Senior Estimator

7 days ago

Houston, Texas, United States Stantec Inc. Full time


Join a team that has been partnering with our clients for more than 100 years to improve the quality of life around the world.

When it comes to hydropower, dams, locks, and navigation projects, we design with the next generation in mind.

We operate with the strength of a $3B company paired with the agility of a specialized energy group to deliver some of the most iconic and cutting-edge projects around the world.

This proud legacy has fostered a culture of innovation and safety, leading our team to design the world's most impactful projects-projects vital to both local and global communities.

Your Opportunity


As a Senior Estimator at Stantec, you will be responsible for developing, managing, and coordinating large multi-discipline heavy civil cost estimates and construction schedules.

You will work with a dynamic team of cost estimators, schedulers, and construction engineers in Stantec's construction engineering group.

You will be a productive leader on the team and will mentor and support others in the development of their skills.

You will be responsible for coordinating teams of discipline estimators, and the position will frequently require the direct estimating of at least one project discipline.


The position will have responsibility to support exciting, complex projects throughout the world ranging from approximately $1 million to $2 billion.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the coordination and development of cost estimates and schedules for design teams at traditional project development milestones.

Stantec takes a measured approach to workplace flexibility and choice for employee's workplaces.

Our goal is to strike the optimal balance between providing flexibility, sustaining successful teams and optimizing productivity for the benefit of our employees, projects, and clients.

We value a vibrant, healthy, enriching workplace culture that considers employee well-being and work-life balance so our people can bring their best to work every day.

This position will have flexibility in working from home or a Stantec US office and may require some domestic and possibly international travel.

Your Key Responsibilities

  • Supervise and coordinate the timely and complete development of multi-discipline cost estimates and construction schedules.
  • Support and collaborate with other senior estimators for the development of cost estimates and construction schedules
  • Provide generally non-routine estimating guidance for projects.
  • Coordinate the input parameters for cost estimates and construction schedules.
  • Validate material takeoffs and construction quantities from drawings.
  • Coordinate and compile information from all estimating disciplines into one cost estimate.
  • Prepare detailed labor-force work plans for estimating activities.
  • Prepare basis of cost estimate report deliverables for the end user.
  • Establish site-specific estimating criteria including wage and person-hour productivity rates.
  • Perform thorough quality control of construction documents and provide design ideas and solutions.
  • Provide support for procurement, change and claims valuation and negotiations.
  • Prepare construction logistics plans.
  • Provide innovative solutions for construction, estimating issues and problems.
  • Interface with designated management and client counterparts for specific estimating tasks.
  • Review design documents such as specifications and drawings to identify risks and opportunities related to competitive pricing for key project elements.
  • Prepare and coordinate constructability reviews for engineering designs.
  • Serve as a cost estimating point of contact for internal clients
  • Manage and provide guidance to junior and intermediate estimating staff.
  • Develop, maintain, and improve procedures and tools for cost estimating.
Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

  • Extensive technical knowledge of cost/estimating, engineering design, and construction practice and applicable standards and procedures
  • Expertise in one or more of the following estimating disciplines: Heavy civil, tunnels, and/or marine construction.
  • Advanced understanding of different contract methods and how they

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