Assistant Chief Estimator, Special Systems

3 weeks ago

San Jose, United States Cupertino Electric, Inc. Full time

**Posting** Title**:Assistant Chief Estimator, Special Systems

**Reports To**: Vice President, Special Systems

**Location**:Remote

**Salary Range**:$165,000 to $185,000

**WHO WE ARE**

For nearly 70 years, Cupertino Electric, Inc. (CEI) has been powered by people who’ve built a reputation for delivering high-profile, complex projects. Real, tangible things that alter the landscape and improve lives. But even more than that, we’ve built a reputation for integrity. We’re problem solvers and innovation seekers. We’re team players and safety fanatics. And we always—always—do the right thing. Even when no one is looking. Because what we do here is important, but how we do it is everything.

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**THE COMMERCIAL TEAM**

Our strong project management teams, dedicated in-house engineering resources and skilled union field staff work together seamlessly to deliver commercial projects that are as innovative and unique as the clients who build them.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**

**_ Scope: _**Receives assignments in the form of objectives and determines how to use resources to meet schedules and goals. Provides guidance to subordinates within the latitude of established company policies. Recommends changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect immediate organization(s).

**Strategic Planning and Implementation**:

- Work at a high level, helping to develop and implement the organization’s estimating and pre-construction Special Systems database.
- Ensure alignment with the organization’s goals and objectives.
- Experience in progressive and design build progressions type of projects in the respective industries.

**Estimating Oversight**:

- Manage the estimating progress of various projects within the organization.
- Manage the project team and staff, ensuring effective performance in dealing with PCO’s.
- Ensure the estimating project teams understand the contractual language in compensation allowed in a PCO’s, T/M’s, reimbursable cost-plus details.
- Manage budgeting milestones and timelines, ensuring that projects stay on track.
- Must have knowledge and experience in multiple systems design, construction, commissioning, testing and integration.
- Must be able to estimate a ROM pricing for systems scope from inception of a conceptual design to completion of all the systems.
- Manage stakeholder expectations and project deliverables big picture.
- Review and help support electrical estimating efforts as needed.
- Review and manage scope of work documents, RFP responses and qualification statements.

**Estimate Management**:

- Manage and oversee project estimates/budgets, preventing overspending and reviewing cost controls.
- Track all project costs versus original budget progression for historical data.
- Chief Estimator must have knowledge and experience in systems design, construction, commissioning, testing and integration specifically to costing models and projections.
- They need to be able to estimate all systems scope from inception of a conceptual design to completion.
- Manage estimating teams and communicate in a timely manner to keep the estimate/budgeting of the project and PCO’s on schedule.
- Review the project plan and overall logistics with direct and indirect cost planning.
- Work with 3rd party budget review teams and support the estimating and management teams through this process.
- Work with subcontractors and other internal groups so that in the big picture we have alignment and commitment, and the subcontractor list is approved.
- Help support and identify Productivity tracking for overall installation quantities and widgets for historical and financial purposes.
- Assist in QA/QC audits and reviews by system.
- Understand the pre-functional testing that takes place and is carefully managed and documented for all costs.
- Oversee testing plans and equipment required with costing factors and communicate these to the teams.
- Understand and carefully work with the safety team to cover the costing details required for a safe project within the estimates.
- **Communication and Decision-Making**:

- Ensure the estimating team has the information required to do a great takeoff and estimate.
- Communicate with team, making staffing decisions and prioritizing project tasks.
- Send in reports to the executive staff and keep updated on the overall estimate and budget updates.
- Engage with project stakeholders to ensure that projects meet expectations and specifications.
- Write and distribute project details and overall updates to the executive team in weekly and monthly updates.
- Lead strong estimate reviews and support the kickoff of each project is consistent and compliant and has everything it needs from an estimating corporate plan.
- Understand and communicate legal and contractual obligations to the team.
- Assist in identifying and sharing the plan to the team to limit the exposure to the top risks of a project.
- Manage and communicate company standards from

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