Lighting Quotations Specialist

About the role

As a Lighting Quotations Specialist, you will be responsible for quoting lighting material from plans and specifications on construction projects. This may also include building a lighting Bills of Material from a plan/specification reading or working with a customer to suggest lighting products on design-build projects.

Primary Duties

• Interact with electrical contractors, architects, engineers, and owners to suggest lighting products to be used on all types of construction projects.
• Negotiate pricing with lighting manufacturers and customers.
• Act as source of technical lighting expertise within the branch.
• Collect and analyze lighting quotations data to determine patterns of success or failure. Measure by product type, manufacturer, bid amounts, and customers.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); a minimum of one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Two-year trade school or four-year college degree strongly recommended.
• Lighting product and application knowledge, as well as an understanding of the bid process.
• Background in wholesale electrical distribution or electrical contracting is preferred.

Physical Demands

• Occasional standing and walking.
• Frequent sitting and use of hands/fingers.
• Lifting up to 25 pounds is occasionally needed.
• Vision Requirements: close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less) and the ability to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus).

Benefits

• Eligibility for health, dental, vision coverage, 401(k) plan, and flexible spending accounts, subject to plan terms.
• Eligibility for company-paid benefits such as life insurance, short-term disability, long-term care, and Employee Assistance Program, subject to applicable waiting periods.
• Excused Absence time off and Paid Time Off (PTO).
• Company-paid holidays.
• Other benefits for which you may be eligible includes supplemental life insurance, hospital indemnity, and accident and critical illness benefits with cancer coverage.
• Employees are eligible for health, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits on the first of the month following 30 days of employment.
• Employees who are 21 years of age or older will be automatically enrolled in the company's 401(k) plan once they achieve 90 days of employment.