Knobelsdorff

Estimator

• Proactively review bid packages and lead or participate in developing high-quality pricing and proposal.
• Develop or lead the development of comprehensive bid packages for submittal to the client.
• Develop and manage RFP’s for various packages and solicit proposals from vendors, subcontractors, and suppliers.
• Direct customer interface throughout the bidding and design process.
• Work with internal and external team members to solicit pricing and provide a complete bid package with complete ownership through the entire bidding process.
• Request pricing for bonds, sales tax, insurance, prevailing wage, and other pricing requirements as projects require.
• Review historical project data and lessons learned with construction teams to further refine and increase the accuracy of the pricing model.
• Development of complete and accurate solar and battery storage estimates ranging from 1MW to 50+MW projects.
• Estimate self-perform labor and equipment production costs to be incorporated into the proposal.
• Prepare, and present bid detailed contractual proposals for clarification to the client.
• Understanding of solar project scope, schedule, and cost to build conforming bid.
• Write, modify, and define detailed project scope to communicate to the customer what is included/excluded from the proposal.
• Continually maintain a solar estimating database of pricing and assemblies A desire for the continued growth of knowledge and understanding of the solar market.
• Provide technical assistance such as interpretation of drawings, recommending construction methods, specify and order materials, tools and equipment.
• Identify potential project risks and bring them forward for discussion, and mitigation strategies.
• Provide detailed hand-off package and continued project support as needed to Preconstruction and Construction project teams.
• Manage project files, drawings, documents & records in our project system.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Estimator – Electrical