Civil Estimator

2 weeks ago


Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Aecon Full time

Career Opportunity: Civil Estimator

Aecon Industrial is seeking a skilled Civil Estimator to join our team in Edmonton. As a Civil Estimator, you will play a critical role in generating accurate and timely cost estimates for assigned projects.

About Aecon Industrial

Aecon Industrial brings seamless solutions to key clients through operational excellence and reliability. With the ability to self-perform across our diverse business offering and a strategic fabrication network, Aecon Industrial proactively and profitably manages projects across a diverse range of industrial business areas.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Accurately interpret and comprehend tender drawings and specifications.
  • Present all aspects of the project scope, staging, timing, constraints, risks, and potential cost saving opportunities and alternatives to bid teams and management.
  • Contribute to the management and leadership of projects through the proposal stage, including involvement in team meetings.
  • Review design options and recommend best solution based on cost, engineering, quality, or availability of materials.
  • Perform and/or direct quantity take-offs from tender drawings.
  • Contribute to the risk assessment and management process - Identify risk areas.
  • Consistently and insightfully formulate all tender costs—labour, material, equipment, and procure subcontractor scope and costs—for quotation submission.
  • Lead the estimate close-out process, including tender reviews and sub-proposal reviews and analysis.
  • Lead the successful transition and handover of estimating documents to the project execution teams.

Requirements:

  • 5-10 years' minimum experience in civil, concrete estimating within the construction/industrial industry.
  • University or technical college diploma in Civil Engineering or Construction Management an asset.
  • Excellent working knowledge of various types of construction contracts (e.g. Lump Sum, Cost Reimbursable, Unit Price, Design Build, etc.).
  • Working knowledge of industry standards, specifications, standards, contract language/Terms and Conditions/Bonding etc.
  • High degree of excellence at performing investigations of each tender and accurately review and incorporate all site conditions that impact bid costs, ensure constructability.
  • Consistent and effective at successfully negotiating with vendors for project purchasing needs, conforming to Aecon's procurement requirements including budgets and terms and conditions.
  • Expert level understanding of balanced/un-balanced bids and forecasting margins at the tender stage.
  • Coherently presents the essence/strategy of a completed estimate to management, defend its constructability, and defend calculated cost targets at a detailed level.
  • Expertise in submitting written requests for clarifications from clients; consistently well worded, to Aecon's advantage and never compromises Aecon's position where we hold a bid advantage.
  • An expert in the job handover process (from estimating to operations).
  • Utilization of estimating software is an asset (Hard Dollar Estimating software, etc.).
  • Good communications skills both oral and written.

About Us

Aecon fosters diversity, inclusion and belonging within and across our organization. We welcome all to join our team, including women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity.

Why Join Us

We are committed to adhering to the objectives and requirements outlined in the Accessible Canada Act (ACA), and to meeting the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities in a timely manner, through the implementation of the requirements of the ACA and its applicable regulations.


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