Overview
Reporting to the Director, Western Canada, the Estimator is responsible for providing overall technical expertise and administrative support to construction
What does your day at GIP look like?
• Prepares work to be accomplished by gathering information and requirements; setting priorities.
• Prepares construction budget by studying plans; updating specifications; identifying and projecting costs for each elevation.
• Evaluates offers to purchase by costing changes, additions, and site requirements.
• Obtains bids from vendors and subcontractors by specifying materials; identifying qualified subcontractors; negotiating price.
• Maintains cost keys and price masters by updating information.
• Resolves cost discrepancies by collecting and analyzing information.
• Prepares special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Maintains quality service by following organization standards.
• Maintains continuity among corporate, division, and local work teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Works on estimate to project handover.
• Complete schedules and work plans for projects.
• Help compile databases and all necessary permitting for projects.
• Work with Project Managers to provide subcontractor and vendor information.
• Ensure effective communication between the pre-construction department and the accounting department to verify project information.
Enough about us, let’s talk about you.
• Experience in road construction projects.
• Estimating experience in the construction industry.
• Experience in managing all aspects of road building, asphalt, and construction.
• Results-driven with and ability to deliver success in a fast-paced environment.
• Outcome focused, critical thinker with the ability to analyse and visualize to ensure continuous improvement across our business.
• Ability to connect and interact with people to seek different perspectives.
Company Information
Our purpose
At Green Infrastructure Partners (GIP), our people are second to none. The work we do impacts lives. It impacts our schools and neighbourhoods and shapes our communities and cities.
We are one of Canada’s largest and fastest growing construction companies. Every day our people are designing, delivering, and maintaining infrastructure for Canada’s rapidly growing cities. From demolition, shoring and foundations, excavation, remediation, to structures, paving and the production of materials, we have the unique ability to self perform all project scopes without reliance on sub-contractors.
The most valuable asset at GIP is people – our employees, our customers, and the public. Nothing is more important than our people coming to work happy and leaving safe.
We are committed to fostering a work environment that embraces Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging for all so our people benefit from the creative solutions that come from embracing differences.
Sustainability is part of our DNA. We focus on recycling and reusing materials by taking old roads and reengineering them into new roads, keeping tons of used materials out of our landfills.
The work we do today at GIP will carry us into a better, greener, and safer tomorrow.
About the GIP Team
As we look to the future, we need creative, ambitious, and innovative professionals like you who can help us to build the world of tomorrow, today.
GIP team members are at the heart of our success in designing and delivering infrastructure projects safely, thoughtfully, and with the highest quality. Our culture allows employees to bring their A Game to work each day. If you want to work for a world-class organization that provides an exceptional career experience with an inclusive and collaborative culture, this opportunity is for you!
Please email resume to [email protected]