Senior Mechanical Estimator

Modern Niagara helps building owners, managers, and general contractors meet the mechanical, electrical, integrated building technology, and building services needs of their buildings across Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Southwestern Ontario, and Ottawa. We also develop custom, turnkey solutions to help reach the desired outcomes. We are committed to having a positive and meaningful impact on Canada's infrastructure and on the communities where we live, learn, work, and heal.

WE BUILD FOR LIFE.

We value passion, initiative, determination, professionalism, and teamwork and we are committed to ensuring that our teams have everything they need to succeed. Health and safety are embedded in everything we do and, as a result, our award-winning safety culture has a record that's well above industry standards.

At Modern Niagara, you will work alongside values-driven, safety-conscious, and high-impact teams in a fast-paced, innovative, and collaborative environment. Here, your knowledge, skills, and excellent service will help ensure that the buildings that make up Canada's infrastructure fulfill the needs they were set out to meet.

Modern Niagara is one of Canada's Best Managed Companies and is a recipient of SMACNA's Safety Excellence Award Program (SSEAP) – Canada and the Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) Magazine's Gold Winner for Canada's Safest Employers Award in the Building and Construction category and Excellence Winner for Canada's Best Health + Safety Culture Award as well as Canada's Best Health + Safety Leader Award.

We are seeking a Senior Mechanical Estimator to join the team in Ottawa, Ontario. As the Mechanical Estimator, you will work within the team to prepare for, assemble and submit tender prices for various projects of all sizes and scope. The Estimator will be responsible to prepare, record and maintain pricing and assist the management team in the ongoing pursuit and acquisition of construction projects. Through the development of the estimate, the Estimator sets the basis for the projects teams' success by breaking the project into logical areas with labour and cost breakdowns. The estimator is responsible for the turnover of this information to the project execution team when Modern is successful in their bid.  

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review proposal specifications and complete quantity take-offs for labour, equipment, and materials to ensure accurate pricing
• Estimate and create accurate proposals for individual projects
• Identify innovative solutions to solve clients problems ultimately resulting in improvements or cost-saving incentives
• Meet with customers & clients to better understand their needs and requirements
• Meet with Modern Niagara suppliers to foster relationships and negotiate pricing
• Provide technical support to Modern Niagara's Project Managers, Project Coordinators, and Business Development teams
• Generate project plans, and communication plans, and facilitate project hand-off meetings for all relevant project partners once the project has been awarded
• Liaise with Project Managers and ensure all relevant information is shared and understood

Qualifications and Job Requirements:

• 8+ years of extensive, practical and successful experience in organizing and preparing cost estimates and proposals for Mechanical (HVAC, sheet metal, plumbing, and/or piping) construction projects working in both the subcontractor and prime contractor capacity
•  Experience in reading and interpreting construction drawings and documents.
• Experience with estimating software (ex. Trimble, AutoBid, Bluebeam, ProCore)
• Strong understanding of specifications, construction methods, and procedures
• Experience in commercial and institutional projects is an asset
• Ability to put together accurate proposals under pressure and within customers deadlines
• Demonstrated Intermediate to Advanced level of Microsoft Office products, focus on Excel
• Security Clearance - Min. Reliability

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

At Modern Niagara, we recognize the value of fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization and are committed to eliminating barriers faced by members of equity-seeking groups (women, Indigenous, Black, racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and new immigrants) in the construction industry. Our DEI vision is to build an organization where everyone has access to the same opportunities, experience equitable outcomes, and can thrive and reach their full potential.

We value the diversity of the people we hire and serve. Modern Niagara is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise us so that suitable accommodations can be made. We can be reached