19123 - Senior Cost Estimator

Experience and Role Accountabilities
• A minimum eight (8) years of experience in a relevant engineering field or equivalent.
• Develop safe engineering solutions by using initiative and judgement to perform tasks including developing designs, analyzing and resolving problems, and interpreting engineering specifications on medium complexity and scope assignments for Company's projects and operations.
• Assist project or operations management to meet safety, cost, quality, and time objectives by proposing changes in plans and estimated costs, recommending payment for work completed by contractors, preparing progress reports, coordinating work schedules and other similar tasks.
• Resolve highly technical and unusual design and field engineering problems by conducting independent studies and analysis, exercising independent judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs to support successful operations and/or project completion at Company's.
• Participate in Company's engineering practice by conducting independent studies and analysis, contributing to the development of technical standards, exercising judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs, and making decisions related to methods and designs as well as providing guidance and advice to other engineering professionals to develop future capability at company.

Important notes:
• Prior to commencement on assignment, the selected candidate must have their own sole practitioner, or the use of their firm’s, Permit to Practice with EGBC.
• EGBC Registrants provided to company through this assignment shall work under companys Professional Practice Management Plan, Quality Management Pillar. The Registrant shall apply their own or their firm’s Permit to Practice Number to work that is Sealed by the Registrant. Retention and preservation of all project documentation produced by the Registrant during their contract with company will be retained by company to satisfy EGBC Bylaws.

Advantages
Work with a world class organization.
Excellent employee culture
Excellent opportunity for problem-solvers

Responsibilities
• As an experienced Professional Engineer, prepares the direct and indirect cost estimates for services, labour, materials and equipment, and the high level schedules for 69kV - 500kV transmission line (overhead, submarine and underground cable) and substation projects during Planning, Identification, Definition and Implementation Phases.
• Gathers information on project scope of work and contracting plans and assists in the establishment of the project work breakdown structure in preparation for estimating.
• Develops and manages the estimating work package or activities for the project, reviews the work packages of others for completeness vs the project scope before incorporating in the project estimate.
• Communicates with, and reviews the work and progress of assigned company staff, consultants and contractors and completed works to ensure accuracy, achievement of required results and adherence to accepted engineering practice and procedures, and with the project work breakdown structure.
• Prepares information to support regulatory processes
• Prepares for, coordinates, conducts or presents estimates at management review meetings or at meetings addressing issues related to the estimate/schedule in a project.
• Reviews final estimate package and ensure it meets all the requirements and comments from reviewers prior to final approvals/acceptance of the estimate.
• Provides input to and review of contract specifications and tender packages for bid-ability assessment, and to the contract schedule of payments
• Analyze and report various attributes such as contractor progress, contract variance and complex change requests from vendors, and overall analysis to support the estimating process or overall project performance.
• Supervises, coaches and mentors other staff in the department, which may include both company's employees and consultants.

Qualifications
Must have:
1. Must have P.Eng
a. The P.Eng is a mandatory requirement - this person is required to sign estimates and occasionally, seal on behalf of BC Hydro
2. Must have demonstrated experience doing Cost Estimating for Transmission & Substation.
a. Note - the manager has advised that cost estimation for BCH is heavy on documentation and procedures. In his experience, previous candidates have only had experience preparing simple estimates without supporting documents/procedures. Cost estimates at BCH are prepared in accordance with AACE standards and require a lot of documents & procedures.
3. Must have demonstrated Transmission & Substation experience
4. Must have electrical engineering background
a. Not open to other engineering backgrounds
5. Must have a valid class 5 drivers license.

Nice to have:
• A Member of AACE International organization and familiar with the AACE’s estimating recommended practices is preferred.

Summary
The resource will need to work onsite under hybrid model (3 days per week) at Edmonds. At the beginning it will be more days onsite (Edmonds) for training purposes. The manager is open to considering candidates from other provinces who can meet these requirements - he is flexible if the resource works out well to consider different work arrangements such as working remotely from other provinces for 2 weeks, onsite in BC for 2 weeks. There will always be some onsite requirements.

Interested candidates can submit their resumes directly to john.yamazaki@randstad.ca or Karthik at karthikeyan.venkataramana@randstad.c

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