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Coco Paving Inc., a leader in the heavy road construction business in Ontario, Quebec and Western Canada, has an opportunity for an Estimator.
What is involved?
Prepares work to be accomplished by gathering information and requirements; setting priorities.
Prepares construction budget by studying plans; updating specifications; identifying and projecting costs for each elevation.
Evaluates offers to purchase by costing changes, additions, and site requirements.
Obtains bids from vendors and subcontractors by specifying materials; identifying qualified subcontractors; negotiating price.
Maintains cost keys and price masters by updating information.
Resolves cost discrepancies by collecting and analyzing information.
Prepares special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
Maintains quality service by following organization standards.
Maintains continuity among corporate, division, and local work teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
What is required?
An ability to do the following:
Analyzing Information
Developing Budgets
Vendor Relationships
Reporting Skills
Estimating
Decision Making
Teamwork,
Documentation Skills
Quality Focus
Whats nice to have?
Education and experience in an Estimator role.
If youre a high energy, self-motivated individual who is willing to work hard in a team-oriented, fast-paced environment, we want to talk to you!
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
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Membership in the Professional Corporation for Estimators
- Membership in the Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors
- Driver's License
- CADD Course
Additional Skills
- Read and interpret blueprints, drawings and specifications
- Provide economic feasibility studies and preliminary estimates for proposed projects
- Operate CADD systems
Specific Skills
- Monitor and adjust contract expenditures
Major Work Area
- Estimating
Business Equipment and Computer Applications
- Take-off packages
- Spreadsheets
- Scheduling packages
- Planimeter
- Estimating packages
- Electric digitizer
- Databases