Electrical & Instrumentation Estimator

Position overview

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate estimate development and schedules; use project-team expertise and estimating methods to establish total project estimates.
• Prepare detailed E&I material take-offs, pricing, labour units, work packages, and WBS coding.
• Integrate E&I inputs into EPFC estimates and reconcile quantities against drawings, lists, and vendor quotations.
• Review quantities, calculations, rates, peer estimates, and junior estimator work when assigned.
• Validate major equipment vendor quotes and account for mining constructability needs, including remote locations and temporary power.
• Maintain unit-rate databases, improve estimating practices, collaborate across disciplines, and explain estimate assumptions and cost drivers.

Basic requirements

• Maintain current estimating expertise, know business-line rates, participate in knowledge-sharing communities, and promote specified Fluor estimating and risk-management approaches.
• Work accurately and effectively with attention to detail.

Preferred qualifications

• Estimating professional society involvement; Fluor estimating system experience or four years with industry-recognized systems.
• Two years of field experience, preferably in project controls, construction, contracts, or estimating.
• Technical and communication ability to lead estimate development; knowledge of lump-sum and/or cost-reimbursable estimating and self-perform and/or construction management execution.
• Familiarity with cost systems, schedules, WBS, estimate controls, unit rates, contingency, benchmarking, and related estimating functions.
• Analytical and computer skills.

Work schedule

• Fluor Canada offices use a compressed work schedule with every second Friday off.

Compensation

• Salary is based on experience; stated salary range is $100,500–$186,500.