Key Responsibilities
- Accurately interpret and comprehend tender drawings and specifications for all projects up to $1 Billion.
- Present all aspects of the project scope, staging, timing, constraints, risks, and potential cost saving opportunities and alternatives to internal staff.
- Able to successfully and independently lead a Design-Build project through the tender stage, including involvement in team meetings.
- Provide Value engineering. Review design options and recommend best solution based on cost, engineering, quality, or availability of materials.
- Be the “strategy maker” on estimates and provide strategy to “win the bid”.
- Ability to chair meetings and set project goals.
- Perform and/or direct quantity take-offs from tender drawings.
- Identify risk areas and bring them to attention of Risk management. Complete Risk Register.
- Prepare initial tender schedule for handoff to field staff.
- Consistently and insightfully formulate all tender costs—labour, material, equipment, and procure subcontractor scope and costs—for quotation submission.
- Close tenders—including tender reviews and sub-proposal reviews and analysis.
- Accountable for accuracy of tender submissions.
- Prepares bid bond and insurance request forms.
- Maintain files and correspondence on active tenders.
- Customer follow-up on submitted tenders/proposals.
- Cost out potential scope of work changes/additional cost/claims situations.
- Monitor active projects and provide job cost evaluation to management.
- Provide technical support to field staff.
- Communicate with field staff and Clients.
- Assist in maintenance of estimating department policies, procedures and standards.
- Mentorship of junior employees.
- Review Job Cost Reports to determine.
Required Knowledge and Skills
- University Degree – Civil Engineering or College Graduate – Civil Technology preferred.
- Minimum 15+ years’ experience in the construction industry, with 10+ years’ experience in estimating.
- Direct experience in Design-Build estimates and team processes.
- Strong team and communication skills—reading, writing, and oral skills in English.
- Capable of reading and understanding construction drawings and documents.
- Computer proficiency – proficiency in an estimating package is a must, and Word would be an asset. Hard Dollar and Accubid experience is an asset.
- Self-motivated for success.
- Ability to work accurately under pressure.
- Ability to work with, and direct others, as a team.