Junior / Intermediate Estimator
- Edmonton, AB
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Competitive base salary; negotiable, based on experience
- 100% employer-paid drugs, travel, life insurance, dependent life insurance and AD&D
- Long term disability
- $7000 in flex credits per year (can roll into a health care spending account or RRSP)
- Paid vacation
- Cell phone allowance or company provided cell phone
- Company provided IT assets
- Work/life balance; opportunity for a flexible schedule
- Company paid training and professional membership fees and/or dues e.g. P.Eng, PMP, etc.
- Paid Training/assistance with educational or professional aspirations
- Employee Ownership - Fosters a culture of ownership, integrity, accountability and desire for group success.
- Flexibility - Intrinsically motivated, “A” players don’t need to be micromanaged. They work hard because they want themselves and the Company to succeed. These types of employees enjoy increased levels of autonomy and flexible schedules.
- Work Hard, Play Hard Culture - We pride ourselves on being a FUN place to work! We work hard but know how to have a good time too! We frequently gather as a group to celebrate wins, holidays and individual milestones.
- Entrepreneurial Mindset - We are always looking for opportunities to expand our business and diversify! We take calculated risks, foster innovation and make quick decisions because we operate in a very low bureaucracy environment.
- Small Business/Family Feel - With the capacity to handle complex, multi million-dollar projects and grow our workforce to over 1500 people quickly, we compete with large General Contractors but pride ourselves in our ability to maintain a “small business/family feel”. We have blue collar roots, so our casual environment and commitment to our hard-working men and women in the trades is key to our success.
- Estimating, proposal coordination and closing of assigned RFP’s
- Coordination of vendor and subcontractor requirements
- Understand the overall scope of each assigned RFP
- Work with management to produce labor & material take-offs for each discipline
- Participate in the preparation of all proposal documentation for each assigned RFP
- Conduct formal review meetings for each assigned RFP including pre-bid coordination, discipline review, senior management review, and corporate review
- Work with and advise field and senior management regarding estimates and proposals for assigned RFP’s
- Preparation of subcontractor RFQ packages and provide an evaluation of all bids received
- Participate in post-bid meetings & review processes
- Participate in the development of systems for estimating, progress and productivity tracking
- Building equipment rates based on market conditions and availability.
- 1 - 3 years of civil, mechanical or piping construction experience with a post secondary diploma in: Engineer - Design & Drafting, Civil Design or similar program; Engineering E.I.T or P.Eng. - Civil/Structural; Construction Management Technology or equivalent or an experienced tradesperson who wants to transition from the field to estimating
- Proficient in reading and interpreting engineering drawings
- Computer take off skills
- Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with clients and stakeholders
- Ability to work in a collaborative environment
- Experience with estimating software such as Ineight, Hard Dollar or B2W would be an asset
- Experience working within a Google based environment using Google Sheets, Docs, Gmail, Calendar, etc.
- Experience with Primavera P6 or Microsoft Schedules considered an asset
We are sorry but this recruiter does not accept applications from abroad.