Role: Estimator

 

About Wavelength

Wavelength is a rapidly growing LED lighting distribution and retrofit company focused on the New York City market. Wavelength partners with real estate and construction companies to deliver impactful, complex, and beautiful lighting projects. Our work drives the built environment forward, modernizing the way we control lighting while making real estate of all kinds more energy efficient. The company has two business units (Distribution and Retrofits) headed by seasoned individuals, and we work with developers, general contractors, and electrical contractors building a diverse array of projects. Wavelength has built a reputation for excellence and professionalism in a challenging marketplace, and has an incredible team doing big things.

 

About the role

The Estimator will support the complex process of bidding lighting work, from takeoff review to buyout, without missing a detail. The Estimator will partner with a wide array of individuals: clients, manufacturers, rep agencies, and the team internally. The preferred candidate is familiar with architectural drawings and the process of bidding and procurement in the construction industry.

 

Responsibilities

  • Process incoming bids in an organized manner, reviewing instructions, downloading drawings, and organizing files

  • Manage the takeoff process, liaising with the Takeoff team to ensure drawings are accurately and quickly reviewed

  • Review architectural drawings and documents produced by the Takeoff team, and develop RFIs as needed

  • Interface with the lighting procurement marketplace and create and consolidate RFQs  

  • Conduct quality control checks to ensure full scope of project including controls, inverters, and miscellaneous equipment is captured

  • Understand the technical elements of a project and decipher what specification flexibility is allowed in a given scope

  • Create proposals for internal and client review

 

Who we are looking for

  • Attention to detail: In construction details are everything, so the right candidate is capable of managing complexity without error

  • Excellent communicator: Estimating when done well involves clear, frequent communication, so the Estimator needs to have excellent written and verbal communication skills

  • Collaborative self-starter: The Estimator will be someone who manages themselves effectively with an independent work ethic while also collaborating with other Wavelength team members to enhance the estimating process

  • Excited about Wavelength: The Wavelength team is ambitious, and we are looking for team members who are as well. The company is growing 100% per year and the right candidate is up for all the excitement and challenge that comes with this growth

 

Other qualifications

  • Construction industry or adjacent procurement or estimating experience

  • Proficient in construction-specific software such as Oasis, Procore, BuildingConnected, etc.

  • Proficient in Excel, Google Suite, and Microsoft Office Suite

  • Familiar with construction drawings, including blueprints

 

Job details

  • Full time position: $60,000-$70,000 annually plus benefits

  • Hybrid position; office in Downtown Brooklyn

 

How to apply

Please send your resume and a note telling us what excites you about the Wavelength journey and why you are the right person for the job at kate@wavelengthlighting.com