Kinetic Management Ltd (www.kineticconstruction.com) located at Unit 301, 740 Cloverdale Ave, Victoria, V8T1Z4 is an established Construction Manager and General Contractor with offices in Victoria, Vancouver and Courtenay.

We have a full time and permanent position for a Senior Estimator in Vancouver. Our office in Vancouver is located at: #300 – 10851 Shellbridge Way, Richmond, British Columbia, V6X2W8 Canada. The position 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. Employees choose to stay with Kinetic because:

• 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.

Duties

Core Processes:
• 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
• Maintains balances between individual goals and team goals
• Mentors and develops team members to maximize productivity, innovation, and teamwork
• Liaises 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
• Can create a quick order of magnitude budget for review by department head or other internal clients
• Can create detailed budget concepts based on design team discussions
• Actively participate in design concept (form and material) cost impacts in real time
• Can create and review detailed project schedules that are meaningful and achievable
• Can provide quick reviews of take-offs, elemental budgets and trade quotes
• Looks beyond the plans at any given stage to see the complete project scope
• Understands the impacts of various bid methods and types of head contracts
• Read, understand and report the impacts of SGC's and division 1 specifications
• Understands insurance and bonding requirements
• Know the subtrade market (right trades for right project, who is busy)
• Actively looks for opportunity well in advance and plans 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)

Successful Works:
• 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


Education

• 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)

Experience Requirements
• 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, PlanSwift, BlueBeam and ProEst
• Ability to understand and analyse contract specifications, drawings, scopes of works and other construction documents and communicate these in written text and speech
• Must have a strong attention to detail, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with a positive attitude
• Supportive of a culture that encompasses the highest ethical standards aligned with the Company Core Values, candidate must possess a strong work ethic
• Must be self-motivated with strong willingness and ability to learn and to be challenged
• Strong analytical, above average mathematical skills, critical thinking, troubleshooting, problem solving skills, and a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail

Wages and Benefits

• Salary Range: $115,536.51 to $173,304.77 annually
• Extended Medical and Dental
• RSP Matching
• Mileage
• Cell Phone
• Laptop and applicable software

Hours per Week

40 hours a week
8:00am-5:00p, Monday through Friday

How to Apply

Please send the following to dbion@kineticconstruction.com

• Resume
• Motivation letter showing how you comply with the requirements
• Two references confirming your experience to meet the requirements above – we will call 2 references that should be previous employers, unless you have not worked for 2 employers

Please answer the following 3 questions in your response

• Explain your methodology and approach to documenting and communicating estimate variances to the owner.
• Describe the difference between design and construction contingency.
• What is the fundamental difference between the CCDC5A and CCDC5B?

The method of applying is to test if you can follow instructions. If you do not follow these instructions and apply in the prescribed manner your application will not be considered.