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# Electrical & Mechanical Estimator at Lutra

- **Company:** Lutra
- **Location:** United States
- **Compensation:** $100k–$150k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-06-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/lutra/am9icG9zdDp47OrCNIE4U_JOXBLWEG-m

## Job description

Electrical & Mechanical Estimator

## Your Opportunity

Our client is a nationwide leader in the installation of advanced material handling systems, specializing in automated storage and retrieval systems, multi-shuttle, and mini-load systems.

With over 15 years of experience, the company serves blue-chip clients across various industries, including retail, e-commerce, logistics, and grocery. They offer nationwide coverage, handling projects of any size or complexity to optimize warehouse logistics through innovative automation and robotic solutions.

The Electrical & Mechanical Estimator plays a critical role in supporting growth, profitability, and operational excellence by developing accurate, competitive, and timely cost estimates for electrical and mechanical scopes of work. This position ensures that proposals reflect a complete understanding of project specifications, labor requirements, material pricing, and risk considerations. Acting as a key liaison between sales and operations, the role contributes to successful bid outcomes, strengthens client partnerships, and enables the delivery of safe, efficient, and profitable projects.

## Key Responsibilities

- Opportunity evaluation: Review RFQs and specify services to meet customer requirements
- Cost optimization: Consult with sales and suppliers to understand cost-driving components and deliver cost-effective solutions
- Margin management: Maintain focus on driving toward desired profit margins across all estimates
- Bid preparation: Review and interpret customer data, specifications, and drawings to prepare timely bid packages
- Material takeoffs: Prepare detailed material takeoffs for equipment, labor, subcontractors, and associated project costs
- Cost modeling: Develop cost models, labor hour calculations, and unit pricing based on industry standards and internal benchmarks
- Estimation accuracy: Ensure all estimates accurately reflect material pricing, labor rates, overhead, and margin expectations
- Proposal leadership: Lead the preparation of competitive bids, RFQs, and RFP responses
- Vendor coordination: Coordinate with suppliers and subcontractors to solicit, review, and compare competitive quotations
- Risk identification: Identify clarifications, exclusions, assumptions, and risk factors within each bid package
- Proposal support: Support the creation of proposal narratives, scope summaries, and pricing sheets
- Sales partnership: Partner with sales teams to support presales strategy and customer engagement
- Project transition: Work closely with project managers to transition awarded projects, confirm scope, and support kickoff activities
- Technical review: Identify potential scope gaps, constructability challenges, and project schedule impacts
- Compliance assurance: Ensure estimates comply with industry codes, safety standards, and project specifications
- Data management: Maintain organized estimate files, costing data, and historical project pricing archives
- Team support: Support the robotics and automation team to help drive sales and technical solutions
- Customer interaction: Interact with customers during product solution development to assist in closing new business
- Departmental objectives: Perform related duties as assigned to accomplish departmental goals effectively

## Your Know-How

- 3–7 years of estimating experience in electrical, mechanical, or mechanical, electrical, and plumbing environments
- Experience with commercial, industrial, or institutional construction projects
- Working knowledge of material handling systems including conveyors, sorters, cranes, and ASRSs
- Exceptional project management skills
- Strong understanding of electrical systems including distribution, lighting, low voltage, and controls
- Working knowledge of material handling systems such as conveyors, sorters, cranes, goods-to-person, and automated storage and retrieval systems
- Strong financial acumen with the ability to create pricing models and evaluate project profitability
- Detail-oriented with strong attention to accuracy, quality, and precision
- Analytical thinker with the ability to break down complex systems and work in a methodical, process-driven manner
- Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities with high dependability in meeting deadlines
- Clear and effective communicator with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and strong relationship building skills
- Commercially minded with an understanding of cost, margin, financial impact, and value building
- Collaborative team player who works well across departments and maintains composure under pressure during tight bid cycles
- Inquisitive, continuous learner who is ethical, transparent, trustworthy, and organized with strong documentation discipline
- Strong numerical reasoning and comfort with calculations
- Proactive in identifying missing information, risks, and clarifications
- Knowledge of equipment, design, sizing, selection, and varying industry applications
- Proven background using estimating software

## Compensation

As this role is open to anywhere in the United States, the posted salary range is to cover a wide variety of locations (everything from small towns to big cities!). Compensation range by specific location will be finalized during the interview process, based on location and experience level.

