As a senior electrical estimator, your job is to manage an estimating department and provide offer proposals that are accurate enough to place purchase orders. These estimates must take into account factors such as labor, materials, databases and updates to produce the most accurate price possible. High-level electrical estimators typically evaluate work sites, help prepare project documents, track market prices, and negotiate with architects to provide pre-tender services. When they're not examining a site, high-level electrical estimators often spend time working in an office and talking to other high-level employees.
Sometimes, you may have to work overtime to meet the deadlines for responding to offers. As a senior electrical designer, your job is to use electrical knowledge and design principles to develop electrical plans for each project you undertake. This includes determining what equipment can be used, ensuring that the final electrical plan meets the customer's needs and specifications, and verifying the condition of the construction on the ground to ensure that the plan represents the conditions as it was built. High-level electrical designers frequently consult suppliers' design drawings and other resources, provide on-site support during construction, ensure that plans meet all relevant installation codes, and interact with contractors and subcontractors.
This job requires a moderate amount of travel and the ability to cooperate with a team. As an electrical superintendent, your functions are to oversee the planning and installation of an electrical system in a new or existing construction. You work on commercial and residential construction projects, factories and industrial buildings. As superintendent, your responsibilities include helping to plan and design electrical systems based on the needs of each specific project.
Next, create a schedule, hire subcontractors, and manage the installation process. You also oversee tests to ensure the safety of the electrical system. A lighting engineer or technician works on the lights and the equipment that accompanies them to be entertained live or recorded. As a lighting engineer, his duties include the inspection and testing of these electrical devices, as well as the development of the configuration and stage that best suit the show.
You work in collaboration with stage and camera technicians to create functional and visually appealing lighting. The experience in the specific type of show you are going to turn on is beneficial, since the lights for a theater performance are different from those of a rock concert. As a lighting specialist, your job is to install, test and modify lighting systems. Many lighting specialists work through the American Lighting Association (ALA), which helps enforce national lighting safety and quality standards in different environments.
To fulfill the obligations and responsibilities of this job, you can contact lighting engineers or technologists, check the relevant legislation to ensure that all lighting complies with the codes, or make presentations on the different types of lighting and what you recommend for a given environment. Lighting specialists normally work regular hours, but employers can call you for emergency assistance if there's an unexpected problem with your lighting systems.
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