Senior Estimator (Electrical)

Arena Staffing has partnered with a growth-focused commercial electrical contractor in Orange County that is hiring a Senior Electrical Estimator.

This is a senior estimating role for someone who has strong commercial or industrial electrical estimating experience, can own full-cycle bids, and understands how to build strong relationships with GCs, vendors, customers, and internal project teams.

The ideal candidate will come from a commercial electrical contractor, industrial electrical contractor, or similar construction environment and will be comfortable estimating tenant improvement, office, warehouse, industrial, retail, education, medical/clinic, ground-up, or mixed-use electrical projects.

Why you will want this role. Here is the “what’s in it for you”:

• Senior impact: Step into a visible estimating role with direct influence on bid strategy, project wins, and company growth.
• Active bid flow: Join a company with steady incoming opportunities and a strong need for another senior estimator who can help manage volume.
• Growth opportunity: Help support a contractor that is actively rebuilding momentum and targeting meaningful growth over the next several years.
• Relationship-driven culture: This is not a sit-behind-the-desk estimating role. The company values trust, communication, customer relationships, and long-term GC partnerships.
• Project variety: Work on commercial and industrial electrical projects across TI, warehouse, office, retail, education, medical/clinic, ground-up, and mixed-use work.
• Leadership visibility: Partner closely with estimating leadership, ownership, project managers, vendors, field teams, customers, and general contractors.
• Strong package: Competitive base compensation, potential vehicle or stipend structure, benefits, and upside for a proven producer.

Role snapshot

Here are the details for the Senior Electrical Estimator

Industry Focus: Commercial electrical construction, industrial electrical construction, tenant improvements, warehouse, office, retail, education, medical/clinic, ground-up, mixed‑use, and service‑related electrical work.

What you will own

• Review project plans, specifications, addenda, bid documents, and scopes of work.
• Perform detailed electrical takeoffs for lighting, power, low voltage, distribution, panels, switchgear, conduit, wire, devices, controls, and related systems.
• Prepare full electrical estimates, including labor, material, equipment, vendor pricing, subcontractor pricing, general conditions, and project-specific costs.
• Own estimates from bid intake through takeoff, pricing, vendor quote coordination, proposal preparation, and handoff to operations.
• Solicit, evaluate, and compare vendor quotes for gear, lighting, and project-specific electrical materials.
• Identify exclusions, clarifications, RFIs, scope gaps, constructability concerns, and bid risks before submission.
• Coordinate with estimating leadership, ownership, project managers, field teams, vendors, GCs, construction managers, and customers.
• Prepare bid proposals, alternates, value engineering options, change order pricing, and cost breakdowns as needed.
• Support project handoff meetings after award to ensure operations understands scope, budget, exclusions, assumptions, and risk areas.
• Manage multiple bids and deadlines while supporting a steady commercial electrical bid pipeline.
• Help maintain and build customer, vendor, GC, and construction manager relationships.

Must-have requirements

• 5+ years of commercial or industrial electrical estimating experience.
• Existing relationships with Southern California GCs, construction managers, customers, vendors, or project decision-makers.
• Experience bringing bid opportunities, customer relationships, or awarded work into a contractor.
• History producing or supporting meaningful annual awarded work.
• Experience owning full electrical estimates from takeoff through vendor quotes, pricing, proposal, and handoff.
• Strong experience estimating commercial electrical projects such as tenant improvement, office, warehouse, industrial, retail, education, service, medical/clinic, ground-up, or similar work.
• Comfortable estimating hard bid or pre-engineered plan sets from complete drawings and specifications.
• Strong understanding of lighting, power distribution, panels, switchgear, conduit, wire, devices, controls, low voltage, and commercial electrical systems.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings, blueprints, specifications, addenda, bid documents, and scopes of work.
• Ability to identify scope gaps, exclusions, clarifications, RFIs, constructability concerns, and bid risks before submission.
• Strong communication skills with general contractors, vendors, subcontractors, project managers, field teams, ownership, and clients.
• Strong organization, deadline management, accuracy, and follow-through.
• Comfortable learning an in-house estimating system and using Excel, Outlook, Word, and PDF/takeoff tools.
• Local to Orange County or able to reliably work from an Orange County office.

Nice-to-have requirements

• Experience with design-build, negotiated work, budgeting, early-stage pricing, or preconstruction planning.
• Ground-up and underground electrical estimating experience.
• Experience with warehouse, industrial, hotel TI, mixed-use, storefront/apartment, office, retail, education, and medical/clinic projects.
• Prior field electrical experience or journeyman-level electrical knowledge.
• Experience with Title 24, lighting controls, CALCTP-related work, or energy-efficient electrical systems.
• Experience supporting project handoff, change orders, budget updates, or project management.

Software

In-house estimating system, must be willing to learn, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Bluebeam or similar PDF/takeoff tool preferred, AccuBid, McCormick, ConEst, Trimble, or similar estimating platform helpful, but not required

• Round 2: In-person interview with executive leadership
• Offer decision expected to move quickly for the right candidate.

Compensation

Base compensation range: $130K to $150K

Stretch compensation: Up to approximately $200K for an exceptional candidate with strong relationships, senior technical estimating ability, and proven production capability.

Additional compensation structure, vehicle or stipend details, and benefits will be discussed during the interview process.

Arena Staffing and our client are equal opportunity employers. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status or any other protected status under applicable law. We comply with applicable federal, state and local employment laws, including California requirements related to pay scale disclosures, paid sick leave and required reporting and record-keeping. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the hiring process.