Provide technical and strategic leadership for the estimating team, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and adherence to Bosch standards and best practices.
• Mentor and develop estimators through training, guidance, and peer reviews to improve estimating quality and effectiveness.
• Work closely with Engineering, Sales, Operations, and Project Management teams to develop labor estimates, logistics plans, project execution strategies, and detailed Bills of Material (BOMs).
• Perform comprehensive scope reviews to identify risks, exclusions, assumptions, value engineering opportunities, and potential cost-saving measures.
• Lead and coordinate complex cost estimates across multiple disciplines and technologies, ensuring complete scope alignment and eliminating gaps, overlaps, and inconsistencies in work scope and pricing across cross-functional teams.
• Lead bid strategy and proposal review meetings for large, complex, or high-risk opportunities.
• Identify labor, material, equipment, subcontractor, and scheduling requirements through detailed analysis of project documentation.
• Develop and maintain estimating standards, labor units, pricing databases, templates, process, documentation and best practices.
• Review and approve estimates prepared by other estimators to ensure compliance with company guidelines and profitability targets.
• Coordinate bid proposal development with all internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Obtain and negotiate pricing from manufacturers, distributors, and subcontractors to maximize project competitiveness and profitability.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 10 years of estimating, design, project management, or related experience within the low-voltage, structured cabling, security, or technology integration industry.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience preparing complex estimates for large-scale commercial, industrial, healthcare, education, logistics, data center, or mission-critical projects.
• Demonstrated leadership experience mentoring estimators, leading estimating efforts, or managing preconstruction activities.
• Strong understanding of estimating principles, labor productivity analysis, project costing methodologies, and risk assessment.
• Advanced computer proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Bluebeam, project management software, and estimating/quoting platforms.
• Strong understanding of network infrastructure, security technologies, data center environments, and related technologies.
• Working knowledge of IP networking, low-voltage systems, power distribution, and communications infrastructure.
• Ability to create and review design drawings, spreadsheets, project documentation, and handoff packages.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation and customer-facing capabilities.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple pursuits simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail and meeting deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Progressive leadership experience within a low-voltage, security integration, or technology systems estimating organization.
• Experience leading estimates exceeding $10M in project value across multiple technology disciplines.
• Experience developing estimating processes, standards, labor models, and pricing databases.
• Strong understanding of project execution methodologies and operations management.
• Excellent organization and attention to detail
• Experience working with some or all of the following systems:
  
  • Access Control: LenelS2, Genetec, Software House, Avigilon, Gallagher, AMAG
  • Video Surveillance: Milestone, Avigilon, Genetec
  • Intrusion Detection: Bosch, DMP
  • Audio/Visual: Crestron, Qsys, Extron
  • Structured Cabling: Panduit, Commscope, Corning

Physical Demands:

In general, the following physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

• Must be able to effectively communicate, (i.e., see, hear, speak, and write clearly) in order to communicate with colleagues and/or customers; manual dexterity required for occasional reaching, lifting of light office objects, and operating office equipment
• Position is a desk job requiring the use of computer, keyboard, and phone

Working Conditions:

In general, the following conditions of the work environment are representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• The office is clean, orderly, properly lighted, and ventilated. Noise levels are considered low to moderate
• This is a hybrid office position

Additional Information:

• Working Hours: This position generally works Monday - Friday, overtime and on call when necessary
• Bosch Discounts: As an associate of Bosch, you will have access to various discount programs
• Benefits:
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • 401K w/ company match
  • Life/AD&D/LTD
  • Paid Vacation/Sick/Holidays
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Pet Insurance