Civil Estimator

**Who We Are**
OCL Group Inc., is a 100% Canadian, privately held, fully integrated general contractor offering design-build solutions across Western Canada. OCL has the experience you can trust and the quality you can depend on. OCL has been proudly serving the energy and municipal infrastructure markets since 2009.

**The Role**
We are excited to add a **Civil Estimator **to support various divisions and business units within our company. This position is based out of the head office in Edmonton, AB and reports into the Estimating Manager. The Estimator will support the development, pricing and submission of accurate and competitive proposals that meet Company and Client requirements. Some of the main duties involve preparing activity take-offs, estimate and template creation/completion, interfacing with vendors and subcontractors and communicating with clients and OCL stakeholders.

**Our Culture**
Our employees would describe the work environment as team based, fast paced and entrepreneurial. We believe in hiring “A” Players who are self-motivated and intrinsically driven to succeed. These types of people thrive in environments with mínimal guidance because they are resourceful and can seek out information on their own to make informed decisions. Turning around profitable, safe projects for our clients is key to everything we do. Our office has a casual “blue collar” vibe and we encourage a healthy work/life balance which means we are performance based and not about “punching the clock”.

**Compensation/Benefits**
- Competitive base salary; negotiable, based on experience
- 100% employer-paid drugs, travel, life insurance, dependent life insurance and AD&D
- Long term disability
- $7000 in flex credits per year (can roll into a health care spending account or RRSP)
- Paid vacation
- Cell phone allowance or company provided cell phone
- Company provided IT assets
- Work/life balance; opportunity for a flexible schedule
- Company paid training and professional membership fees and/or dues e.g. P.Eng, PMP, etc.
- Paid Training/assistance with educational or professional aspirations

**Key Duties & Responsibilities**
- Estimating, proposal coordination and closing of assigned RFP’s
- Coordination of vendor and subcontractor requirements
- Understand the overall scope of each assigned RFP
- Work with management to produce labor & material take-offs for each discipline
- Oversee the preparation of all proposal documentation for each assigned RFP
- Conduct formal review meetings for each assigned RFP including pre-bid coordination, discipline review, senior management review, and corporate review
- Work with and advise field and senior management regarding estimates and proposals for assigned RFP’s
- Preparation of subcontractor RFQ packages and provide an evaluation of all bids received
- Participate in post-bid meetings & review processes
- Participate in the development of systems for estimating, progress and productivity tracking
- Building equipment rates based on market conditions and availability.

**Education/Experience/Skill Requirements**
Minimum of five years civil construction experience with a post secondary diploma in:Engineer
- Design & Drafting, Civil Design or similar program;
Engineering E.I.T or P.Eng. - Civil/Structural;
Construction Management Technology or equivalent
- Proficient in reading and interpreting engineering drawings
- Computer take off skills
- Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with clients and stakeholders
- Ability to work in a collaborative environment
- Experience with estimating software such as Ineight, Hard Dollar or B2W would be an asset
- Minimum of 3 - 5 years construction or estimating experience
- Experience working within a Google Based Company using Google Sheets, Docs, Gmail, Calendar, etc.
- Experience with Primavera P6 or Microsoft Schedules considered an asset

OCL Group Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

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