Electrical Cost Estimator

Description

Stantec to is looking for a Jr. Electrical Estimator or Electrical Apprentice Level 2 to 4, to join our team that has been partnering with our worldwide client base. When it comes to hydropower, water treatment plants, high voltage substations, dams, transportation, mining, and oil and gas, we design with the next generation in mind. We operate with the strength of a $3B company paired with the agility of a specialized energy and resource group to deliver some of the most iconic and innovative projects around the world. This proud legacy has fostered a culture of innovation and safety, leading our team to design the world's most impactful projects-projects vital to both local and global communities.

Your Opportunity

As a Jr. Electrical Estimator at Stantec, you will be responsible for assisting Senior Estimators on developing, managing, and coordinating large electrical cost estimates. You will collaborate with a dynamic team of cost estimators, schedulers, and construction engineers in Stantec's construction engineering group. You will be responsible for coordinating teams of discipline estimators, and the position will frequently require the direct estimating of at least one other project discipline.

The position will have responsibility to support exciting, complex projects throughout the world ranging from approximately $1 million to $2 billion. The successful candidate will be responsible for the coordination and development of electrical cost estimates and assist schedulers (as needed) with project development milestones.

Stantec takes a measured approach to workplace flexibility and choice for employee's workplaces. Our goal is to strike the optimal balance between providing flexibility, sustaining successful teams, and optimizing productivity for the benefit of our employees, projects, and clients. We value a vibrant, healthy, enriching workplace culture that considers employee well-being and work-life balance so our people can bring their best to work every day. This position will have flexibility in working from home or a Stantec US office and may require some domestic and possibly international travel.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Assist or coordinate the timely and complete development of electrical cost estimates.

• Perform and validate electrical take-offs from drawings and specifications.

• Coordinate the input parameters for cost estimates.

• Assist in compiling of information from all estimating disciplines into one cost estimate.

• Establish site-specific estimating criteria including wage and person-hour productivity rates.

• Provide innovative solutions for construction, estimating issues and problems.

• Interface with designated management and client counterparts for specific estimating tasks.

• Review design documents such as specifications and drawings to identify risks and opportunities related to competitive pricing for key project elements.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Knowledge of electrical construction methods, materials, and processes.

• Technical knowledge of electrical cost/estimating, engineering design, and construction practice and applicable standards and procedures.

• Knowledge in one or more of the following estimating disciplines: High Voltage, Solar, instrumentation, Process Plants, AACE guidelines. National Electrical Code.

• Understanding of different contract methods and how they