Staff Estimator

About the role

Join Crusoe as a Senior Estimator and play a vital role in driving sales growth by acting as the critical link between the customer request and the final manufacturing proposal. You will be responsible for meticulously estimating project costs, ensuring quotation accuracy, and managing the seamless handoff to internal engineering and production teams. This role requires a detail-oriented professional with strong technical knowledge in electrical manufacturing, exceptional communication skills, and a collaborative spirit.

Responsibilities

• Technical Document Review: Review customer-provided specifications, drawings, wiring diagrams, and schematics to confirm completeness and technical accuracy.
• Customer & Sales Liaison: Interface directly with the customer and their consultants to clarify unknowns or gather any additional information required to produce an accurate bid.
• Scope of Work Development: Generate detailed, formal written "Scope of Work" documents defining all services to be performed for the project.
• Meticulous attention to detail and documentation: Align on requirements and exclusions with excruciating detail and document accordingly prior to start of hard bid process.
• Historical Analysis: Review past projects, where applicable, to inform current costing and leverage historical data.
• Costing and Pricing: Collaborate with in-house engineering and customer representatives to compile the Bill of Materials (BOM) for each project and secure current vendor pricing and availability for all components.
• Labor and Engineering Calculation: Calculate estimated labor hours for fabrication, paint, assembly, and wiring, including the required engineering time.
• Quotation Generation: Generate the formal customer quotation and collaborate with the Sales Team to review the proposal and determine appropriate markups and pricing strategy.
• Documentation and process optimization: Maintain proper documentation related to each Request for Quote (RFQ) in the appropriate electronic job files. Continually look for process improvements in the estimating department.
• Business Collaboration: Collaborate with Sr. Manager and Director level management to provide input to strategic revenue goals.
• Engineering collaboration: Collaborate with application and design engineers to ensure specifications are properly quoted and drive to clarify all grey areas of scope.
• Lead by example: Set a standard for others to follow in a growing estimating department.

Requirements

• Technical Knowledge (Required): Strong, required knowledge of production of electrical enclosures, switchboards and switchgear to accurately scope and cost projects. Knowledge of modular electrical buildings (e-houses / PDCs) is a plus.
• Experience: 5-8 years of experience estimating, costing, and sales is preferred.
• Communication Skills: Excellent interpersonal written and verbal communication skills and a strong attention to detail.
• Software Proficiency: Solid computer literacy in MS Office and Google products. Experience using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, with Infor Visual or Acumatica experience being a plus.
• Work Ethic: Must be a collaborative team player with a good attitude and willingness to learn, who is willing to take on additional roles as needed.
• Safety and Compliance: This position is designated a safety-sensitive position and/or is located in a safety-sensitive facility. Drug and alcohol program participation is required.

Qualifications

• Experience in using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, with Acumatica experience being a significant plus.
• Familiarity with interpreting ISO requirements as they relate to job documentation.

Skills

• Strong technical knowledge in electrical manufacturing.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• Collaborative spirit.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Restricted Stock Units
• Paid time off & paid holidays
• Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
• Employer contributions to HSA account
• Paid parental leave
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Mental health & wellness support
• Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
• Cell phone stipend
• 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
• Volunteer time off

Pay

Compensation will be paid in the range of $126,000 - $153,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Schedule

This is a full-time position.