Senior Estimator

Nason Contracting Group Ltd.•Edmonton, AB

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Bird Nason Contracting Group's teamwork approach combines the efforts of our professional engineers, technical staff and skilled trades people to deliver challenging projects through safe operations and specialized services. Bird Nason Contracting Group rewards innovation and creativity and promotes a healthy balance between professional and personal life. We provide a wide variety of training including job specific safety and leadership training for apprentices and journeypersons. We value trade experience and support opportunities to advance into other positions in the firm including estimating, project management, site management or safety. We offer competitive wages, proper tools and a comprehensive benefits plan provided through The Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC). We are always searching for dynamic and dedicated individuals to join our ever-growing Bird Nason Contracting Group team. Please take a look at our current opportunities. Reporting to the Manager, Commercial Operations, the Senior Estimator is responsible for developing accurate cost estimates, including subcontractor pricing, for mechanical scopes of work. This role performs detailed quantity take‑offs from construction drawings and prepares labour, equipment, and material estimates for rotating equipment, boiler, piping, and welding work in accordance with established estimating processes and procedures. This position can be based in the Edmonton, AB office. Solicit supplier quotation for material, equipment, and sub-trade quotations, whether internal to Stuart Olson or from external approved suppliers. Attend pre-tender meetings, site walk down meetings, estimate reviews, and tender closing. Prepare detailed, accurate, professional estimates by calculating material quantity take offs, equipment, and labour rates for tender verification. Using industry standard estimating norms and site production factors or by using historical data from similar estimates. Recommend multiple scenarios based on cost, engineering quality or material availability. Identify most competitive rates based on cost analysis and comparison. Review and evaluate proposal contract, specifications and drawings to determine scope of work and the content of the estimate. Quantify all aspects of the tender document, including tender requirements, written specifications, and project drawings. Review estimate packages to ensure accuracy and completeness prior to final quotation. Create clarification questions to obtain missing information. Prepare final estimate summaries and qualifications ensuring that they address scope, pricing and comprehensiveness. Advise the Project Manager on cost and schedule fluctuations, changes in material availability or other factors affecting construction. Review estimates with management as appropriate, or as directed to by management. Prepare hand over of project tender and schedule to construction team. Calgary, AB, Edmonton, AB With almost 50 years of experience, Bird Nason Contracting Group is a successful western Canadian-based multi-discipline construction company specializing in the construction and servicing of environmental facilities. Atypical to many general contractors, Bird Nason Contracting Group integrates work traditionally performed by subtrades into its company structure to create an atmosphere of mutual co-operation and trust. As an integrated team, we are able to undertake all components of a project to provide our clients with a building solution that is superior in terms of competitive costing and quality. This has resulted in the successful completion of many environmental facilities for numerous public and private clients.

Requirements

Mechanical scopes of work
Detailed quantity take-offs from construction drawings
Labour, equipment, and material estimates for rotating equipment, boiler, piping, and welding work
Established estimating processes and procedures
Solicit supplier quotation for material, equipment, and sub-trade quotations
Attend pre-tender meetings, site walk down meetings, estimate reviews, and tender closing
Calculate material quantity take offs, equipment, and labour rates for tender verification
Industry standard estimating norms and site production factors or historical data from similar estimates
Recommend multiple scenarios based on cost, engineering quality or material availability
Identify most competitive rates based on cost analysis and comparison
Review and evaluate proposal contract, specifications and drawings to determine scope of work and the content of the estimate
Quantify all aspects of the tender document, including tender requirements, written specifications, and project drawings
Review estimate packages to ensure accuracy and completeness prior to final quotation
Create clarification questions to obtain missing information
Prepare final estimate summaries and qualifications
Advise the Project Manager on cost and schedule fluctuations, changes in material availability or other factors affecting construction
Review estimates with management
Prepare hand over of project tender and schedule to construction team

Nice To Haves

Trade experience
Opportunities to advance into other positions in the firm including estimating, project management, site management or safety

Responsibilities

Developing accurate cost estimates, including subcontractor pricing, for mechanical scopes of work.
Performing detailed quantity take-offs from construction drawings.
Preparing labour, equipment, and material estimates for rotating equipment, boiler, piping, and welding work in accordance with established estimating processes and procedures.
Soliciting supplier quotations for material, equipment, and sub-trade quotations.
Attending pre-tender meetings, site walk down meetings, estimate reviews, and tender closing.
Preparing detailed, accurate, professional estimates by calculating material quantity take offs, equipment, and labour rates for tender verification.
Using industry standard estimating norms and site production factors or by using historical data from similar estimates.
Recommending multiple scenarios based on cost, engineering quality or material availability.
Identifying most competitive rates based on cost analysis and comparison.
Reviewing and evaluating proposal contract, specifications and drawings to determine scope of work and the content of the estimate.
Quantifying all aspects of the tender document, including tender requirements, written specifications, and project drawings.
Reviewing estimate packages to ensure accuracy and completeness prior to final quotation.
Creating clarification questions to obtain missing information.
Preparing final estimate summaries and qualifications ensuring that they address scope, pricing and comprehensiveness.
Advising the Project Manager on cost and schedule fluctuations, changes in material availability or other factors affecting construction.
Reviewing estimates with management as appropriate, or as directed to by management.
Preparing hand over of project tender and schedule to construction team.