Toronto- Senior Estimator & QS Lead; Associate Director

Position: Toronto-based Senior Estimator & QS Lead (Associate Director)
Associate Director (Estimator/Quantity Surveyor)

COST MANAGEMENT Full Time Technical Toronto, ON, CA

3 days ago Requisition

BTY is an award-winning professional consulting firm that provides comprehensive solutions for real estate and infrastructure planning, development, operations, and transactions. With a project portfolio valued at over $100 billion, our experience spans all industries and continents.

We remain committed to creating and maintaining an environment that is as meaningful as it is inspiring, fostering alliances, collaboration, and determination. Here, everyone has the opportunity to express their ideas, play a role in an inclusive team, and receive support for their well-being and professional development. Work on engaging, high-impact projects that promote the health of the communities in which we work, live, and play.

Our Cost Management team delivers expert cost planning, estimating, and change management across the full development cycle for residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and infrastructure projects. We provide clear, data-driven insights at every design stage, advising on constructability, escalation, contingency, cash flow, and life-cycle costs to reduce risk and maximize value. Powered by a robust database of material and labour costs, our accredited professionals benchmark and market-test every estimate, ensuring accuracy across regions, asset classes, and changing market conditions.

Our Cost Management team is looking for an Associate Directorto join our Toronto office.

What You Will Do

• Lead the technical delivery of high-profile Cost Management projects, with a strong focus on pre-contract cost planning and estimating for vertical building projects.
• Lead the preparation, review and sign-off ofcost plans and estimates from conceptual/Class D through Class A/pre-tender stages, ensuring accuracy, consistency and quality of deliverables.
• Provide proactive and strategic construction cost advice to clients, architects, engineers and other project stakeholders throughout the design process.
• Apply cost benchmarking, historical project data, unit rates and current market intelligence to support estimates and client decision-making.
• Review and analyze cost variances as projects progress through different design and estimate stages, identifying key cost risks, opportunities and value engineering strategies.
• Oversee QA/QC of Cost Management reports, estimates and other technical deliverables prepared by the project team.
• Lead client and project meetings, clearly presenting cost plans, estimates, cost risks and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Provide technical oversight of tender documentation, change order reviews, lifecycle costing and other cost analyses as required.
• Prepare and review the technical and fee components of proposals.
• Coordinate project workload and team resources in collaboration with the Director, balancing project requirements, deadlines and team capacity.
• Mentor and develop Senior Cost Consultants, Cost Consultants and junior team members, providing technical guidance, feedback and support.
• Take an active leadership role in team meetings and contribute to the continued improvement of Cost Management processes, reporting standards and service delivery.
• Develop, maintain and expand client relationships, identifying opportunities to support existing clients and cross-sell BTY’s broader services.
• Actively contribute to business development through networking, proposals, industry relationships and identification of new opportunities.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the local construction market, including key industry participants, current pricing trends and upcoming projects.

What You'll Bring

• Approximately 8–15+ years of relevant Cost Management or Quantity Surveying experience, with significant experience in pre-contract cost planning and estimating.
• Demonstrated experience leading the preparation and review of estimates from conceptual/Class D through Class A/pre-tender stages across a variety of project types.
• Strong experience delivering whole-building cost plans and estimates for vertical construction projects, such as residential, commercial, healthcare, education, institutional and government buildings.
• Strong technical knowledge of measurement, quantity take-offs, unit rates, construction pricing, cost benchmarking, elemental cost planning and estimate preparation.
• Demonstrated experience leading projects and providing technical oversight and QA/QC of Cost Management…