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Michael PageSee more

addressAddressOttawa, ON
type Form of workPermanent
salary SalaryCA$120,000 - CA$150,000 per year
CategoryConstruction

Job description

  • Excellent Career Growth Opportunity with a very Reputable General Contractor
  • Attractive ICI & Residential Projects

About Our Client

  • Reputable General Contractor focusing on ICI & Residential Construction projects

Job Description

  • Create comprehensive and accurate estimates easily convertible to construction budgets
  • Perform quantity take-offs from tender drawings
  • Receive project documentation and create estimate breakdown
  • Interpret documentation, specifications, and design drawings to define scope/contents of estimates
  • Review quotes in detail and make recommendations for award
  • Consult with Project Managers about general requirements, construction methodology and schedules during the tender/pre-construction process
  • Work with Superintendents and project teams to develop and monitor the project schedule
  • Follow up with project success to update future estimates
  • Pre-qualify and analyze new vendors for potential use
  • Create scopes of work and issue tenders for sub-contracting pricing
  • Identify and source the best trades for the jobs at hand
  • Negotiate and issue sub-contracts and major purchase orders and monitor their progress and schedule
  • Develop risk management strategies for schedules and budgets
  • Participate in hard tender closings
  • Create and maintain a costing database for future budgeting
  • Provide weekly update on all current and upcoming estimates and budgets
  • Provide monthly reporting of issued estimates and budgets and track success rates
  • Identify project risks, mitigate company exposure to them effectively
  • Consider project schedule as well as construction challenges in all estimates
  • Proactively follow up on tenders and RFIs
  • Post-Project reviews to compare thoroughness and accuracy of construction budget vs. actual cost
  • Establish and maintain positive relationships with clients, consultants, subcontractors, public and project teams

MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class otherwise protected under applicable human rights legislation. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled and all other qualified applicants

Request

The Successful Applicant

  • 8+ years of experience in the role of Construction Estimator with a reputable Self-Performing Developer, General Contractor, and/or Construction Manageer, having been the sole or lead Estimator with a clear track record of successfully won projects
  • Experience estimating commercial, multi-family residential and institutional buildings, ideally ranging from $100,000 to $50 million in value
  • Post-secondary Diploma or Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Building Technology, Quanatity Surveying, or other relevant programs
  • Successful completion of courses in project management or PMP designation is an asset
  • Familiarity with drawing reviews, contract administration, document management, scheduling software, change order procedures
  • Knowledge of key principles involved in bid preparation, including quantity take off procedures, sub-trade procurement, pricing and bid closing procedures
  • Ability to breakdown a project to elemental scopes of work with both complete sets of project documentation as well as from preliminary conceptual designs
  • Excellent organizational, time management, verbal, and written communication skills
  • Proficiency in the use of construction project management software (ProCore or similar), as well as BlueBeam, BIM, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Project are cpmsodered an asset
  • Proven integrity when dealing with Clients, Trades and Consultants

Benefits

What's on OfferBase Salary of $120,000 - $150,000Health & Dental BenefitsVacationBonus / Profit SharingRSP Matching
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