Senior Mechanical Estimator
Modern Niagara
- Ottawa, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Performing quantity takeoffs including entry into estimating software
- Preparation, final review, and submission of Bid Documents to ensure all bid requirements are met
- Assemble all elements of an estimate including labour, material, equipment, and subcontractor pricing
- The ability to prepare takeoffs using drawings and documents that may be less than 100% complete
- Understand the labour variances between project types and apply appropriate correction factors
- Provide detailed labor breakdowns for each area to assist with budget creation and management of the project
- Prepares budgets for prospective projects
- Attend and participate in site visits, pre-bid meetings, and post-bid meetings as required
- Participate in estimating turnover meetings with the project team to assist with the planning and budget process
- Establish strong relationships with suppliers and sub-trades to ensure sound and competitive pricing is received
- Reviewing project to develop a win strategy
- Reviewing final cost report with the project team and develop for historical information
- Interpret client and design information and have sufficient industry and design knowledge to interpret and include for a complete system.
- Ability to critically review request for proposals, preliminary designs, estimates, proposals, and both external and internal information to enable best decisions to be made in consultation with management.
- Ability to decide as part of a team which projects have potential for MNV to pursue and execute and which to decline, based on backlog, complexity, schedule, client, resources, and target market.
- Timing of all duties and responsibilities as set up by the Estimating Policy and/or reviewed during estimating meetings
- 10+ years of relevant Mechanical Estimating experience with strong exposure across organizing and preparing cost estimates and proposals for Mechanical, Plumbing or Sheet Metal construction projects within a field or office setting
- Experienced with, and a willingness to train and mentor team members.
- Proven project (procedures and budgeting) and resource management with ability to demonstrate leadership skills through past work experience
- Ability to interpret site and building plans and specifications.
- Experience with project or construction management software (eg; Procore)
- Post-secondary degree or diploma with focus in mechanical or construction technology engineering is desirable
- Proven skills in applying the practices and procedures used in the direct preparation of mechanical cost estimates for complex construction working in both the subcontractor and prime contractor capacity
- Experience in commercial and institutional projects
- Proven ability to create and maintain effective relationships with clients, vendors, subcontracts, architects, designers, field superintendents and staff