Commercial Estimator MV
Westerville, OHJobSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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The Commercial Estimator provides pre-sales technical expertise to the Sales team and customers for medium- and low-voltage electrical distribution products. The role contributes technical input to bids, proposals, projects, and sales documents; collaborates with sales and engineering to recommend customer solutions; and identifies additional sales opportunities. It also supports quotation and order workflows and participates in new product development projects.
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Job Description POSITION SUMMARY The Commercial Estimator provides pre-sales technical expertise to the Sales team and customers during the sales process focused around Medium and Low Voltage Switchgear, Switchboards, Panelboards and Busway. The Commercial Estimator provides technical input into bid proposals, projects and technical documents within the sales process and identifies additional sales opportunities with existing customers. The Commercial Estimator collaborates with sales and engineering teams to develop and recommend products and services to meet customers' requirements. RESPONSIBILITIES * Assist in developing clear, concise, and technically sound tailored solutions for customer review and acceptance based on customer requirements and/or RFP's, ensuring proper scope and required technical specifications are met. * Perform equipment selections and technical calculations to meet requirements of Low Voltage Switchgear, Switchboards, Panelboards and Busway applications. * Apply Quote Configurator tool to provide comprehensive quote support. * Assist in the review of custom service & solution orders and provide technical instruction throughout the order workflow. * Maintain positive, progressive, and productive attitude toward plant targets and objectives regarding reliability, accountability, safety, integrity, quality, and productivity as a unified goal. * Provide technical support to Vertiv Sales and customers. * Analyze customer's technical specifications and one lines, apply appropriate product offerings to meet the customers' expectations in a cost-effective and timely manner, and provide alternative solutions to optimize profitability while meeting customer needs. * Follow up on opportunities to confirm if they have been won, lost or abandoned. * Update sales force with quotation information as well as assist with orders, once they are received to ensure expedient handover of order to project manager. * Participate in new product development projects. * Other duties as required. QUALIFICATIONS * Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related technical field. Electrical Engineering preferred. * 2+ years Commercial or relevant industrial experience preferred. * Experience in technical scope review and formal proposal development preferred. * Basic level of technical knowledge with the application of electrical distribution products and systems. * Excellent team player and demonstrated ability to perform and prioritize multiple, simultaneous tasks while maintaining excellent customer service. * Strong understanding of data center infrastructure design objectives, performance factors, and physical requirements. * Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. * Detail-oriented. * Ability to work and multi-task in a fast-paced environment. * Understanding of commercial infrastructure design objectives, performance factors, and physical requirements. * Knowledge and experience with evaluating single line diagrams (SLD), relay PLC schemes, and communication network diagrams (media & protocols). * Excellent problem-solving skills. PHYSICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS * No specific demands. TIME TRAVEL REQUIRED * 5% or less
How this job compares
Set against the 1,365 open Sales Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Ohio median$126–169K/yr20 salary ranges
- US median$23–30/hr48 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 44 open Sales Engineering jobs in Ohio and 1,365 across the US. 25% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Ohio
- Vertiv Group Corp. (this employer)6 open
- Hyland Software, Inc.4 open
- Keyfactor3 open
- Experience
- Sales Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (973 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 231 of the 1,365 open Sales Engineering jobs (17%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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