Application Information

Employer Name: Stuart Olson Dominion Construction Ltd. Incorrect map location? Hide the map Contact Name: Human Resources Contact Fax: 306-664-4416 Employer Website: www.sodcl.com

Job Order #: 5213118
Employer Name:	Stuart Olson Dominion Construction Ltd.
Wage/Salary Info:	$85,000 to $140,000
Posted Date:	20-Aug-2012
Location:	REGINA
# of Positions:	4
Employment Terms:	Full Time
Length of Employment:	Permanent
Education:	Technical/Applied Science Diploma
Experience:	3-5 Years
Apply By:	19-Sep-2012
How to Apply?:	For more information, please go to our website at www.sodcl.com

 

Description

Reporting to the Estimating Manager, the successful candidates responsibilities will include:

    Be a key contributor in the project development activities to secure the project;
    Develop and execute a project strategy that meets the projects required performance, schedule and profitability targets. Meet or exceed these targets;
    Provide preconstruction services including the development of preliminary budgets, cost plans and value engineering exercises;
    Actively participate in project scheduling activities including post-it note sessions. Ensure that preconstruction schedule is achieved;
    Work closely with the project manager, owner, consultants, suppliers and trades to identify, develop, implement and support cost-effective project delivery;
    Prepare and manage project budgets during the design;
    Ensure that constructability is address before sub-trade tendering;
    Oversee the tendering and award of sub-trade contracts;
    Identify, address and resolve issues and problems as or before they occur;
    Develop and maintain positive relationships with client, consultants, suppliers and trades;
    Maintain the highest standards of professional ethics and integrity when representing Stuart Olson Dominion;
    Contribute current cost and productivity information to the company data base.

The successful candidate will be a university graduate in quantity surveying or engineering and eligible for or have attained PQS, CET, or P. Eng. designations.  He/she will have a minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in the capacity of estimator including a full range of project delivery methods including lump sum, construction management and design build. This should include direct estimation experience of large commercial, high rise, civil and/or institutional construction projects $30M and greater.

 

Skills and Abilities

Project Size Estimating Experience
 - $8,000,001 +
Type of Construction Experience
 - Civil
 - Commercial
 - Industrial
 - Institutional
Essential Skills
 - Significant use of memory
 - Continuous learning
 - Computer use
 - Finding information
 - Job task planning and organizing
 - Critical thinking
 - Decision making
 - Problem solving
 - Working with others
 - Oral communication
 - Writing
 - Numeracy
 - Document use
 - Reading text
Additional Skills
 - Provide economic feasibility studies and preliminary estimates for proposed projects
 - Read and interpret blueprints, drawings and specifications
Specific Skills
 - Analyze tenders and recommend awards
 - Estimate pre-contract costs
 - Prepare and maintain a directory of suppliers and contractors
 - Prepare bill of material
 - Prepare estimates of labour and material costs
 - Prepare estimates for general expenses and overheads
 - Select sub-trades
 - Utilize quantity take-off procedures
 - Advise on tendering procedures
Major Work Area
 - Estimating
 - Quantity surveying
Business Equipment and Computer Applications
 - Databases
 - Estimating packages
 - Scheduling packages
 - Spreadsheets
 - Take-off packages
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
 - Not required