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Link to Job Application: https://aceelectric.bamboohr.com/careers/605?source=aWQ9Mjk%3D
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Since our inception in Valdosta, GA in 1975, Ace has been performing quality electrical installations in a full range of markets including: commercial, mission critical, education, healthcare, institutional, industrial, correctional facilities, hospitality, military bases, retail and others. In the past 15 years, locations have been added in Macon, GA, Atlanta, GA, Jackson, TN, Statesboro, GA, Sanford, NC and Plain City, OH. Ace offers fabrication services, hard bid, design-build, negotiated contracts and fee-based work. We have the resources, professional staff and project management team to handle almost any type of electrical project. Our history of safety and quality has been established through years of successful projects and satisfied customers. Ace Electric is growing bigger in business each year and has no signs of slowing down!
Benefits:
Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Accident and Critical Illness Insurances
401k with Match
Access to Ace University: Apprenticeship Program, Leadership Training, Skill Building Classes and much more!
General Summary:
The Estimator is responsible for all aspects of electrical estimating for the Division office, not limited to, but including, analyzing blueprints, writing proposals, consulting with clients, preparing cost and expenditure statements, and assist in creating budgets. This job location will be in Sanford, NC.
Preferred Job Skills:
Active Learning, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Learning Strategies, Mathematics, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Writing, Complex Problem Solving, Negotiation, Client Coordination, Social Perceptiveness, Management of Financial, Material and Personnel Resources, Time Management, Equipment Maintenance, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Operation Monitoring, Operations Analysis, Programing, Quality Control Analysis.
Mandatory Hiring Requirements:
References, Background Check, Drug Screen Testing, Valid Driver's License.
Responsibilities:

• Perform all aspects of electrical estimating including composing BOMs, performing takeoffs, inputting takeoff data, submitting RFIs, and writing proposals
• Assist the senior estimator to coordinate and streamline the bid process on each individual project.
• Analyze blueprints and other documentation to prepare time, cost, materials, and labor estimates.
• Assess cost effectiveness of products, projects or services, tracking actual costs relative to bids as the project develops.
• Consult with clients, vendors, personnel in other departments or construction foremen to discuss and formulate estimates and resolve issues.
• Confer with engineers, architects, owners, contractors and subcontractors on changes and adjustments to cost estimates.
• Prepare estimates used by management for purposes such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work.
• Prepare estimates for use in selecting vendors or subcontractors.
• Review material and labor requirements to decide whether it is more cost-effective to produce or purchase components.
• Prepare cost and expenditure statements and other necessary documentation at regular intervals for the duration of the project.
• Prepare and maintain a directory of suppliers, contractors and subcontractors.
• Set up cost monitoring and reporting systems and procedures.
• Establish and maintain tendering process, and conduct negotiations.
• Conduct special studies to develop and establish standard hour and related cost data or to effect cost reduction.
• Review estimate with division manager and project managers once contract is awarded.
• Assist in creating budgets and schedule of values once project is awarded.

Position Requirements:

• License: Valid state driver's license as required by job conditions or by the company.
• Certification: Post-Secondary Certificate Preferred.
• Education: High School Graduate or GED.
• Experience: Minimum of 5-years electrical experience preferred in industrial or commercial construction.

Working Conditions:

• Job requires working in all elements, depending on job location, time of year, heat, cold, rain, or snow.
• Job requires employee to have required personal tools with him at all times (waist tool belt as worn weighs approximately 30 lbs.).
• Work from all types of ladders and be able to transport/relocate ladders unassisted.
• Employee's personal weight with tools cannot exceed the rated weight capacity of ladders used.
• Perform work at various heights, up to 90 feet from ladders, scaffolds, aerial lifts, cat walks and other safe work areas.
• Work in restricted areas (switch gear-room, manholes, utility tunnels and crawl spaces).
• Wear personal protective equipment as required
• Able to work 40 hours per week plus overtime as required, to include night shifts and out-of-town work if required.

Required Physical/Mental Functions:

• Positively identify colors of wire and other items as required.
• Comprehend reading of blueprints drawings, and schematics same.
• Comprehend and practice safe work procedures as outlined in Company Safety Handbook.
• Operate company truck with manual and automatic transmission.
• Read and interpret maps, instructional manuals, work site directions, and written instructions.
• Must hear and see well (either natural or with correction).
• Must be able to bend, stoop, squat, crawl, climb, kneel, balance, push, pull and reach overhead.
• Able to lift objects weighing up to 50 pounds, with frequent lifting and carrying of objects weighing up to 20 pounds.
• Tolerant to prolonged standing and movement on foot.
• Climb ladders (all types).
• Repetitive use of arms, hands, and fingers.

AAP/EEO Statement:
Ace Electric, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.
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