Senior Quantity Surveyor managing cost planning, contracts, procurement, and risk for Arcadis’ Canadian construction and infrastructure projects. Supporting sustainable delivery across the full project lifecycle.
About the role
- Senior Cost Advisor, Quantity Surveyor involved in managing cost on large civil projects. Working within a multidisciplinary team on various projects across North America.
Responsibilities
- Strong knowledge of costing large civil infrastructure & buildings projects.
- Responsible for the preparation of detailed quantity take-offs and bill of materials
- Responsible for the preparation and review of all classes of estimates of probable costs at each design milestone on projects across North America.
- Assess merit and cost for project changes and claims and support negotiations.
- Coordinate efforts and compile information from other estimating disciplines.
- Provide innovative solutions to estimating issues and problems.
- Develop, maintain and improve procedures, databases, early phase cost models, templates and tools for cost estimating.
- Establish site specific estimating criteria including wage and person-hour productivity rates.
- Provide input and recommendations for estimating requirements relative to staffing for the full range of estimating activities.
- Perform cost risk assessment and probabilistic simulations to establish project contingency and project reserve.
- Develop cost loading for project schedule.
- Support project procurement.
- Prepare and present project cost reports to internal and external stakeholders.
- Contribute to and support project pursuits.
- Other estimating and cost management activities as required.
Requirements
- Technical degree/diploma/certificate or equivalent in related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- A minimum of 10 years of experience in a Civil estimating role is preferred.
- PQS or equivalent designation is preferred.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision plans
- Wellness program
- Health care spending account
- Wellness spending account
- Group registered retirement savings plan
- Employee stock purchase program
- Group tax-free savings account
- Life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
- Short-term/long-term disability plans
- Emergency travel benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Professional membership fee coverage
- Paid time off
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