Construction Estimator

2 weeks ago


Winnipeg, Canada Paragon Design Build Full time

**Company Description**:
Paragon is one of Winnipeg’s largest, privately-owned real estate companies specializing in the development of sustainable, purpose-built multifamily rental properties. With over 15 years of experience, Paragon boasts end-to-end real estate services including acquisition, development, construction management and long-term property management. Paragon currently has over 600M+ of projects under development.

**The Position**:
**Responsibilities**:

- Determine the project scope of work.
- Collaborate with project stakeholders to ensure estimate accuracy.
- Set-up and complete estimate in company standard estimating program.
- Prepare preliminary construction schedules.
- Complete estimate quantification and draft costing of labour.
- Identify and develop constructibility requirements for project construction.
- Analyze design criteria and assist in recommending options for cost, engineering quality, and availability of materials.
- Identify and propose project risk and cost mitigation as well as the potential for project opportunities and cost savings.
- Analyze subcontractor bids for irregularities and ensure the full scope of work is included.
- Assemble conceptual / budget costs using past project analytics, benchmarking.
- Develop scopes of work for subcontractors to provide budgeting.
- Prepare an estimate schedule of all activities required to complete a fully quantified and costed estimate.
- Provide accurate assessments of risk and scope for completed estimates.
- Generate and assess risk mitigation plans that ensure bonding, insurance costing and appropriate contingencies.
- Select and invite to tender trade partners that are assessed to be financially viable with adequate manpower and appropriate level of expertise to complete the work.
- Build and maintain relationships with clients, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders
- Lead / manage the Kick-Off Meeting, weekly strategy meetings, and any formal meetings pertinent to ensuring the estimate process will meet the milestone dates established.

**Qualifications**:

- Completion of post-secondary education with a diploma or degree related to Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Estimating, Engineering, or related experience will be considered.
- Minimum 5 years of estimating experience preferably within Commercial and or Residential construction.
- Understanding of construction documents and the ability to assess the level of completeness. Knowledge of construction costs and budgets, ability to develop a project schedule.
- Proficiency in the use of MS Excel, Procore, and Bluebeam.
- Ability to identify problems/issues; looks beyond the immediate problem and more broad items to generate possible solutions.
- Ability to work in a team environment; able to manage multiple priorities and work under pressure.
- Understands combustible and non-combustible building methods.
- Experience in multi-family construction is an asset.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $60,000.00-$80,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 2023-02-22
Expected start date: 2023-03-06



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