At a Glance
Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Estimator to join the Solarfective Team. This position provides project pre-sales, design, fabrication, installation, and product support and specification for a wide range of Legrand shading products.
What Will You Do?
1. Ownership of a diverse range of projects and accountable for the delivery of the full project management life cycle, including take-off, proposal, design, fabrication, installation and administrative tasks.
2. Review tender documents including specifications, drawings and addendums.
3. Prepare estimates based on contract bids, drawings and specifications.
4. Design shades and shading systems or work with shading technical specialist on system design.
5. Work with other functional areas throughout project execution and own projects from initiation until final invoicing.
6. Aid architects, shading dealers, and designers during design process to best suit product to specific site conditions.
7. Develop and maintain relationships with shading dealers and architects.
8. Assisting and instructing customers on product requirements relating to electrical or mechanical aspects of the project.
9. Ensure effective control of projects: addressing conflicting priorities, issues, risks, dependencies and change.
10. Track multiple concurrent projects and ensure all project objectives are met, including deadlines, cost, and customer expectations.
11. Communicate project details effectively to stakeholders and project teams, including the preparation of technical reports, audits, sketches and special reports. In addition, providing daily and weekly progress reports and scheduling forecasts.
12. Develop technical understanding of shading systems and their construction and be able to assist in troubleshooting the installation and operation of the systems.
13. Utilize tools such as SFDC, Excel and PIC ERP for tracking and communication of job details and status.
14. Participates in internal company and personal Continuous Improvement programs and initiatives.
15. Performs other similar and related duties as required.
Required Skills
• BS in Mechanical, Civil or Electrical Engineering or similar educational background.
• 2 – 3 years of project management or project coordination experience overseeing multiple concurrent projects from start to finish.
• Ability to multi-task, adhere to multiple processes, and achieve a high degree of accuracy. Tracking multiple priorities is critical to success.
• Ability to read architectural and engineering drawings (mechanical and electrical).
• Must have a valid driver’s license.
• Must be able to travel to the US.
Additional Qualifications:
• Exposure to commercial construction of other building materials is considered an asset.
• Ability to apply frameworks to support strategic planning and utilize research to guide decisions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Well versed in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel, Outlook and Word
About Legrand
Every single day, Legrand brings power, light and data to millions of spaces around the world. Legrand is a global, publicly-traded company listed on the Euronext (Legrand SA EPA: LR) with 36,000 employees worldwide, a market cap of $16B, revenue of more than $5 billion, with products sold in 180 countries. Legrand is listed on the Forbes Global 2000 as one of the world’s best employers. For more information, visit legrand.com.
About Legrand North and Central America
Legrand North and Central America (LNCA) employs over 5,000 associates in 60 locations, working in 6 product categories (Electrical Wiring Systems, Building Control Systems, AV, Data Communications, Power Distribution and Control, and Lighting). LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage. LNCA offers distinctive benefits like high employer 401K match, above-benchmark paid maternity leave, paid time off to volunteer, and an active women’s network. LNCA is an employee-centered, growth company with tremendous opportunity. For more information, visit legrand.us.
About Legrand’s Building Control Systems Division
Legrand’s Building Control Systems (BCS) division includes the Wattstopper and Solarfective product lines. Wattstopper offers the most comprehensive line of simple, scalable and flexible energy efficient lighting controls and solutions for commercial and residential applications. These products, programs, and services have been helping customers save energy, meet green initiatives and comply with energy codes for more than 30 years. Solarfective gives Legrand customers the most energy efficient, easy-to-use advanced shading and lighting control solutions. For more information, visit legrand.us/lighting-controls-building-systems.
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