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Roles
Compensation
Benefits
- Mentions support for mental, emotional, and physical well-being for you and your family
- Aecon University and Leadership Programs
- Equity, Diversity & Inclusion training
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
- Aecon Women in Trades and Aecon Diversity in Trades programs
Tech stack
Required
Nice to have
Location
Christ Church
Work setup
- Employment
- full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Remote policy
- Remote OK / Work arrangement: Remote. Site visits may be required on more complex tenders.
- Remote scope
- unclear
- Travel
- Site visits may be required on more complex tenders.
Role details
Responsibilities
- Participate in design reviews for Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP), Civil and Architectural Subcontract packages with client key stakeholders
- Create sketches, drawings, and specifications to meet client requirements, analyze blueprints, and other documentation
- Perform value engineering and take part in constructability reviews during the preconstruction cycle
- Drive the production of detailed cost budgets on successfully bid projects
- Collect and maintain a historical cost data base on past construction projects to be used in estimating new work
- Oversee projects that have been successfully bid and are under construction to learn the actual methods and costs of field operations
- Execute accurate quantity takeoffs and unit pricing utilizing estimating software
- Connect with vendors and suppliers to obtain pricing information
- Solicit scopes of work and quotations from subcontractors
- Maintain material pricing information in estimating database
- Develop a mastery of the means and methods of construction and the impact on overall project cost
- Participate in turnover meetings with Project Management on successful bids
- Conduct site visits on more complex tenders
- Perform tender closings: review documents, compile proposal information, participate in closing meetings
- Address addendums and change orders
Requirements
- Diploma or Degree within Engineering, Project Management or equivalent combination of training
- Minimum 5 - 8 years of experience within estimating
- Working on medium or large sized construction projects of medium to high complexity
- Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering
- Working knowledge of MS Excel/Word/Project
- Working knowledge of Autodesk (AutoCAD)
- Working knowledge of Bluebeam
- Working knowledge of P6
- Working knowledge of In-eight (Hard Dollar) or similar estimating software
- Strong knowledge of project controls, including costs and scheduling and general requirements of construction projects
- Prior conceptual estimating experience or understanding
- Expert in reading and understanding construction drawings and documents
- Thorough knowledge of contract language/Terms and Conditions/Bonding, etc.
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Strong communication skills – oral and written
- Good knowledge of sub trades
- RICS accredited/ AACE or working towards is valuable but not required
Application
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- Portfolio
- not required
- GitHub
- not required
- Cover letter
- unclear
- Apply flow
- ats
Company context
Safely and sustainably building what matters for future generations to thrive; partnering to build, connect, power, and strengthen communities.
- Product
- Construction and infrastructure projects (transportation and energy)
- Industry
- Infrastructure development / Construction
Description
Come Build Your Career at Aecon! As a Canadian leader in infrastructure development, Aecon is safely and sustainably building what matters for future generations to thrive. The Senior Estimator is responsible for the preparation and documentation of cost estimates and executions plan for the construction of projects. They will compute costs estimate of raw materials purchased or leased equipment or subcontracted work and labor required in the bid tendering process. What You’ll Do Here: Participate in design reviews for Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP), Civil and Architectural Subcontract packages with client key stakeholders. Create sketches, drawings, and specifications to meet client requirements, analyze blueprints, and other documentation. Perform value engineering and take part in constructability reviews during the preconstruction cycle. Drive the production of detailed cost budgets on successfully bid projects. Partner in collecting and maintaining a historical cost data base on past construction projects to be used in estimating new work. Oversee projects that have been successfully bid and are under construction to learn the actual methods and costs of field operations. Execute accurate quantity takeoffs and unit pricing utilizing estimating software. Connect with appropriate vendors and suppliers to obtain pricing information. Solicit scopes of work and quotations from subcontractors. Maintain material pricing information in estimating database. Develop a mastery of the means and methods of construction and the impact on the overall project cost. Participate in turnover meetings with Project Management on successful bids. Site visits may be required on more complex tenders. Tender closings (review of documents, compile proposal information, participate in closing meetings). Address any addendums, change orders, etc. Such other duties and responsibilities as assigned by his/her manager.
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