Project Controls Quantity Surveyor / Estimator

at  AECOM

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Job Description
AECOM is seeking Project Controls Quantity Surveyor / Estimators to join our team in Mississauga, Ontario. This position will be at the office 5 days a week.

Functional Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the program estimate breakdown structure and determine the appropriate methods of measurement for the program.
• Reviews and comments on the contractor’s cost estimates including those associated with Target Price submissions and Change Requests.
• Provides advice and guidance to the Program Leads and Program Controls and Commercial Leads with respect to cost estimating.
• Produces (where necessary) bottom-up estimates as part of the assurance process to validate the contractor’s estimate.
• Maintains a library of rates and benchmark information for the program.
• Collaborate with PMO Services to report and integrate estimating information and support program-wide estimating.

• Coaching, monitoring, and supporting the career development of GTAA staff.

Introduced to estimating terminology, measures, concepts and principles for preparing estimates and company estimating systems and processes.

• Exposed to various processes, project actions and assumptions that may impact estimates.
• Gathers, calculates and compiles data for use in developing all types of estimates.
• Performs the routine aspects of estimating assignments.
• Assists senior specialists in performing various estimating functions as required.
• Exposed to drawings, specifications, work breakdown structures, charts of accounts, published and internal data used in preparing estimates.

Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
Minimum of Bachelors Degree/ Certification required and 2 years of related experience, a mix of studies and experience will be considered.

STRONGLY PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Recognized degree in quantity surveying, cost and commercial management, project management, or another relevant field, and or Completion of a three-year college program in civil or construction engineering technology and several years of experience as a qualified tradesperson in a construction trade.
• Strongly Preferred Minimum 10 years of experience in quantity surveying / estimating on large infrastructure programs, aviation programs are considered an asset.
• A recognized designation as Cost Control Professional (CCP), Professional Quantity Surveyor (PQS), Royal Institute Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) or equivalent is considered an asset.
• Proficiency in MS Office and other cost management software tools and applications to document and illustrate cost performance.
• Experience in cost reporting and the integration of cost information from across the program to create consolidated program-level cost estimating reports.
• General understanding of program controls and the interdependencies between cost, schedule, risk, and scope

EDUCATION AND SKILLS:

• University education with applicable further development in Industrial Project Management would be preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or AACE Certification preferred.
• Industrial construction, Transportation, Infrastructure experience preferred.
• Strong computer skills: Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Primavera P6 Cost Engineering Estimating Software (e.g. Prism, Ecosys, ePM, Acumen Fuse / Risk ,Monte Carlo Simulation (e.g. @Risk, Crystal ball)
  Additional Information

• Develop and implement the program estimate breakdown structure and determine the appropriate methods of measurement for the program.
• Reviews and comments on the contractor’s cost estimates including those associated with Target Price submissions and Change Requests.
• Provides advice and guidance to the Program Leads and Program Controls and Commercial Leads with respect to cost estimating.
• Produces (where necessary) bottom-up estimates as part of the assurance process to validate the contractor’s estimate.
• Maintains a library of rates and benchmark information for the program.
• Collaborate with PMO Services to report and integrate estimating information and support program-wide estimating.
• Coaching, monitoring, and supporting the career development of GTAA staff