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About Us:
Since 1993, Daytona Homes Master Builder has been dedicated to building single and multi-family homes while providing first class customer service, superior craftsmanship and exceptional quality. With operations in Lethbridge, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon and Grande Prairie, Daytona Homes offers excellent growth and earning potential and with our corporate philosophy of Work Hard Play Hard, you know you are going to have fun coming to work!
Estimator
Responsibilities
o Prepare & maintain job files for housing
o Plan detailed material take offs & cost estimates
o Provide sub trade pricing for plans, specifications and coordinate the tender process
o Prepare cost to complete estimates, issue purchase orders to sub trades and material suppliers
Requirements
o Minimum of 3-5 years of residential estimating experience
o Recognized as a Certified Engineering Technologist, Construction Technologist or have related educational experience
o Ability to read blue prints
o Capability to create & maintain housing budgets & costing options
o Ability to manage a heavy workload
o Strong communication and interpersonal skills
o Attention to detail
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Additional Skills
- Read and interpret blueprints, drawings and specifications
- Provide economic feasibility studies and preliminary estimates for proposed projects
Specific Skills
- Set up cost monitoring and reporting systems
- Project cash flow and financing requirements
- Prepare estimates for general expenses and overheads
- Prepare estimates of labour and material costs
- Prepare bill of material
- Prepare and maintain a directory of suppliers and contractors
- Estimate pre-contract costs
Project Size Estimating Experience
- $ 100,001 - $ 500,000
Major Work Area
- Estimating
Business Equipment and Computer Applications
- Take-off packages
- Spreadsheets
- Scheduling packages
- Estimating packages
- Databases
Type of Construction Experience
- Residential