Overview Your Future at M.C. Dean We're seeking people driven to excellence and inspired to have a meaningful impact powering, automating, integrating, and securing the world’s most critical infrastructure and facilities. This translates into fulfilling opportunities for employees driven to excel in a meaningful career. As an employee at M.C. Dean, you will join forces with more than 5,800 professionals who engineer and deploy automated, secure and resilient power and technology systems; and deliver the management platforms essential for long-term system sustainability. Together, we transform the way complex, large-scale systems are designed, delivered, and sustained–enhancing client outcomes, improving lives, and changing the world for the better. **Position Description:** The **Project Estimator 3** works on electrical construction projects from bid and proposals through construction phase to completion, ensuring the work complies with all standards, specifications, and budgets. Responsibilities · Develop budgets and cost codes for projects; assist in the preparation of technical proposals, to include assisting in the design and writing of the scope of work, management plans, work sequence, safety, quality control and commissioning. · Gather data and assist in preparing bid proposal estimates and design/build proposals. · Develop and present clear and detailed project scopes to the customer and meeting with potential customers to present proposals. · Run day-to-day operations of a project or sub-section of a project. · Develop project schedules utilizing the Critical Path Method; assign cost and manpower to the schedule to provide cash and manpower forecasting. · Understand plans and specifications to identify the types and grades of materials and equipment needed and to ensure compliance with project requirements. · Gather data and assist in preparing bid proposal estimates and design/build proposals. · Perform take-offs from drawings, price change orders. · Understand and apply cost fundamentals, maintaining current, accurate information on prices from suppliers and contractors. · Identify value added solutions and cost saving methods. · Establish labor and productivity rates. · Identify change orders and ensure effective resolution. · Price, track and manage change orders. · Managing coordination, detailing logs, schedule, design development logs and criteria compliance matrix. · Assisting in Field Inspections / productivity tracking. · Proficient with MS Office Suite and AutoCAD; experience using sophisticated Estimating, Project Management and Scheduling software. · Experience reading and interpreting blueprints. · Knowledge of design principles, relevant codes, and safety standards · Familiarity with electrical equipment, materials, and specifications · Experience with contract documents such as contract drawings, subcontracts, contract addendum, specifications, and change orders · Experience or exposure to technical writing · Proven ability to effectively plan and organize one's own activities or the activities of others. · 2+ years’ experience working in the communications field with added experience in the electrical field preferred. · Familiarity with electrical equipment, materials, and specifications · Experience reading and interpreting blueprints. · Experience with contract documents such as contract drawings, subcontracts, contract addendum, · Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principals involved in the production of electrical plans, blueprints, and drawings. · Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work. · Generating high quality work · Working well with others to reach a common goal. · Must successfully pass a background check. · Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite is required. Qualifications **Education & Experience Required:** · 3+ years of experience with a master’s degree. · 5+ years of experience with a B.S. in Electrical, Civil, Architectural Engineering, Construction Management · 8+ years of experience with a related associates degree · 10+ years of experience with a High School diploma or GED. **Desired Qualifications (Not Required):** · Local candidates or current MC Dean employees preferred. · MS Project, P6 and Accubid are preferred software. · LEED certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) · Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) · Journeyman Electrician License · FE License, EIT License **Abilities:** · Exposure to computer screens for an extended period. · Sitting for extended periods of time. · Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction. · Have finger dexterity to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard. · Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. · Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. · Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. · Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. · Identify and understand the speech of another person.