Pre-Construction Manager (Estimator)
at highstreet
Kelowna, BC, Canada -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 22 Jan, 2025 | USD 80000 Annual | 23 Oct, 2024 | 2 year(s) or above | Sharepoint,Computer Skills,Construction,Learning,Buildings,Time Management,Excel,Humility,Project Management Software,Addition,Outlook,Teams,Bid Preparation | No | No |
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Description:
PRE-CONSTRUCTION MANAGER (ESTIMATOR)
Do you enjoy making a difference? Do people consider you to be an organized person? Would people say you know how to get a message across? Are you naturally inquisitive and don’t accept the status quo? Do you easily admit when you’re wrong? Do you get satisfaction from a job well done and like to celebrate success as a team?
If you answered yes to these questions, we have the job for you. Highstreet is currently seeking to fill the position of Pre-Construction Manager (Estimator) to join our head office team located in Kelowna, BC.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
Highstreet is looking for a highly motivated individual who enjoys learning and growth. In addition to identifying with Highstreet’s values, the candidate should also have the following skills, experience and qualifications:
- Have a minimum of 2 years experience working as a Pre-Construction Manager on wood-frame multi-family residential buildings.
- 2-5 years progressive experience in construction cost estimating.
- Understand principles associated with bid preparation, including quantity take-off procedures, trade partner procurement, pricing and bid closing.
- Possess excellent technical, analytical and decision-making skills.
- Be highly organized and able to juggle competing priorities through excellent time management.
- Be willing to embrace change and new ideas.
- Be a team player, capable of communicating ideas and overcoming obstacles.
- Be highly motivated to learn in general, but specifically about buildings, development and construction.
- Have strong technical computer skills including Excel, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and Word.
- Experience with Procore or other Project Management software considered an asset.
- Lean Construction training considered an asset.
Base Salary: $80,000 - $105,000 per year dependent on experienc
Responsibilities:
Specific Pre-Construction Manager duties include, but are not limited to:
- Create and monitor budgets through the project lifecycle
- Review and present budgets to Leadership Team
- Drawing review / value engineering
- Create logistics plans and scope documents
- Schedule creation with procurement log, early procurement
- Create bid list
- Tender projects
- Bid analysis, including inclusions/exclusions/risks
- Update Procurement Log lead times from tendering process
- Subcontract writing and executing
- Handoff executed subcontracts to site
- Support Construction in larger changes, pricin
Specific Estimator duties include, but are not limited to:
- Perform detailed quantity takeoffs from architectural, structural, and MEP drawings using digital software.
- Assist in developing cost estimates by sourcing material and labor pricing, applying unit costs, and coordinating with vendors.
- Prepare bid packages, ensuring all necessary documents, drawings, and specs are included.
- Communicate with subtrades to request bids, clarify scope, and ensure timely submission.
- Compare subtrade bids, identifying scope or pricing discrepancies.
- Update project budgets, tracking variances between estimated and actual costs.
- Maintain records of unit costs and historical bid data.
- Conduct site visits to assess progress and confirm completed work.
- Track RFIs and clarification requests that affect costs.
- Support senior estimators by managing specific sections of large projects.
- Generate reports on estimates, bid analysis, and cost breakdowns.
- Calculate cost impacts of change orders for labor, materials, and equipment
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:2.0Max:5.0 year(s)
Construction
Site Engineering / Project Management
Construction
Graduate
Proficient
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Kelowna, BC, Canada