Senior Estimator

Kinetic Management Ltd () located at Unit 301, 740 Cloverdale Ave, Victoria, is an established Construction Manager and General Contractor with offices in Victoria, Vancouver and Courtenay.

We have 2 full‑time and permanent positions for a Senior Estimator in Vancouver. Our office in Vancouver is located at: #300 – 10851 Shellbridge Way, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The positions will provide support to the Chief Estimator / Estimating Manager with all pre‑construction and estimating activities and to grow with us.

“Together Building Better” is at the core of who we are, which simply means “Relationships, Passion, and Continuous Improvement.” We collaborate with like‑minded people and companies to create a better industry for everyone. Our people are the most important factor to our success, so we plan for their development and support them along the way.

• Working here feels like a family
• There are career development opportunities
• We share the same values

If you want to build a promising career, with opportunity for advancement and leave your mark in a different kind of construction company, join the Kinetic family today.

• Assist Chief Estimator / Pre‑Construction Manager with Estimating Core Processes Implementation in all branches
• Develop new forms, approaches, and ideas to make the department more efficient
• Maintain balances between individual goals and team goals
• Mentor and develop team members to maximize productivity, innovation, and teamwork
• Liaise with other departments within during preconstruction to identify, discuss, delegate, and cost site logistics items
• Follow Kinetic’s Core Processes for all competitive works
• Help train, mentor, and engage junior staff in all competitive and negotiated work tasks
• Draw on previous experience and contacts to create a plan and lead the estimates on all sizes and types of projects
• Devise potential bid strategies for both negotiated and competitive tender projects
• Review final estimate packages to ensure accuracy and completeness, prior to formal submission
• Create a quick order of magnitude budget for review by department head or other internal clients
• Create detailed budget concepts based on design team discussions
• Actively participate in design concept (form and material) cost impacts in real time
• Create and review detailed project schedules that are meaningful and achievable
• Provide quick reviews of take‑offs, elemental budgets and trade quotes
• Look beyond the plans at any given stage to see the complete project scope
• Understand the impacts of various bid methods and types of head contracts
• Read, understand and report the impacts of SGC's and division 1 specifications
• Understand insurance and bonding requirements
• Know the subtrade market (right trades for right project, who is busy)
• Actively look for opportunity well in advance and plan how to take advantage of opportunities
• Communicate to clients /trades / consultants without entering into negotiation but setting up advantages for Kinetic during award negotiations
• Recognize, assess, and resolve areas of risk within a project (exclusions, clarifications, and price adjustments)

• Obtain notification of contract award
• Conduct Estimating Hand Over Meeting to Operations
• Prepare and participate in presentations to clients, including final negotiations
• Negotiate post‑tender changes with sub‑trade bidders
• Review prime contract with contract administrator
• Attend project start‑up meetings
• Review sub‑trade quotations with contract administrator
• Price out larger contract changes
• Review and normalize final job cost data and enter into cost database

• Bachelor degree, technologist degree or diploma in Estimating or Quantity Surveying
• Minimum designation – Construction Estimator Certified (CEC) from the Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (CIQS)

• Several years of experience in Pre‑Construction, Estimating, and/or related field
• Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) sector of the construction industry
• Must have experience in Sage Estimating, Microsoft Projects, Plan Swift, Blue Beam and Pro Est
• Ability to understand and analyse contract…