Senior Estimator

North American Construction Group Inc.•Acheson, AB

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Estimator to support our Estimating team working on bids for multiple Civil construction projects and scopes of work. This is a great opportunity for a organized, motivated, and flexible individual who enjoys working with a high performing and innovative team while making an impact. Here at NACG we want to be a part of the next step in your employment journey and push your future forward. Our people are what make North American Construction Group an industry leader, its our people that keep the largest fleet of equipment in Western Canada running and it's our people that keep our job sites safe.

Requirements

Minimum of five years’ experience relating to project estimating.
Heavy Civil Earthworks, Mining, Industrial Construction and/or Undergrounds experience preferred.
Engineering Degree, Engineering Technology Diploma or equivalent experience relating to and/or civil construction and/or project management.
Strong knowledge in Microsoft Excel.
Proven ability in using estimating software.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge and experience with estimating software such as InEight, HeavyBid or Bid2Win is an asset.
Knowledge and understanding or scheduling principles and P6 is an asset.
Significant knowledge of all project management functions, contract administration, procurement, material control, economics, accounting, labour laws, contract and legal matters.
Capacity to determine appropriate details for resources, productions, execution plans, scheduling, etc. with minimal input from Operations personnel.
Capacity to determine program objectives and requirements and to develop standards and guides for diverse technical or administrative activities.

Responsibilities

Manage the development of estimations within the respective functional disciplines.
Oversee and participate in the development of various types of estimates from conceptual estimates for proposals and early conceptual studies, to detailed estimates for on going projects.
Provide guidance on services, procedures and methods for the timely and accurate response to client, project management, departmental and company requirements.
Review tender documents to determine scope of work.
Review and analyze job actual costing vs. bid and appropriately modify estimate library for future bids.
Develop proposals and successful bid strategies.
Coordinate internal and external resources to support bid development (incl. constructability/budget development).
Develop various types of estimates for proposals including establishing the estimating scope of work, preparing of the estimate methodology and basis of estimate as well as producing the overall estimate schedule identifying all deliverables and interfaces with other disciplines.
Review proposal specifications and drawings to determine scope of work and required contents of estimate.
Participate in pre-bid meetings, bid strategy and presentations as requested, including site visit meetings.
Oversee the preparation of estimates by calculating complete takeoff of scope of work.
Review design options and recommend best solutions based on cost, engineering quality, or availability of materials.
Oversee the maintenance of files of working documents as back-up for estimate figures, including current information on prices from suppliers.
Participate in bid reviews.
Communicate estimate specifics to operations and all key support departments (supply chain, finance, HR, IT) upon contract execution.
Other duties as assigned.