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CP Distributors Ltd. Saskatoon has openings for Construction Products Technical Estimator.
Education: Completion of high school and completion of a college or technical school is an asset but training is provided by CP Distributors Ltd.
Experience: Commercial & Institutional Construction, Architectural fields would be an asset
Skills: Estimate pre-contract costs, utilize quantity take-off procedures. The ability to read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and specifications. Essential skills are reading text, document use, working with others, critical thinking, job task planning and organizing, significant use of memory. Continuous learning is encouraged.
Computer applications: spreadsheets, estimating packages, and take-off packages.
CP Distributors Ltd. offer defined career paths, opportunity for advancement, full benefits, and RRSP group plan.
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.)
- Not applicable
Additional Skills
- Read and interpret blueprints, drawings and specifications
Specific Skills
- Advise on tendering procedures
- Utilize quantity take-off procedures
- Prepare estimates for general expenses and overheads
- Prepare estimates of labour and material costs
- Estimate pre-contract costs
- Analyze tenders and recommend awards
Major Work Area
- Estimating
Business Equipment and Computer Applications
- Take-off packages
- Spreadsheets
- Scheduling packages
- Estimating packages
- Databases