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Intermediate Estimator

  • Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Original job description

Your future role on our team

We’re looking for a dynamic, innovative and creative estimator who’s comfortable working in the consulting engineering industry. You'll actively participate in meeting the growing demands of our clients. As a team member, you’ll be responsible for tracking changes and estimating direct and indirect project costs.

With us, you’ll get the opportunity to...

  • Develop multidisciplinary estimates using engineering data, material quantity take-offs and/or scope of work documentation
  • Organize estimates based on the work breakdown structure and established cost coding
  • Calculate hourly labour rates, productivity factors and indirect costs
  • Develop pricing for local raw materials such as aggregates and concrete, and update pricing for key bulk materials in the estimating model to ensure alignment with the project location and currency
  • Supervise and review the work of junior estimators
  • Prepare assessments for allowances, markups and miscellaneous costs
  • Carry out material quantity take-offs
  • Participate in value-analysis exercises and trade-off studies
  • Work closely with cost controllers and project planners
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of estimation methods, tools and procedures
  • When assigned to a site, assess any changes made by the client and/or subcontractor to original contracts
  • Prepare estimation execution plans and basis of estimate documents
  • Propose or help develop pricing strategies (fixed-price pricing), including integrating work package lists, defining quantities and key dates, establishing installation labour methodologies and indirect costs methodologies and reviewing with the project team
  • Present and defend estimates to BBA management and lead estimate reviews and client presentations
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Responsibilities

The Intermediate Estimator at BBA will prepare project cost estimates from engineering data and quantity take-offs. They will also review junior estimators' work and present pricing to management and clients.

Requirements

Candidates need experience estimating direct and indirect project costs in consulting engineering, along with strong quantity take-off and pricing skills. The posting asks for a creative, innovative estimator who can lead reviews and client presentations.

Skills

  • Cost estimating
  • Quantity take-off
  • Work breakdown structure
  • Cost coding
  • Labour rate calculation
  • Productivity factors
  • Indirect cost analysis
  • Markup and allowance assessment
  • Material pricing (aggregates, concrete, bulk materials)
  • Value analysis
  • Trade-off studies
  • Fixed-price pricing strategy
  • Basis of estimate documentation
  • Estimate review
  • Change assessment
  • Client presentation
  • Supervision of junior staff
  • Engineering data interpretation

Categories

  • Engineering
  • Construction
  • Consulting
  • Finance & Accounting

Keywords

  • cost estimator
  • estimating
  • quantity take-off
  • construction estimating
  • consulting engineering
  • work breakdown structure
  • cost coding
  • labour rates
  • productivity factors
  • indirect costs
  • markups
  • allowances
  • fixed-price pricing
  • value analysis
  • basis of estimate
  • aggregates
  • concrete pricing
  • cost control
  • project planning
  • construction

Seniority

Mid level

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