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Location

Vancouver, BC | Canada

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Job description

• Relocation Authorized: None
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
• Work Location: Vancouver, BC

Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.

Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers’ objectives to create a lasting positive impact. We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations.

Core to Bechtel is our values – ethics, safety, quality, people, culture, relationships, innovation and sustainability, and our covenants – integrity, respect, collaboration, trust, and delivery. They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver.

POSITION SUMMARY

Prepares and reviews the preparation and presentation of general and/or discipline estimates. Responsible for conceptual estimating, cost analysis and estimate planning, coordination, and consolidation. Responsible for directing the cost estimate effort on a major project or on multiple small projects. Provides estimating assistance and guidance to the projects. Performs department organizational and administrative activities when delegated. Provides direction to others on project/program level tasks.

Employee will work remotely and later transition to the new permanent Vancouver office.

JOB DIMENSIONS:

A.     Supervision Received

• Reports to and receives technical and operational guidance from designated supervisory personnel.

B.  Supervision Exercised

• Provides technical supervision and, when delegated, operational supervision to assigned personnel.

• Provides detailed day-to-day supervision of assigned personnel during preparation of a project proposal.

C.   Contacts

• Continuing contacts with Project Manager, Project Controls Manager and other project/proposal team members.

• Continuing contacts with working and supervisory level personnel in engineering, procurement, construction, and other Bechtel departments.

• Continuing contacts with clients through progress meetings, reviews, and presentations.

• Periodic contacts with vendors.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• The following duties are performed with respect to Estimate Execution, the process of conducting an evaluation of services and/or capital cost elements of a project or effort as defined by an agreed-upon scope that will be used to make key management decisions:
• Manages the development of estimates from inception to completion.  Develops an achievable estimate plan, inclusive of budget, and leads the estimating team in executing the estimate. Consolidates the estimate components and prepares the proposal cost volume and bid forms. 
• Reviews estimate and ensures quality and integrity. Ensures lessons learned are incorporated into the estimate.
• Manages proposal strategies with Proposal Management and joint venture partners as applicable. 
• Prepares basis and assumption documentation. Ensures lessons learned are incorporated. Fully understands the needs of the customer.
• Reviews design or Request for Proposal (RFP) scope criteria and quantities for completeness and reasonableness, and coordinates with the project to develop additional estimating basis when information is incomplete. Suggests alternatives when appropriate.
• Establishes and reviews the conceptual scopes of estimates and studies when definition is not available through a demonstrated ability to conceptualize the design of the finished product. Demonstrates specialized contingency skills to compensate for undefined scope.
• Support bid evaluation of cost and schedule criteria and prepares bid evaluations. May participate in discussions with vendors.
• Prepares professional services (home & field office staffing), common  and contractors indirect cost estimates, developing basis for temporary facilities, miscellaneous construction services, construction tools and equipment, professional staffing, startup services, payroll taxes and insurance, camp facilities and operation, and other field costs.
• Effectively and clearly presents estimate Management Review package to estimate team, department management and business line management and to clients including coordination and preparation of the estimate report and presentation documents. Schedules and facilitates internal reviews.
• Prepares and provides guidance in the preparation of proposal cash flow models and working capital analysis when delegated.
• Allocates indirect costs and fee to owner pay items when required.
• Performs and reviews escalation and contingency calculations for estimates.
• Identifies ways to mitigate risk. Assesses the uncertainties associated with productivity, material pricing, wage rates and quantity variation. 

The following duties are performed with respect to Foundation Development, the process of establishing and maintaining technical capabilities for personnel, cost databases and tools:

• Supports development of estimating standards and procedures.
• Sponsors, develops, and presents training in areas of expertise for courses and on‑the‑job training.
• Performs analysis on received commercial data.

The following duties are performed with respect to Project/Site Management Support, the process of providing support services to projects/sites in the form of external cost analysis and estimate reviews in addition to estimate-to-budget conversions:

• Prepares cost studies utilizing historical data, statistical analysis and cost and quantity comparisons. Develops new techniques as required to meet specific needs.
• Support the conversion of estimates into project budgets with execution team clearly communicating assumptions and rationale. Assists projects in identifying scope deviations.
• Analyzes cost/price data from suppliers/subcontractors with the ability to generate comparative data (historical costs and other metrics) as part of the cost/price analysis.
• Participates in and contributes to Value Engineering studies.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated advanced understanding of Estimating core processes and procedures.

• Extensive knowledge and experience in Lump Sum, EPC and EPCM estimating practices and methods, including demonstrated ability to organize, direct, perform, review and present cost estimating products with a minimum of supervision to both internal and external customers.

• In-depth knowledge of project schedules and ability to predict/extrapolate costs curves based on experience of scheduled-activities/cost correlation analysis.

• Thorough understanding of cost indexes, escalation projections and contingency calculations.

• Technical and practical comprehension of engineering, procurement and construction methods and techniques. 

• Knowledge of administrative and supervisory procedures and practices.

• Knowledge of current industry and technical developments. Knowledge of global market pricing and construction practices. 

• Knowledge in the use of technology for executing work processes. Proficient in Microsoft and scheduling software applications currently being used by Bechtel (Word, Excel, PowerBi, PowerPoint, Primavera, Microsoft Project). 

• Estimating applications used for discipline estimates and basic knowledge of general estimating systems currently being used by Bechtel (EPIC, BETK, HCSS, Candy, etc.)

• Skilled in oral and written communication with demonstrated ability to present Estimating information to peers, management and clients.

• Proficient in Lump Sum and Design Build estimates for competitive bid projects. 

• Demonstrated ability to readily analyze estimate data and correlate to other projects and Bechtel standards and to conceptualize the total project scope.

• Understanding charging practices, the relevant commercial influences (i.e., insurance, taxes, etc.) and the relationship of charging practices to commercial terms, invoicing, and profitability.

• Understanding risk, where risk can exist, factors contributing to risk, risk management and categorization, and terms in risk management. 

Additional Qualifications

• Proficient level of report writing, presentation, preparation, and delivery.

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