Senior Estimator

When you care deeply about the work you do, it's rewarding to see it through from concept to completion. We partner with clients to provide both program management and construction management to strategize, plan, and implement projects that drive organizations forward. From hospitals and airports to university campuses, mass transit systems, water treatment facilities, mines, and wind farms, we've successfully managed thousands of projects.  

Joining our team, turning visionary ideas into reality, will shape your future—and the future of your community. 

We are strategizing, planning, and implementing projects that help clients achieve their organization's objectives. Join our award-winning program management team and bring transformational project solutions to life.

Your Opportunity 

Stantec is seeking a Senior Estimator, with a strong base in civil, within our Program Management group with a strong background in linear capital construction utility projects such as water and wastewater pipelines, pump stations, and conveyance systems. This is a key position and requires excellent communication skills and a willingness to work as part of a large multidisciplinary team to successfully deliver major capital projects.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed review and validation of cost estimates prepared by Contractors, evaluating quantities, methodologies, productivity assumptions, indirect costs, and risk allowances in accordance with AACE International Recommended Practices (e.g., RP 56R-08, 17R-97).
• Prepare detailed quantity take-offs and bill of materials.
• Prepare and review all classes of estimates (Class-5 through Class-1) of probable costs at each design milestone on projects across North America.
• Assess merit and cost for project changes and claims and support negotiations.
• Coordinate efforts and compile information from other estimating disciplines.
• Provide innovative solutions to estimating issues and problems.
• Develop, maintain, and improve procedures, databases, early phase cost models, templates, and tools for cost estimating.
• Establish site-specific estimating criteria, including wage and person-hour productivity rates.
• Provide input and recommendations for estimating requirements relative to staffing for the full range of estimating activities.
• Perform cost risk assessments and probabilistic simulations to establish project contingency and project reserve.
• Develop cost loading for project schedules.
• Support project procurement.
• Prepare and present project cost reports to internal and external stakeholders.
• Contribute to and support project pursuits.
• Other estimating and cost management activities as required.