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Job overview

The Gear Estimator provides accurate, competitive, and timely project pricing for customers. The role reviews drawings and lighting specifications, coordinates with internal teams, manufacturers, sales representatives, vendors, and contractors, and prepares complete quotations within required time frames. The ideal candidate brings customer service, communication, mathematics, and computer skills; lighting or gear estimating experience is a plus.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Customer ServiceVerbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationMathematicsComputer SkillsMicrosoft OfficeReliabilityResponsibilityWork EthicLighting EstimatingGear Estimating

Qualifications

High School or GED1-2 Years Customer Service Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
401(k) Match

Full job description

Gear Estimator

Req ID: 52373

Date: Nov 2, 2026

Location:

Wilson, NC, US, 27893

Company: Sonepar

Brand: Capital Electric

There’s a Place for You at Capital

A career at Capital Electric is more than a job. You’re investing in a brighter, more sustainable future together and joining a team that makes a real difference for our customers. Capital Electric offers electrical products and services to contractors. If it helps bring electricity to an office, home, factory or other building – you can find it here. We operate in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, and are part of the Sonepar group, the world’s #1 electrical distributor with over 45,000 associates around the globe.

Being “Powered by Difference” means we respect and value diverse perspectives. Within Capital Electric, we offer a supportive culture and great benefits, and as part of the larger Sonepar group, we can offer exciting opportunities to grow your career.

Capital Electric has a Project Quotation Specialist position available. The person in this role provides accurate, competitive, and timely project pricing for our customers. The ideal candidate will possess a high level of professional customer service, meet deadlines, work effectively in challenging environment and be willing to go the extra mile.

Responsibilities:

  • Effectively review and evaluate architectural and electrical drawings

  • Read and review lighting specifications

  • Foster and maintain excellent working relationships internally with project manager and outside sales rep

  • Interact with manufacturers and factory sales reps to produce competitive and timely pricing

  • Determine costs and sell amounts to maintain appropriate margins

  • Interact with contractors to follow up on pricing

  • Compile and analyze information from vendors

  • Ensure bid is inclusive of all mandatory requirements

  • Identify and review terms and dating purchase orders

  • Provide a complete and accurate quotation within the required time frame

  • Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen customer relationships

  • Stay current with new product information and emerging technologies

Minimum Qualifications:

  • High School or GED

  • Lighting and/or Gear estimating experience is a plus

  • 1-2 years customer service experience – electrical/lighting industry preferred

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • Good and dependable mathematic skills

  • Excellent computer and Microsoft Office skills

  • Reliable, responsible, and a great work ethic

What We Offer You

We offer great family-friendly benefits to full-time associates:

  • Healthcare plans

  • Dental & vision

  • Paid time off

  • Paid parental leave

  • 401(k) retirement savings with company match

  • Professional and personal development programs

  • Opportunity to become a shareholder

  • Employer-paid short- and long-term disability

  • Employer-paid life insurance for spouse and dependents

  • Robust wellness program

  • Gym reimbursement

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

We’re proud to be a military-friendly company, and our many employee resource groups (ERGs) help you make connections and feel supported.

Learn More About Us

Get to know us on YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram and learn how we’re “Powering Progress for Future Generations.” LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/capitalelectric/

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/CapitalElecSply/

Learn more at https://www.capitalelectricsupply.com/about

Capital Electric is part of the Sonepar family of brands:https://www.soneparusa.com/us-en/about-us

Sonepar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, or any other categories protected by federal, state or local law.

Sonepar and our family of brands are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, we will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if a reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please call 843-745-2420 or [email protected].

EEO is the Law

Applicants and employees are protected under Federal law from discrimination. To learn more,Click here.

Pay Transparency Non-Discrimination Provision

Sonepar follows Executive Order 11246, including the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision. To learn more, Click here.

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How this job compares

Set against the 2,577 open Estimator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • North Carolina median$102–179K/yr46 salary ranges
  • US median$25–30/hr115 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 69 open Estimator jobs in North Carolina and 2,577 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in North Carolina
Experience
Estimator postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (2,069 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 898 of the 2,577 open Estimator jobs (35%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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