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Senior Preconstruction Estimator
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Valley Alpha Electric
Ceres, CA (In Person)
$120,000 Salary, Full-Time
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Job Description
Valley Alpha Electric is seeking a Senior Preconstruction Estimator to help lead the next stage of growth within our preconstruction department. This is a high-impact role for an experienced electrical estimating professional who enjoys complex industrial projects, early project strategy, client collaboration, and turning incomplete information into reliable budgets and executable plans. The ideal candidate will bring strong electrical estimating experience, sound judgment, and the ability to bridge the gap between engineering, clients, vendors, and field operations. You will support negotiated, design-assist, design-build, and industrial construction opportunities while helping standardize estimating processes, improve handoffs, and strengthen project outcomes from day one.
WHY JOIN VALLEY ALPHA ELECTRIC?
- Work on meaningful industrial electrical projects across mining, food processing, manufacturing, agriculture, and heavy commercial environments.
- Join a company that values technical accuracy, practical field experience, collaboration, and long-term client relationships.
- Play a visible role in shaping preconstruction standards, estimating practices, and project planning processes.
- Collaborate closely with leadership, project management, engineering, and field teams in a hands-on, team-oriented environment.
- Receive competitive compensation with performance bonus opportunity.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
- Lead advanced estimating and budgeting. Prepare conceptual, design-assist, design-build, and negotiated estimates for complex industrial electrical projects, often from early-stage or incomplete drawing sets.
- Develop accurate and organized estimates. Use Conest IntelliBid to create detailed material takeoffs, labor pricing, assemblies, bid summaries, and proposal support.
- Evaluate project risk. Review specifications, drawings, scopes, exclusions, schedules, and proposal requirements to identify cost, constructability, and coordination risks.
- Coordinate vendors and equipment pricing. Solicit, review, and negotiate specialized vendor, manufacturer, and long lead-time equipment quotes.
- Serve as a preconstruction liaison. Communicate with industrial clients, plant managers, engineering teams, general contractors, utilities, vendors, and internal project teams.
- Support utility and permitting coordination. Help manage PG&E applications, service upgrades, temporary power planning, and municipal permitting workflows to reduce mobilization delays.
- Lead project handoffs. Transfer estimating data, vendor commitments, assumptions, risks, and logistical constraints to project management and field operations.
- Improve department standards. Help develop estimating procedures, value engineering practices, industrial assemblies, database updates, and preconstruction tracking tools.
- Mentor and collaborate with peers.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
Success in this role means producing reliable estimates, protecting project margins, improving preconstruction coordination, and helping our team move smoothly from opportunity pursuit to field execution.WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Experience:
5+ years of electrical estimating and preconstruction experience, preferably within industrial electrical contracting.- Project background: Demonstrated experience estimating and coordinating industrial, mining, manufacturing, food processing, agriculture, or heavy commercial projects in the $500K to $2M+ range.
- Technical foundation: Strong understanding of electrical construction means and methods, NEC requirements, motor controls, service equipment, and medium-voltage applications.
- Software proficiency: Strong experience with Conest IntelliBid is preferred; experience with Bluebeam Revu, Procore or similar project management tools, and scheduling software is valuable.
Education:
Bachelor's degree in construction management, electrical engineering, or a related technical field preferred; equivalent field experience such as a Journeyman, Foreman, or estimating pathway will also be considered.Communication:
Ability to explain technical electrical concepts clearly to clients, internal teams, vendors, and field personnel.Organization:
Strong ability to manage details, deadlines, scope gaps, vendor pricing, and competing priorities in a fast-moving preconstruction environment.- Leadership mindset: Willingness to mentor others, improve systems, and contribute to a collaborative team culture.