Construction Estimator

4 weeks ago


Winnipeg, Canada Ventura Custom Homes Ltd. Full time

**Ventura Custom Homes Ltd.**

**Estimator**

Ventura Custom Homes has been building modern, high-quality homes at affordable prices for over 30 years. We pride ourselves on providing our purchasers with the best selection of home models to choose from, allowing them to make virtually any changes they can imagine. We are a progressively-minded company, always striving for continual improvement in design, quality, customer service, and processes while providing our employees with a fulfilling, empowering workplace to thrive within. We firmly believe if we take great care of our employees, they will take great care of our customers.

Ventura Custom Homes was crowned Top Choice Home Builder of Winnipeg for 2022, 2023, and 2024

**Position Overview**:
Reporting directly to the Senior Estimator, the Estimator is responsible for preparing budgets and pricing proposals with accurate costs for custom-built homes in the residential construction industry.

**Responsibilities**:
The duties of the Estimator would include:

- Preparing budgets with accurate costs for Custom Home Agreements, Spec Homes, and Show Homes
- Preparing complicated option cost breakdowns for the Purchasing Department when required
- Preparing pricing proposals with accurate costs for preliminary plans and line drawings so custom home agreements can be signed by new customers
- Creating & maintaining cost-effective supplier spreadsheets, standard plan costing templates, and purchase order templates for new and existing base plans
- Maintaining & updating base plan options price lists for new plans, price increases, and code changes
- Analyzing actual material costs in the Basement, Framing and Finishing sections for job-specific addresses and compare to standard plan costing templates to ensure accuracy

**Requirements**:

- Minimum of 3 years of Estimating experience in residential construction
- Demonstrated proficiency in written/oral communication (writing, planning, editing, formatting) in the English language
- Must have a high degree of computer literacy in a Windows environment
- Home Front construction software an asset
- Minimum "intermediate level" Excel - must know Pivot Tables and IF statements
- Strong keyboarding skills (min of 40 WPM)
- Ability to establish priorities, work independently, problem-solve and proceed with objectives without supervision

Ventura offers a competitive compensation package including vision care, dental care, extended health care, life insurance, free parking.
- **Please note: Safety is a core value at Ventura. As such, all Ventura employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.  Proof of vaccination will be required on your first day of employment**_

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

Pay: $50,000.00-$65,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- How many years of experience do you have estimating job costs for residential construction?

Work Location: In person



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