Senior Estimator
- Toronto, ON, Canada
$150,000 to $160,000 CAD / year · Full-time
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Job details
- Pay
- $150,000 to $160,000 CAD / year
- Job type
- Full-time
- Apply by
- Experience
- 10+ years estimating experience in an ICI General Contracting environment
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Senior Estimator (ICI General Contractor)
Compensation: Competitive $130,000-$160,000 + bonus/benefits
The Opportunity
We’re hiring a Senior Estimator to lead pricing on complex ICI projects and bring consistency to how we win work. This role is ideal for someone who can build accurate, defendable estimates, challenge assumptions early, and partner with Operations to ensure what we sell is what we can successfully deliver.
What You’ll Own
- Produce full-scope estimates (conceptual through tender) across ICI projects
- Lead take-offs, subcontractor solicitation, bid leveling, and scope reconciliation
- Identify risk, opportunities, and value-engineering options that protect margin and schedule
- Build clear pricing narratives and proposal packages that clients can trust
- Collaborate with Precon/PMs/Supers to create realistic schedules, logistics plans, and execution strategies
- Improve estimating systems: templates, historical cost data, lessons learned, and supplier relationships
What We’re Looking For
- 10+ years estimating experience in an ICI General Contracting environment
- Strong understanding of scopes: civil/structural, architectural, mechanical/electrical coordination, finishes, and site logistics
- Confident communicator who can negotiate, ask the hard questions, and present pricing logically
- Detail-driven with strong judgement - accurate, fast, and calm under deadlines
- Proficiency with common estimating tools (e.g., Bluebeam, OST, Excel, estimating software)
Why This Role Matters
You’ll directly influence what we win - and how profitably we deliver it - by building estimates that are accurate, strategic, and aligned with real-world execution.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead full-scope estimates for ICI projects, including take-offs, subcontractor solicitation, bid leveling, scope reconciliation, and pricing proposals. Identify risks and value-engineering opportunities, coordinate with project teams on schedules and execution plans, and improve estimating systems and cost data.
Requirements
Requires 10 or more years of estimating experience with an ICI general contractor and a strong understanding of civil and structural, architectural, mechanical and electrical coordination, finishes, and site logistics. Candidates should communicate and negotiate confidently, exercise sound judgment under deadlines, and be proficient with tools such as Bluebeam, OST, Excel, and estimating software.
Skills
- Estimating
- Cost Estimation
- Quantity Take-Offs
- Subcontractor Solicitation
- Bid Leveling
- Scope Reconciliation
- Risk Assessment
- Value Engineering
- Pricing
- Proposal Development
- Schedule Planning
- Construction Logistics
- Project Execution Planning
- Estimating Systems Improvement
- Bluebeam
- On-Screen Takeoff (OST)
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Construction
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- ICI Construction
- General Contracting
- Senior Estimating
- Conceptual Estimating
- Tendering
- Quantity Take-Offs
- Subcontractor Solicitation
- Bid Leveling
- Scope Reconciliation
- Risk Assessment
- Value Engineering
- Margin Protection
- Pricing Narratives
- Proposal Packages
- Preconstruction
- Project Management
- Superintendents
- Schedule Planning
- Construction Logistics
- Execution Strategies
- Estimating Systems
- Historical Cost Data
- Lessons Learned
- Supplier Relationships
- Civil Construction
- Structural Construction
- Architectural Construction
- Mechanical Coordination
- Electrical Coordination
- Bluebeam