Senior Estimator

Job title: Senior Estimator

Job description: The future you want is within reach.

At PCL, we build the places where life happens and where you’ll find camaraderie in the process. We’re a community of builders committed to building better communities. That’s why we’re always looking ahead, and not just to the next project or what’s next in our industry.

We’re also looking at what’s next for you and how we can help you build a career you’re proud of with a team of professionals who all contribute to our impressive projects. At PCL, you will be part of an estimating team that values innovation and unwavering commitment to being an industry leader, pursuing some of the largest and most complex projects in the market.

As a Senior Estimator for our Ottawa District, you will contribute to our team by:

• Performing detailed and conceptual quantity take-offs and estimates including the general expense to support lump sum, construction management, and design build pursuits.
• Organizing bid closing in preparation to meet submission deadlines.
• Establishing team assignments and reviewing and identifying estimating review dates.
• Performing bid evaluations and selecting the best trade contractor pricing while capturing any trade scopes gaps that may arise.
• Developing and maintaining strong customer focused relationships with all stakeholders, including trade contractors.
• Supervising, coaching, training and mentoring direct and indirect reports.

Qualifications

What you will bring to the role:

• Twelve (12) years of progressive experience in construction cost estimating with 12 months of onsite experience preferred.
• Successfully led pursuits valued from $50 to $750 million in a variety of delivery models.
• Postsecondary diploma or degree in related discipline.
• Knowledge and understanding of different construction methods, planning, scheduling, sequencing, with the ability to identify their associated risks.
• Extensive knowledge of key principles involved in bid preparation, including quantity take-off procedures, trade contractor procurement, pricing and bid closing procedures.
• Knowledge of market conditions and business trends, to identify competitor strengths and weaknesses to influence bid-win strategies.
• Experience estimating multiple scopes and working knowledge of applicable products and systems.
• Ability to analyze historical information from completed projects and apply data to inform strategic bid win strategies.
• Ability to lead successful teams.

PCL is an innovative, employee-owned company comprised of people who find passion in their profession and take pride in doing great work every day. Our work powers the infrastructure and utilities that are essential to daily life and our projects are the scene of vacations, careers, education and healing. We are consistently ranked among the best companies to work for because we are committed to supporting and developing our teams.

The PCL Companies celebrate diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants and will make all employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability or veteran status.

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Together, we can build success and a better future. Let’s get started!

Company: PCL Construction

Expected salary:

Location: Ottawa, ON

Job date: Wed, 09 Jun 2021 02:00:20 GMT