Requirements:

• Bachelors' Degree in Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, etc.) or Construction Management, or Project Management, or Quantity Surveying, or member of RICS or the equivalent in working experience.
• Minimum 10 years work experience in Estimating and/or Cost Engineering.
• Experience and demonstrated skill related to Change Orders estimating.
• Must possess good interpersonal and communication skills, as extensive interface with the Faithful+Gould Project Team and Client is involved.
• Demonstrated skill in identifying, analyzing and solving problems.
• Knowledge of construction work processes and methods required.
• Must be proficient in spreadsheet and database applications.
• The successful candidate will have a professional attitude and a strong commercial awareness, able to deal directly and communicate effectively with clients and other Faithful+Gould staff both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities:

• Manages the development of and performs cost estimating, analysis, and control activities.
• Manages the development of estimates from inception to completion.
• Performs general or discipline estimating generating capital cost and/or services estimates. Prepares detail cost estimates for construction projects and change orders. Performs quantity take-offs.
• Collects, reconciles, and verifies pricing data.
• Reviews cost estimates prepared by Architect/Engineers/others or by estimator himself/herself at various stages of design.
• Supports the estimate reporting and reviews.
• Supports the Trend program for estimating deviations and scope changes.
• Review potential changes against project scope.
• Analyze cost and schedule impact of scope changes.
• Using cost collection tools, develop and maintain cost and resource databases. Interface with other members of the project team, customers and other personnel.