Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Estimating

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This is your opportunity to move out of the field, apply your quantity surveyor skills and build a long-term career in commercial electrical estimating. Apply your hands-on electrical experience to counting lights, reviewing drawings, and deepen your understanding of how commercial jobs are built, while learning commercial estimating.

This opportunity is perfect for someone who knows the trade and wants a more sustainable career path off the tools.

If you are a Quantity Surveyor who has worked in the electrical field and is ready for office-based work with clear growth ahead, this could be your perfect role. You may be a 2nd or 3rd year apprentice who enjoys takeoffs more than the field, or someone who has already stepped away from the field and wants to keep advancing.

Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Estimating – Job Duties

You will perform work primarily from the office in Roseville, California with occasional visit to commercial electrical projects throughout Northern California (plan for 3 or 4 day trips a month to job sites).

• Perform detailed electrical quantity takeoffs, including counting fixtures, devices, gear, conduit, wire, and related materials
• Review and interpret commercial electrical drawings, specifications, and scope documents
• Strategize electrical installations by visualizing field execution and constructability
• Support commercial electrical estimates from initial takeoff through bid preparation
• Work on commercial electrical projects with job sizes up to $1M and larger
• Enter takeoff data and pricing into stimating software
• Assist with material counts, labor considerations, and scope breakdowns
• Collaborate with estimators to refine quantities, assumptions, and job strategy
• Learn estimating best practices with a clear path toward full commercial electrical estimating

Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Estimating – You Have (Required Skills, Experience & Team Fit)

• Prior experience working on commercial electrical projects
• Prior experience performing electrical quantity surveying or takeoffs
• Prior experience reading and interpreting commercial electrical plans and specifications
• Prior experience counting light fixtures, devices and electrical systems
• Field experience in electrical installation (tilt-up acceptable, electrical field exposure )
• You are highly organized, have a strategic mindset and strong relationship building skills with both clients and suppliers

Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Estimating – You Might Have (Desired, Not Required)

You might have prior experience with:

• Electrical projects in data centers, power plants or hospitals
• Working as an electrical apprentice
• Exposure to large-scale commercial or industrial electrical projects (ideally large projects that are $1 million and larger in size)
• EMB estimating software

Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Estimating – Benefits for You

Your compensation will be a base salary of $85,000 to $95,000.

You will work 100% on site in Roseville, California with occasional day trips to visit job sites throughout California (Company car available for site visits). You will be provided with Company sponsored medical insurance, paid holidays, paid time off and training and development support.

You will gain hands-on training, mentorship, and exposure to complex commercial electrical estimating using estimating software.