Civil Estimator | Relocation to Fort St. John Required
Fort St. John, BC | $100,000 - $140,000 | Full-Time, Year-Round | In Office
The Role
This position is based full-time in Fort St. John, BC. Candidates applying from outside the area must be willing to relocate to Fort St. John. This is not a remote or hybrid position.
Our client is hiring a Civil Estimator to take ownership of estimates from the initial tender package through final bid submission. This opportunity is open to experienced intermediate and senior estimators, with compensation based on capability and experience.
You’ll estimate a broad mix of civil, municipal infrastructure, commercial, and light industrial projects, rather than being limited to one narrow project type. Typical projects range from approximately $2M - $5M, with opportunities to pursue larger projects valued up to $20M.
For an estimator who wants more responsibility, this is an opportunity to have a direct impact on what the company pursues, how projects are priced, and how the business expands into larger civil work.
Our client is an established, family-owned general contractor based in Fort St. John, serving Northern BC since 1999.
Responsibilities
- Full-Cycle Estimating: Manage estimates from initial tender documents and drawings through final bid submission.
- Quantity Takeoffs & Costing: Complete quantity takeoffs and build detailed labour, equipment, material, subcontractor, and supplier costs.
- Tender Review & Risk: Review drawings, specifications, and tender documents to confirm scope, identify gaps, constraints, and risks, and account for them in the estimate.
- Subcontractors & Suppliers: Solicit, review, compare, and incorporate subcontractor and supplier pricing.
- Construction Planning: Work with Operations to determine sequencing, crew sizes, productivity, equipment requirements, schedules, and site constraints.
- Bid Submission: Prepare complete tender submissions, including pricing, tender forms, proposal documents, schedules, bonding, insurance, and other required documents.
- Site Review: Attend site visits and pre-tender meetings where required.
- Estimating Data: Maintain and improve unit rates, historical costing, productivity information, and estimating tools.
- Project Handover: Participate in estimate and project handover meetings with Operations.
- Constructability & Alternatives: Support conceptual estimating, constructability reviews, and cost-effective alternatives where applicable.
Requirements
MANDATORY
- Location / Relocation: Able to work full-time in Fort St. John. Candidates currently living outside the area must be willing to relocate.
- Civil Estimating Experience: Experience estimating civil construction projects.
- General Contractor Experience: Experience estimating civil construction projects for a general contractor.
- Full-Cycle Estimating Experience: Experience independently managing estimates from tender documents and drawings through final bid submission.
- Location: Able to work full-time in Fort St. John.
- Driver’s Licence: Valid driver’s licence.
PREFERRED
- Civil Estimating Experience: 5+ years of civil construction estimating experience.
- Municipal / Underground Infrastructure Experience: Experience estimating water, sewer, storm, underground utilities, and/or site servicing projects.
- Roads / Earthworks Experience: Experience estimating road construction or reconstruction, earthworks, excavation, grading, base preparation, paving, and/or parking lot projects.
- Civil Structures Experience: Experience estimating bridges, structural culverts, retaining walls, and/or similar civil structures.
- Commercial / Industrial Civil Experience: Experience estimating commercial site development, light industrial, and/or oil & gas-related civil construction.
- Environmental Civil Experience: Experience estimating creek remediation, shoreline protection, and/or similar environmental civil work.
- Project Size Experience: Experience estimating projects in the approximately $2M - $20M range.
- Field Construction Experience: Previous civil construction field experience, including Foreman, General Foreman, Superintendent, trade, or similar field roles.
- SAGE Estimating Experience: Experience using SAGE Estimating.
- Procore Experience: Experience using Procore.
- Contract Experience: Experience working with MMCD and/or CCDC contracts.
- Delivery Model Experience: Experience estimating lump-sum, unit-price, design-build, GMP, and/or cost-plus projects.
- Education: Degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal education in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Engineering Technology, construction, or a related discipline.
- Gold Seal Certification: Gold Seal certification in estimating.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary: $100,000 - $140,000, based on experience and capability.
- Comprehensive extended health, dental, life, and LTD benefits
- RRSP matching
- Paid vacation and sick time
- Performance-based bonus opportunities
- Paid training and career development
- Full-time, year-round employment
- Anniversary service recognition
