Estimator
Express Employment Professionals
- Barrie, ON
- $50,000-55,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Type: Full time
Pay: $50K - 55K based on experienceEstimators must aggressively follow-up with vendors and or subcontractors to ensure that bids are received and reviewed for the correct products.Estimators also assist with Sales to follow-up on bids and budgets to assist in acquisition of successful profitable work.Key Responsibilities:
- Prepares and maintains status of plan and spec reproduction
- Solicits and maintains communication with vendors and subcontractors
- Prepares vendor and subcontractor bid packages
- Quantity take offs of project specific products inclusive of labour and equipment forecasts for labour production
- Entry into estimating cost program for current tenders
- Transmit addenda and other bid information to vendor and subcontractors
- Ensures that we have the proper coverage from vendors and subcontractors on bid day
- Shows creativity and resourcefulness to gain better pricing from vendors and subcontractors
- Submits 100% of bids and budgets by the bid deadline
- Enters all relevant information into excel estimating template
- Builds an organized complete bid package file with all relevant information
- Project Knowledge
- Review bid requirements thoroughly and asks follow-up question on every bid
- Has a thorough understanding of the project bid scope
- Develops RFI's and clarifications
- Performs a comprehensive "bid day" analysis
- Tender project inclusions and exclusions, evaluated per scope and sales strategy
- Include value-engineering ideas
- Knowledge of cladding products, suppliers, equivalents and project application
- Follow up & assistance in closing revisions to costing and scope of work
- Project turnover with Salesperson to Project Management department on awarded bids
- 5+ years of experience in a similar Estimating role
- Scope take-off, quantity and costing
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Post secondary education in architecture design or drafting technology background, or equivalent
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