Solar Estimator/Sales Engineer - Large Energy/Mechanical - Irvine, CA

The company has $40+ million in backlog of large commercial solar projects and is making an effort to expand the PV/Solar team.

This position has remote-flexibility if someone needs it, and the projects are predominantly in Orange County, Los Angeles, and the Inland Empire.

POSITION:

• Solar Sr. Sales Engineer / Estimator – Large Commercial Projects
  • REMOTE-Flexibility

IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• Prior experience in estimating/sales engineering within the PV/Solar space
• General knowledge of ESCOs and EPCs and financing, funding language for deal structures

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Receives project/relationship from the Outside Solar Sales Executive who performed the initial qualification
• Conducts local Bid/Job-Walks (about 15-25% of the time)
• Defines project scope and performs the technical evaluation process
• Analyze various reports, tech specs, work orders, layout drawings, compliance/legal/code documents,
• Performs Cost Engineering, calculates the estimate and profitability
• Perform Take-Offs and Develop RFQ packages
• Understand Costs: BOMs (Bill of Materials) and Subcontractor pricing
• Develops and fine-tunes Bid packages for commercial PV/Solar projects
• Produces proposed design before handing off to the Project Development Engineer
• Sizes the panels for the job whether for Roofs, Carports, Groundmounts, etc.
• Discovers changes/set-backs such as Title requirements, etc
• Relationship management with Subcontractors and Material Vendors
• Stay up-to-date on market conditions: incentives, rebates, tariffs, etc

ABOUT COMPANY:

• Large Energy/Mechanical Contractor
• Over 1,000 employees
• Established 30+ years ago
• 14 Offices
• Operates in 3 States: California, Nevada, and Arizona
• Direct-To-Owner