• Gathers information on project scope of work and contracting plans and assists in the establishment of the project work breakdown structure in preparation for estimating.
• Develops and manages the estimating work package or activities for the project, reviews the work packages of others for completeness vs the project scope before incorporating in the project estimate.
• Communicates with, and reviews the work and progress of assigned staff, consultants and contractors and completed works to ensure accuracy, achievement of required results and adherence to accepted engineering practice and procedures, and with the project work breakdown structure.
• Prepares information to support regulatory processes
• Prepares for, coordinates, conducts or presents estimates at management review meetings or at meetings addressing issues related to the estimate/schedule in a project.
• Reviews final estimate package and ensure it meets all the requirements and comments from reviewers prior to final approvals/acceptance of the estimate.
• Provides input to and review of contract specifications and tender packages for bid-ability assessment, and to the contract schedule of payments
• Analyze and report various attributes such as contractor progress, contract variance and complex change requests from vendors, and overall analysis to support the estimating process or overall project performance.
• Supervises, coaches and mentors other staff in the department, which may include both ployees and consultants.


Qualifications
The successful candidate will have:
• Bachelor of engineering degree in the Electrical or Civil disciplines; preference will be given to candidates with an electrical engineering background
• Registered or eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer with Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (EGBC)
• A minimum Eight (8) years of combined experience in engineering and construction including at least Four (4) years related experience in heavy industrial projects estimating and scheduling working on varied complex utility contracts projects up to or in excess of $100 million in total project value. This experience should be primarily in the area of estimating rather than project control. Preferably this experience is for power utility transmission lines (overhead & underground) and substation related projects.
• Demonstrated proficiency as a senior estimator with a solid understanding of estimating principles and practices, including risk, accuracy, Monte Carlo/ValidRisk simulations, market and industry conditions.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with multi-discipline engineering design (electrical, protection and control, civil, geotechnical, etc.)

Must haves:
1. Must have P.Eng
2. Must have demonstrated experience doing Cost Estimating for Transmission & Substation..
3. Must have demonstrated Transmission & Substation experience
4. Must have electrical engineering background
a. Not open to other engineering backgrounds
5. Must have valid class 5 drivers license


Summary
Interested candidates can submit their resumes to John Yamazaki at john.yamazaki@randstad.ca

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