Job details are Shared below:
Job Title: Operations/Project Management - Business Analyst II.
Location: Remote
Job Duration: 12+m Contract
Primary Skills:
- 5-10+ years of experience in electrical estimating, with a focus on low voltage systems
- Proven experience in data center or mission-critical fit-out projects
- Strong capability in BOM-based estimating and labor build-ups, parametric modeling with limited design input, and negotiating with contractors and subcontractors
- Advanced proficiency in Excel-based cost modelling
- Solid understanding of low voltage installation methods, labor productivity, contractor pricing structures, and market dynamics
- Strong communication and influencing skills
Responsibilities:
- Develop low voltage electrical estimates for data center fit-out scopes (structured cabling, pathways, racks, containment, and associated systems)
- Review and validate Bills of Materials (BOMs) and translate them into detailed labor hour build-ups, productivity assumptions, and fully developed cost estimates
- Build parametric and conceptual cost models using limited inputs, including unit-based approaches (e.g., $/rack, $/MW, $/LF, $/port)
- Develop estimate line items, assumptions, and cost build-ups to support Class 4 and Class 5 estimates within a P70 contingency range
- Operate effectively in early-stage or incomplete design environments, developing estimates from minimal information
- Commercial & Contractor Engagement
- Review, level, and analyze GC and subcontractor bids/proposals
- Develop and defend "should-cost" positions using internal models and benchmarks
- Challenge labor assumptions, productivity rates, and markups
- Identify scope gaps, overlaps, and inefficiencies in contractor pricing
- Support or lead commercial negotiations to drive competitive and transparent outcomes Ways of Working (Critical)
- Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
- Able to identify missing information, chase down inputs, and progress work independently
- Takes ownership of estimates from start to finish, including assumption validation and stakeholder coordination
- Works with limited oversight and high accountability
- Expected Deliverables
- Labor-driven estimates based on BOMs
- Parametric and conceptual cost models
- Bid leveling and comparative analyses
- "Should-cost" models to support negotiations
- Assumptions logs, risk assessments, and contingency recommendations
- Clear, executive-ready cost summaries
Qualification:
AS/BS Degree or relevant experience.
Please respond at the earliest to speed up the interview process. I will contact you if I need further details.
A SAICON COMPANY
Amit Bundele
Technical Recruiter
Phone : 669-319-4167
Email : amitb@saicongroup.com
San Jose, California
www.netpolarity.com
a Saicon Consultants, Inc. Company
