Senior Electrical Estimator / Preconstruction Lead

About the role

You are the front door for new work at TESIM. Part senior estimator, part client-facing preconstruction lead — the person who can build a defensible number AND sit across the table from a GC's precon team and win the job.

What You'll Own

• Full-cycle estimating: conceptual through construction documents on commercial electrical scopes
• Quantity takeoffs, labor unitization, material pricing, sub solicitation, bid assembly
• Executive-level relationships with GC precon teams — the room where the bid list gets set
• Attending bid walks, precon meetings, and pursuit strategy sessions as the face of TESIM
• Value engineering, alternates, and proposals that make GCs want to hire us
• Bid/no-bid discipline — chasing the right work, walking away from the wrong work
• Clean turnover to operations after award — no surprises on day one of construction

Move those numbers and this seat opens the door to VP of Preconstruction

• Qualified pipeline sourced each quarter
• Bids submitted — volume and mix
• Win rate on bids you lead
• Bid vs. actual margin once your work is built
• GC precon and owner-side relationships you activate

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of commercial or industrial electrical estimating, preconstruction, or GC-facing precon
• Track record pricing complex commercial electrical scopes: data centers, mission-critical, healthcare, industrial, or advanced manufacturing
• Executive presence — comfortable in the room with senior GC and owner leadership
• Fluent with electrical estimating and takeoff software (Accubid, LiveCount, Trimble, ConEst, or equivalent) plus Bluebeam
• Sound judgment on margin, risk, capacity, schedule, and whether an opportunity is right for TESIM
• Willingness to be on the road across Texas for bid walks and pursuit meetings

Preferred Experience

• Existing relationships at target Texas GCs (JE Dunn, DPR, Turner, Rosendin, Bartlett Cocke, Joeris, Zachry, SpawGlass, Hensel Phelps, Holder, McCarthy)
• Direct data-center or hyperscale mission-critical experience
• Medium voltage, switchgear, generators, UPS, PDU/busway, or gear-room electrical
• Bachelor's in Construction Management, Electrical Engineering, or related
• Field or license background (Journeyman or Master)

Who This ISN'T For

• Estimators who want a quiet desk and 40 flat hours a week
• People who need "competitive comp" and DOE — we tell you the number up front
• Anyone who doesn't want their name in the room when the wins get counted

Compensation

$57–$100/hr DOE — top of market for Central Texas, because we're building a team that wins the biggest pipeline in the state

Benefits

• Full health, dental, and vision
• Paid holidays and PTO
• Vehicle/mileage on client and jobsite travel
• No commission — because we don't need to bribe you to want to win

About TESIM Electric

TESIM Electric is a turnkey electrical subcontractor built for Texas' data center and mission-critical pipeline. Turnkey means we own the electrical scope end to end. Built for it means we picked this market intentionally and are hiring the team to lead it.