Mechanical Estimator Job Hamilton area,Ontario Canada,Engineering

Modern Niagara helps building owners, managers, and general contractors meet the mechanical, electrical, integrated building technology, and building services needs of their buildings across Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Southwestern Ontario, and Ottawa. We also develop custom, turnkey solutions to help reach the desired outcomes. We are committed to having a positive and meaningful impact on Canada’s infrastructure and on the communities where we live, learn, work, and heal.

WE BUILD FOR LIFE.

We value passion, initiative, determination, professionalism, and teamwork and we are committed to ensuring that our teams have everything they need to succeed. Health and safety are embedded in everything we do and, as a result, our award-winning safety culture has a record that’s well above industry standards.

At Modern Niagara, you will work alongside values-driven, safety-conscious, and high-impact teams in a fast-paced, innovative, and collaborative environment. Here, your knowledge, skills, and excellent service will help ensure that the buildings that make up Canada’s infrastructure fulfill the needs they were set out to meet.

Modern Niagara is one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies and is a recipient of SMACNA‘s Safety Excellence Award Program (SSEAP) – Canada and the Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) Magazine’s Gold Winner for Canada’s Safest Employers Award in the Building and Construction category and Excellence Winner for Canada’s Best Health + Safety Culture Award as well as Canada’s Best Health + Safety Leader Award.

We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Mechanical Estimator to join our Estimating team in our Southwest Ontario (Hamilton) office and be an integral part of delivering continued success within this department.

In addition to your day-to-day Estimating responsibilities which include: preparing accurate tender prices from the available information such as drawings and specifications.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Performing quantity takeoffs including entry into estimating software

Preparation, final review, and submission of Bid Documents to ensure all bid requirements are met

Assemble all elements of an estimate including labour, material, equipment, and subcontractor pricing

The ability to prepare takeoffs using drawings and documents that may be less than 100% complete

Understand the labour variances between project types and apply appropriate correction factors

Provide detailed labor breakdowns for each area to assist with budget creation and management of the project

Prepares budgets for prospective projects

Attend and participate in site visits, pre-bid meetings, and post-bid meetings as required

Participate in estimating turnover meetings with the project team to assist with the planning and budget process

Establish strong relationships with suppliers and sub-trades to ensure sound and competitive pricing is received

Reviewing project to develop a win strategy

Reviewing final cost report with the project team and develop for historical information

Interpret client and design information and have sufficient industry and design knowledge to interpret and include for a complete system.

Ability to critically review request for proposals, preliminary designs, estimates, proposals, and both external and internal information to enable best decisions to be made in consultation with management.

Ability to decide as part of a team which projects have potential for MNV to pursue and execute and which to decline, based on backlog, complexity, schedule, client, resources, and target market.

Timing of all duties and responsibilities as set up by the Estimating Policy and/or reviewed during estimating meetings

Qualifications and Job Requirements

Post-secondary diploma in mechanical or construction technology or other relevant technology field OR;

Extensive experience in a mechanical contracting trade (Eng or CET considered an asset) OR,

3-5+ years’ relevant Mechanical Estimating experience with strong exposure across organizing and preparing cost estimates and proposals for construction projects within a field or office setting

Works effectively in a team environment

Produce detailed…


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