Senior Lighting Estimator

Job Description

The Colonial Lighting Projects team has the expertise to estimate, bid, and manage projects of any scale. These projects include but are not limited to large federal buildings, schools, airports and corporate institutions. We meet all project milestones, supply material in one or multiple staged releases and deliver to on-site or off-site warehousing.

SUMMARY:

Estimator to prepare accurate, on-time, and competitive quotes for lighting construction bids.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Read and review lighting specifications and plans
• Request pricing and lead times through manufacturers and sales reps
• Produce comprehensive and timely lighting proposals
• Effectively and accurately cost estimate projects
• Maximize sales and profitability by knowing the marketplace and extracting the highest possible competitive selling price.
• Interact with customers to follow up on quotes
• Ensure value-add service from evaluation of existing blueprint
• Review submittal approvals and update quotes accordingly
• Review changes within drawing bulletins/addendums and update quotes accordingly
• Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen customer relationships
• Collaborate with the Sales team and management concerning customer status, history, changes, potential, quotations, strategies, and other related pertinent sales information.
• Input data and communicate with customers/vendors
• Collaborate with Project Management team throughout duration of the project
• Stay current with new product information and emerging technologies

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and/or four years related experience and/or training preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Will train the right applicant.

COMPUTER SKILL

Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Suite: Word & Excel. Adobe. Gmail. Plus the ability to learn how to use our proprietary Project Management software.

NEGOTIATING ABILITY

Ability to build personal relationships with customers and vendors without clouding judgement of goals of obtaining the best deal for the employer. A more assertive than accommodating individual who can devise and implement strategy to achieve goals.