## About Lutra

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Lutra is a water and wastewater process engineering consultancy and software provider, delivering smarter solutions to protect water, the environment, and people’s health.
- **Entity Type**: Private
- **Headquarters**: Lower Hutt, New Zealand
- **Founded**: 2006
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Water & Wastewater Treatment, Utilities, Environmental Engineering, Data Management Software
- **Target customers**: Government municipalities, industrial clients in New Zealand, and international clients in the water and wastewater sector (B2B, Enterprise)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "To protect water, the environment and people's health, by providing smarter solutions."

## Products & Services
For each major offering:
- **Infrastructure Data (ID)**: A market-leading, scalable, cloud-based operations and compliance management software platform. It is designed to improve operational performance, data quality, and reduce organisational risk for water and wastewater treatment assets. The software is used to manage assets accounting for 75% of New Zealand’s population.
- **Water & Wastewater Process Engineering**: Expert consultancy services including options studies, process design, commissioning support, and optimisation for water and wastewater treatment plants (e.g., activated sludge systems, MABR).
- **Advanced Process Control (APC)**: Services to improve plant performance, efficiency, and compliance through advanced control strategies.
- **Training**: Operational training and knowledge transfer for clients in the three waters industry.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of USD 5,400,000 (estimated); Total Funding of USD 60,100 (from two grants by Callaghan Innovation in 2016 and 2017).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Callaghan Innovation (grant provider), and a supportive global parent company (not named in sources).
- **Growth Signals**: The company has grown from a small team in 2006 to a team of 35. It serves 30+ clients in NZ’s government and industrial space, plus 25+ international clients. Its software holds the market majority for compliance management in NZ.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep Domain Expertise**: One of the largest water process engineering teams in New Zealand, with two decades of experience.
- **Market Leading Software**: The Infrastructure Data platform is the trusted industry solution for compliance and operations management, serving the majority of the NZ population’s water assets.
- **End-to-End Solutions**: Combines expert engineering knowledge with innovative technology (software, APC, training) to provide comprehensive solutions.
- **Outcomes-Focused**: Prioritises customer needs and delivers excellence through deep upfront understanding of client requirements.

## Strategic Focus
- **Growth and Expansion**: Actively seeking a Domestic Business Development Manager to secure Lutra’s position in the reformed water sector in New Zealand.
- **Talent Development**: Focused on building career pathways and developing employees through a supportive global parent company, aiming for a "no glass ceiling" environment.
- **Sustainability**: Committed to reducing emissions and developing sustainable operating practices, reflected in their Statement of Intent and Mission.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as a team of experts committed to excellence, with a strong focus on people. The company invests heavily in training, work/life balance, and providing a safe, healthy, and fun workplace.
- **Flexibility**: All employees have flexibility to work from home and are provided with packages to do so. There are no enforced traditional start or finish times, offering trust and autonomy.
- **Wellbeing Package**: Includes comprehensive Health Insurance, an employee assistance provider, wellbeing days, and a 6-monthly allowance.
- **Career Development**: Formal career pathways are in place, and the company supports training and development with a "no glass ceiling" philosophy due to its global parent company.
- **Compensation**: Competitive compensation and an annual bonus scheme for all employees.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Highly flexible with a strong work-from-home culture.

## Sources
1. [lutra.com/about](https://www.lutra.com/about-us)
2. [lutra.com/careers](https://www.lutra.com/careers)
3. [linkedin.com/company/lutra-ltd](https://linkedin.com/company/lutra-ltd)
4. [lutra.com/our-team](https://www.lutra.com/our-team)
5. [prospeo.io/c/lutra-revenue](https://prospeo.io/c/lutra-revenue)

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