Senior Electrical Estimator / Pre-Construction Manager

Accent Electrical Services is a commercial electrical contractor based in Broomfield, Colorado. We work along the Colorado Front Range, occasionally estimating specific travel projects in Wyoming, Colorado Springs, and Summit County. We're looking for a seasoned estimator to run our estimating process from first budget through award - someone who understands that client relationships are built over years. This position reports directly to ownership, and formal, hands-on training with our current estimating team is included to ensure a smooth transition into the position.

What you will do:

• Prepare complete hard-bid and negotiated estimates for commercial electrical projects up to $9,000,000 in electrical contract value. As one of two estimators, you will carry an individual bid load of approximately $45–70 million per year.

• Build conceptual and schematic budgets from SD and DD documents — filling gaps with sound judgment & historical knowledge where drawings are incomplete, and carrying appropriate design-growth contingency through each phase.

• Track and reconcile estimates and pricing changes through each design phase (Concept - SD - DD - CD), documenting scope growth and communicating cost movement to clients before it becomes a surprise.

• Convert winning bids into working project budgets and hand off cleanly to project management — providing pricing, quantities, and takeoff information for PMs and foremen to use at buyout.

• Drive value engineering: identify real cost-saving alternates in gear, lighting, distribution, and means and methods — and present them credibly to GCs, owners, and design teams.

• Work directly with our established GC and owner client base from pursuit through project completion — attend pre-bids, scope reviews, and post-bid interviews.

• Perform quantity takeoffs, solicit and level vendor and supplier quotes, and manage bid-day assembly.

• Monitor commodity pricing (copper, aluminum, steel, oil) and major quotable equipment lead times, and reflect current market conditions in every number we put out.

• Update and maintain permit fee and sales/use-tax requirements by jurisdiction, and apply them correctly in every estimate.

• Serve as the administrator of our Accubid Pro estimating database: update material pricing and verify price increases via Trade Service (Tra-Ser) online, review updates to spot errors, change part numbers as needed (e.g., “halted” items), maintain labor units and difficulty factors, and build new items and assemblies.

• Manage electronic bid solicitations in Procore, BuildingConnected, and similar ITB and online plan-room platforms: accept/decline invitations, review plans and specs, download and organize bid documents, complete GC bid forms, and submit proposals on time.

• Maintain bid tracking — hit rates, historical pricing, and bid spreads by client and project type — and use that history to sharpen future pricing and bid/no-bid decisions.

• Compile bid forms, marketing packets, and bid-specific prequalification documents.

• Provide day-to-day direction and mentorship to one supporting estimator.

This is not the full job description of the position, but a summary