Senior Estimator, Mission Critical

About Us

Intermountain Electric (IME) brings decades of experience as a trusted leader in electrical contracting. Founded in 1946, we began as a small company in Denver, CO, and have since grown to be part of the largest specialty contractor in North America. Today, we work with owners and contractors nationwide, delivering complex construction solutions across various industries, including aviation, mission critical, entertainment, and healthcare. At IME, our people are our most valuable asset. We are committed to fostering a culture that prioritizes safety, quality, and professional growth. Joining IME is more than just finding a job—it's about building a career with opportunities to advance and make an organizational impact. Power your future with IME and be a part of a team that drives success in every project.

About this Role

Intermountain Electric, Inc. (IME) is celebrating 80 years of powering progress across Colorado. Our office teams help deliver safe, smart, and reliable electrical solutions through our people and partnerships, the IME Way.

 

Through strategic planning, collaboration, and technical excellence, and guided by our values of Integrity, Safety, Ingenuity, Relationships, Craftsmanship, and Spark, we empower our professionals to innovate, support our field teams, and strengthen the partnerships that move our work forward.

 

Join a team where your expertise fuels the systems that keep communities running!

 

Position Summary

This Mission Critical Senior Estimator serves as a key leader within the pre-construction process, responsible for developing, reviewing, and validating accurate, competitive cost estimates for complex mission critical and datacenter electrical projects. This role provides strategic oversight of estimating methodologies, risk assessments, and bid development while ensuring alignment with organizational objectives, market conditions, and project execution strategies. The Senior Estimator also leads and develops estimating team members, fostering a high-performing and collaborative environment.

What You'll Do

Key Responsibilities

Estimating & Bid Strategy

• Lead the preparation and validation of comprehensive quantity take-offs, material pricing, labor, equipment, and indirect cost estimates for complex electrical projects.
• Establish estimating strategies and bid approaches, including risk assessment, competitive positioning, and value engineering considerations.
• Review, analyze, and interpret project plans, specifications, contracts, and bid documents to define scope, assumptions, exclusions, and project requirements.
• Perform and validate on-screen and off-screen take-offs.
• Review, audit, and approve estimates prepared by other estimators to ensure consistency, accuracy, and adherence to company standards.
• Prepare and approve proposal deliverables, including bid forms, labor sheets, schedules, and pre-qualification documents.
• Maintain the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and confidentiality throughout the estimating process.

Stakeholder Communication & Strategic Partnership

• Serve as a primary estimating resource for leadership, clients, and project stakeholders.
• Communicate estimating strategies, risks, assumptions, opportunities, and challenges in a clear and professional manner.
• Lead estimate reviews and bid strategy discussions to ensure alignment among project teams and decision-makers.
• Partner with project management, engineering, operations, and executive leadership to support successful project pursuits and execution planning.

Process Management & Compliance

• Establish, maintain, and continuously improve estimating processes, procedures, standards, and best practices.
• Ensure estimating documentation is complete, accurate, organized, and audit-ready, including project plans, specifications, correspondence, quantity take-offs, pricing data, subcontractor information, and supplier records.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and contractual requirements.
• Oversee CRM opportunities and maintain accurate estimating and project data.

Leadership & Organizational Collaboration

• Lead proposal efforts from initial evaluation through final submission and transition to operations.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert on estimating practices, market conditions, and project risk evaluation.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with clients, vendors, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders to support long-term business success.

Team Development & Management

• Directly manage, mentor, and develop estimators.
• Assign work based on project requirements, individual capabilities, and development opportunities.
• Provide coaching, training, performance feedback, and professional development guidance.
• Establish clear expectations, accountability measures, and performance standards.
• Foster employee engagement and support a consistent, high-quality estimating function that delivers exceptional service.

Additional duties as assigned.

What You'll Bring

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Expert-level capability in due diligence, risk analysis, and financial evaluation of complex projects.
• Experience bidding projects ranging from 10MW-250MW+.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and team development skills.
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Demonstrated integrity, professionalism, and ethical judgment.
• Ability to manage multiple complex bids and priorities within demanding schedules.
• Outstanding attention to detail, accuracy, and quality control.

Demonstrated Accomplishments

• Advanced proficiency with Accubid Live Count, BlueBeam, CRM systems, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Expert knowledge of estimating methodologies, metrics, systems, and industry best practices.
• Strong working knowledge of estimating platforms, with Accubid preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare and review highly complex proposals with minimal oversight.
• Proven success leading large-scale estimating efforts from initial project evaluation through final cost development and transition to operations.
• Proven Mission Critical background from Hyperscale Greenfield to smaller TI Brownfield projects.
• Understanding and experience with datacenter enterprise clients and GC’s.
• Experience in complex breakouts and cost trending.
• Experience with quantitative detail and conceptual estimating.
• Experience with costing schedules, rates, manpower profiles and large change order backup.
• Comprehensive understanding of applicable local, state, and federal regulations, codes, and industry standards.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree, Associate’s degree, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Extensive experience in the construction industry with significant electrical estimating responsibilities.
• Experience estimating large, complex, and high-risk projects.
• Field experience preferred.
• Experience managing, mentoring, and leading estimating teams.
• Equivalent combinations of relevant education, training, and applied experience will be considered.

What You'll Get

Working Conditions:

The majority of the time you will work in a typical office environment.  Occasionally, you may travel to a construction job site. When on construction job sites you will encounter typical construction conditions including extreme temperatures, noise, dust, mud debris, welding, leading edge, trenching, and shoring, sometimes in a confined space.  You may be required to visit multiple locations during any one day.

Benefits Overview:

IME provides an industry-leading comprehensive benefits package.  Full-time employees are eligible to choose from a variety of healthcare coverage options, which become effective the first of the month after hire.  In addition, employees are offered a substantial amount of PTO and are immediately eligible to make contributions to a generously matched and fully vested 401k. 

 

Salary Range:  $127,500 - $172,500

 *Final salary and rates are based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role, and internal equity.*

 

Established in 1946, IME is part of Quanta Services, the largest specialty contractor in North America. We base our business model on always doing the right thing and pride ourselves in finding the best processes and practices in everything we do. As an electrical contractor, we install and service the power and lighting to commercial and industrial buildings in the Western US.

 

The statements included in this job description are not intended to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned as required.

 

Intermountain Electric, Inc. (IME) is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and to creating an environment free of discrimination and harassment.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

 

IME will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees who are qualified for a job so that they may perform the essential duties of the position. 

 

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

 

Compensation Range

The anticipated compensation for this position is USD $127,500.00/Yr. - USD $172,500.00/Yr. depending on experience and qualifications.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity), age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and/or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. We prohibit all types of discrimination and are committed to providing access and equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities. For additional information or if reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application, interview, or hiring processes or to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact us the Company’s Human Resources department.