Electrical Construction Sales Coordinator / Executive Assistant

General Job Description:

• Support sales at Bates Electric
• Maintain proper use of Bates’ systems
• Assist Construction Dept. Head, and leadership as needed

Vetting of Sales Opportunities:

• Monitor BidQ to make sure all bids are going out on time
• Vet new bid opportunities with Dept Head; new opportunities must:
  • Be within 50 miles of Bates Electric
  • Have good “estimate-ability”
  • Have a good chance at winning
  • Have a contact identified that will award the project to Bates
• Maintain a system to keep PMs apprised on new opportunities/ITBs/RFQs etc.
  • Make sure all ITBs/RFQs get a response
• Assist in estimating opportunities by providing item counts in bidding software

Project Support:

• Become familiar with Bates’ CRM system
• Assist and monitor Bates PMs to make sure they are keeping sales notes on their jobs to close
  • New active proposal should go more than a week and a half without an update
• Assist PMs with hunting down new customers, finding new sales leads, and closing existing sales opportunities
• If a GC is tied to a particular Bates PM, then no one else is to bid to them without first clearing it with that PM
• Assist with change orders

Assist Construction Leadership

• Take-offs
• Setting meetings/appointments
• Making sure nothing falls through the cracks

Skills Required:

• Construction experience
  • Ability to read/understand plans
• Sales mentality

Skills Preferred:

• Sales Experience
• Familiarity with:
  • Microsoft Office product (Excel, Access, Word, etc.)
  • Estimating software (i.e. Accubid)
  • Blueprint software (i.e. Bluebeam)

Compensation Package:

• Position is a salary position
• Review following 90-day introductory period
• Health insurance will be made available for you effective 60 days
  following date of hire
• Eligibility for our 401K program & Pension Plan
• Paid vacation
• Six paid holidays effective following completion of intro period

**Additional details on job description, including compensation package, available following receipt of resume via email.

Please send resume to:  employment@bateselectric.com