Per-MW pricing, regional variance, and cost drivers for owners scoping hyperscale & AI builds.
Salary benchmarks across the 14 mission-critical disciplines.
Hire MEP Estimators who price electrical and mechanical scope in one seat — conceptual budgets from single-lines and narratives, GC/CM-side sub-bid leveling, systems-level cost judgment across both disciplines, and numbers that hold from SD budget through GMP. Cross-discipline pricing accuracy verified by reference.
A structured process for the MEP estimating hire — where the MEP package is half the project cost and the estimator’s systems judgment is what keeps the GMP honest.
30-minute call. Align on seat type — GC/CM-side MEP estimator versus self-perform — project mix, conceptual-versus-hard-bid split, tools, and start date.
Within 2 weeks we introduce 3–5 MEP Estimators with verified two-discipline pricing history at your ticket size. References from chief estimators and precon directors included.
Every placement carries a replacement guarantee. If the hire doesn’t stick, we replace them — that’s true across every engagement model we offer.
MEP estimators live or die on cross-discipline instinct: what a MW of critical load implies in gear, generators, chillers, and pipe. We verify candidates have priced both sides at your scale — not one discipline plus a plug for the other.
Reference-verified ability to build a credible budget from a basis of design, then hold and reconcile it through DD, CD, and GMP — including the owner-facing story for every variance.
For GC/CM seats, we verify hard scope-sheet discipline: leveling electrical and mechanical sub bids, catching scope gaps, and de-risking the buyout — where most MEP budget erosion actually happens.
Verified electrical and mechanical estimates at your ticket size — benchmarks, unit costs, and systems metrics on both sides.
$/kW, $/SF, and systems-level benchmarks from single-lines and narratives — verified against where the projects actually landed.
Scope sheets, gap analysis, and buyout strategy across MEP trade packages — references confirm the discipline.
CostX, Sage Estimating, Trimble, Accubid or QuoteSoft literacy, Bluebeam takeoff, and Excel models an owner can audit.
Gear, chiller, and generator lead times and escalation carried realistically — the line items that sink mission-critical budgets.
Hyperscale, healthcare, life sciences, semiconductor, or commercial — matched to the programs on your board.
Self-perform shops usually need discipline depth; GC/CM teams need the cross-discipline seat. We’ll help you call it.
Time to shortlist is typically 2 weeks. Total time to placement is typically 3–4 weeks. Verified two-discipline estimators are among the scarcest precon profiles, so we source from a pre-mapped bench rather than the open market.
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 $105,000–$150,000 base. Senior MEP Estimators on hyperscale and mission-critical programs run $140,000–$175,000, often with precon or margin incentives. Precon-manager-track candidates price above that.
GC/CM and owner-side teams pricing full MEP packages usually want the cross-discipline seat. Self-perform contractors usually want a dedicated Electrical or Mechanical Estimator with deep labor-unit judgment. Campus-scale programs often need both layers — we’ll help you sequence the hires.
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. An MEP lead plus discipline estimators and precon support routes through embedded recruiting or RPO — one accountable team and volume pricing instead of seat-by-seat contingency fees.
30-minute scoping conversation. We’ll review your project mix, conceptual-versus-hard-bid split, and team structure — then start sourcing MEP Estimators with verified two-discipline accuracy.
