Estimator
Minto
- Ottawa, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Competitive salary
- Annual bonus + benefits effective 1st day + retirement savings plan/RRSP matching plan + 3 weeks' vacation
- Tuition reimbursement plans and professional development courses
- Employee recognition platform - Be rewarded by your colleagues for your contributions!
- Flexible summer hours
- Many exciting career opportunities
- Assists in compiling and coordinating drawings and specifications in accordance with the tender documents;
- Facilitates cost control in design development budgets.
- Prepares, monitors, and updates construction budgets.
- Support in value engineering of new details, design and products.
- Prepares and reviews construction cost estimates from initial design stage to final working drawings.
- Prepares and manages tender packages which include scopes of work and tender documentation for the trades.
- Prepares the tender analysis based on submitted tenders from the Trades.
- Preparation of contract documents.
- Research of new products and materials, for the purpose of cost saving, efficiencies and use of sustainable alternatives.
- Other duties within the scope, spirit, and purpose of the job, as requested by management.
- University Degree (Civil Engineering, Architectural or Engineering degree or related discipline) or a College Diploma (Construction Management, Civil Engineering Technologist or related discipline).
- A minimum of two to five (2-5) years of relevant work experience in construction as an Estimator. Low-Rise wood frame construction background would be considered an asset.
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel), Outlook
- On Screen Takeoff computer programming is an asset
- Newstar ERP System
- Knowledge of residential construction (single-family residential)
- Occupational Health and Safety Act