Senior Estimator

We are seeking an experienced Senior Estimator to join our Vancouver team, specializing in collaborative, multi-stakeholder projects. This role is ideal for a professional with a passion for innovative delivery models, such as Integrative Project Delivery (IPD). You will be central to delivering cost certainty and exceptional value on landmark projects, guiding cost strategy from initial conception through to the start of construction. This position focuses on projects across the Industrial, Commercial, Institutional (ICI), residential, recreational, and healthcare (particularly long-term care) sectors.

Advantages
Join a forward-thinking firm that is a leader in collaborative project delivery in Canada. This position offers a unique employee ownership model, giving you a direct financial stake in the company's success. You will receive strong support from an experienced leadership team and have significant opportunities to grow your impact by working on high-profile, innovative construction projects.

Responsibilities
Prepare and coordinate comprehensive, full-cost estimates for all project phases, from conceptual design to final tender, with a strong focus on collaborative methodology.
Lead interactive estimating workshops with multi-stakeholder teams to align project costs with program goals and ensure transparent decision-making.
Develop and determine effective bid strategies required for successful project acquisition.
Perform detailed material, labor, equipment, and subcontractor take-offs, while establishing and maintaining unit costs, labor rates, escalation, and contingency allowances.
Provide expert constructability advice during the pre-construction phase, coordinating closely with operations teams on procurement, scheduling, and logistics.
Solicit competitive bids, negotiate with subcontractors and suppliers, and conduct thorough value-engineering reviews.
Build and maintain exceptionally strong professional relationships with subtrades, consultants, suppliers, and clients.
Track estimated costs versus actuals, report on variances, and contribute to lessons learned for continuous improvement.

Qualifications
Required:
A minimum of 5 years of experience in estimating and 4 years in construction management.
Extensive experience in ICI, residential, recreational, and/or healthcare (long-term care experience is highly preferred).
Deep knowledge of the local Vancouver construction and sub-contractor marketplace.
A degree or diploma in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related field.
CEC (Certified Estimator – Construction) designation from the CIQS.
Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and cost-estimating software.
Technically strong, with expertise in reading complex drawings/specifications and performing cost modeling.
Exceptional organizational, prioritization, and communication skills; capable of presenting and defending complex cost data to influence decisions.
A highly collaborative mindset, adept at consensus-building within diverse project teams.

Preferred:
Direct experience with IPD (Integrative Project Delivery) or other formal collaborative delivery models.
PQS (Professional Quantity Surveyor) designation.

Summary
This is a key leadership role for a technically strong and collaborative Senior Estimator. The ideal candidate is an industry-savvy professional who thrives in a team-oriented, transparent environment. You will leverage your deep market knowledge and estimating expertise to drive value and cost certainty on complex, high-profile projects, directly contributing to the success of an employee-owned industry pioneer.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.