Per-MW pricing, regional variance, and cost drivers for owners scoping hyperscale & AI builds.
Salary benchmarks across the 14 mission-critical disciplines.
Hire Electrical Estimators who price mission-critical electrical work accurately — Accubid or Trimble takeoff discipline, gear and switchboard vendor pricing, labor-unit judgment that survives the field, and bid-day composure. Win-rate and estimate-to-actual accuracy verified by reference, not claimed.
A structured process for the electrical estimating hire — where one bad labor-unit assumption or a missed gear lead time turns a won bid into a losing project.
30-minute call. Align on project mix, bid volume and size, platform (Accubid, Trimble, McCormick, ConEst), design-build versus plan-and-spec split, and start date.
Within 2 weeks we introduce 3–5 Electrical Estimators with sector-matched bid history at your project size. References from chief estimators included — we ask about estimate-to-actual performance, not just wins.
Every placement carries a replacement guarantee. If the hire doesn’t stick, we replace them — that’s true across every engagement model we offer.
Anyone can claim wins. We reference-check how their estimates performed against field actuals — labor units, gear buyout, change-order posture — because that’s what tells you whether the number was right.
Candidates who have priced paralleling switchgear, UPS systems, generators, and long-lead distribution — and carried realistic lead times and escalation into the number — instead of pricing a data center like an office fit-out.
For conceptual and design-build work, we verify budgeting-from-narrative ability: pricing off single-lines and basis-of-design documents, then holding the number through design development.
Accubid, Trimble (Accubid Anywhere / LiveCount), McCormick, or ConEst — verified hands-on speed and structured, auditable takeoffs.
NECA-based units adjusted for site reality — prefab strategy, stacking, travel work — with reference-verified accuracy against actuals.
Gear, lighting, and wire buyout management: quote leveling, lead-time risk, and escalation strategy on long-lead equipment.
Scope sheets, sub and supplier quote leveling, and clean bid-day assembly under deadline — references confirm composure.
Verified bid history at your ticket size — a $5M TI estimator and a $150M campus estimator are different hires.
Hyperscale, healthcare, semiconductor, industrial, or power — matched to the work you actually bid.
Bid volume and ticket size decide it. We’ll help you level the seat on the call — then shortlist to match.
Time to shortlist is typically 2 weeks. Total time to placement is typically 3–4 weeks. Strong electrical estimators rarely sit on the open market, so most of our shortlist comes from direct outreach to passive candidates.
Pricing depends on engagement model. Direct-hire search is a success-fee placement. For multi-hire programs, embedded recruiting and RPO price as a monthly volume-based fee plus a success fee — typically well below stacked contingency fees at volume. Leadership and executive searches route through executive search.
Most US markets run $95,000–$135,000 base for mid-level seats. Senior Electrical Estimators pricing data center and mission-critical work run $130,000–$165,000, often with bid-win or margin-based incentives on top. Lead/chief-track candidates price above that.
Accubid and Trimble dominate the electrical bench, with McCormick and ConEst represented regionally. We match platform on the shortlist by default — and flag when a strong candidate would need a conversion ramp, so you can decide with eyes open.
Yes. Every placement carries a replacement guarantee, regardless of engagement model. If a placement doesn’t work out inside the guarantee window, we rerun the search and replace them at no additional placement fee.
Yes. Estimating teams — a lead plus discipline estimators or a precon group — route through embedded recruiting or RPO with one accountable team and volume pricing.
30-minute scoping conversation. We’ll review bid volume, project mix, platform, and seat level — then start sourcing Electrical Estimators whose numbers have held up.
