Senior Estimator — Own estimating. Protect margin

Senior Estimator — Own estimating. Protect the margin.  Alpha & Omega Painting / Renovations
· Coquitlam
· Full-time
Up to $150,000 for the right person
Most estimators at our size are stuck rewriting the owner's quotes, chasing field chaos, or ball parking jobs that lose money.
This seat is different.
We're a ~$4M painting and renovation company in the Lower Mainland. Work is real. Clients are real. Margin matters. We're hiring one senior estimator to own estimating outright: you walk the job, build the number, set the price, and stand behind it. You're not producing numbers for someone else to approve. You are the person who decides what we bid, what we walk away from, and how we protect margin before a job is ever sold.
What you own   The estimating function, end to end. Your numbers go out as yours; the owner doesn't rewrite them
Pricing authority and bid/no-bid calls. You decide which jobs are worth winning and which aren't
Margin. You set it at the quote stage and you see how it holds up on the finished job
The front end of the business. Your judgment shapes what work comes in the door
What success looks like in year one   Your estimates hold up: finished jobs come in close to the labour and materials cost you priced
Margin is protected on the jobs you sell
We win work on accuracy and value, without buying it on price
Every sold job is handed to a PM with a clean, itemized scope so it gets built as sold
What you get   Real authority. We want an A-player we'd happily pay $150k, not a quote clerk
On-site work: walk jobs, price what's actually there, talk to customers like a pro
Variety that keeps you sharp: residential, strata, commercial, light reno, not the same unit forever
A company investing in systems. Ops, costing, and handoffs are being built on purpose
Direct line to the owner. Decisions move; no corporate maze
Respect for craft. We win the right jobs and walk away from the wrong ones
What we need from you   Proven senior-level estimating experience (painting, reno, restoration, a related trade, or GC). We care about the jobs you've priced and how they turned out, not a years-on-the-clock number
Heavy on-site quoting experience
Itemized, defensible estimates: labour, materials, contingency, exclusions
A track record you can talk to: size and value of projects estimated, estimate volume, and how close your numbers came to actual cost
Clear handoffs to PMs so jobs get built as sold
The judgment to protect margin before the quote goes out
What this is not   Learning estimating on our dime
Sales-only ballpark pricing
A role where the owner rewrites every number
Alpha & Omega Painting Inc.
· Coquitlam ·