Project Estimator
- Sudbury, ON, Canada
- Greater Sudbury, ON, Canada
Compensation Range: $75,000 - $85,000 base salary · Full-time
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The Opportunity:
Our client, a growing Canadian manufacturer providing wear solutions to mining and industrial customers across Ontario and Québec, is looking for a Project Estimator to join their Integrated Solutions team in Sudbury. Reporting to the Solutions Team Lead, you'll own the estimates behind their most complex opportunities. This isn't routine catalogue quoting - it's non-routine, project-specific work where accuracy, margin protection, and sound technical interpretation decide whether they win profitable work.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Detailed Estimating: Prepare comprehensive cost estimates covering materials, labour, equipment, subcontracted services, and logistics.
- Scope & Drawing Analysis: Analyze drawings, technical specifications, and customer scopes to define true project requirements.
- Risk & Contingency Management: Identify technical and commercial risks to build appropriate contingencies into every estimate.
- Proposal Support: Support bids and RFPs with clear, professional cost breakdowns and documentation.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Solutions, Engineering, Operations, Procurement, and Finance to validate estimates and secure vendor pricing.
- Database & Performance Tracking: Maintain internal cost databases and historical records, tracking estimate accuracy (aiming for ±5% of actual cost) and win rates (targeting 30-40%).
- Process Improvement: Recommend continuous improvements to estimating tools, methods, and cost-modelling processes.
What You'll Need to Be Successful:
- Education: Diploma or degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related field.
- Experience: 2-5 years of experience in estimating, costing, or a similar role (industrial, mining, or construction environment preferred).
- Technical Skills: Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, technical specifications, and customer requirement documents.
- Costing & Systems Expertise: Strong grasp of cost drivers across labour, materials, and subcontracting, paired with proficiency in Excel, ERP systems, and estimating software.
- Core Competencies: Strong numerical, analytical, and problem-solving abilities with a highly collaborative working style.
Compensation Range: $75,000 - $85,000 base salary
More about this job
Responsibilities
Prepare detailed project estimates covering materials, labour, equipment, subcontracting, and logistics, using drawings and customer requirements to define scope and account for risks. Support bids and RFPs, collaborate across teams to validate costs and vendor pricing, maintain cost and performance records, and improve estimating processes.
Requirements
Requires a diploma or degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related field, and 2–5 years of estimating, costing, or similar experience; industrial, mining, or construction experience is preferred. Candidates should be able to interpret engineering drawings and specifications, understand cost drivers, use Excel, ERP systems, and estimating software, and demonstrate strong analytical and collaborative abilities.
Skills
- Project Estimating
- Cost Estimating
- Drawing Interpretation
- Technical Specification Analysis
- Risk Management
- Contingency Planning
- Proposal Support
- Cost Breakdown Documentation
- Vendor Pricing
- Cost Database Management
- Estimate Accuracy Tracking
- Excel
- ERP Systems
- Estimating Software
- Analytical Problem-Solving
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
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Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Manufacturing
- Engineering
- Construction
Keywords
- Project Estimating
- Cost Estimation
- Materials
- Labour
- Equipment
- Subcontracting
- Logistics
- Engineering Drawings
- Technical Specifications
- Customer Scope
- Risk Management
- Contingency Planning
- Bids
- RFPs
- Vendor Pricing
- Cost Databases
- Estimate Accuracy
- Win Rates
- Excel
- ERP Systems
- Estimating Software
- Mining
- Industrial Manufacturing
- Construction
- Cost Modelling
- Procurement
- Engineering
- Operations
- Finance