Project Controls Quantity Surveyor / Estimator

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AECOM is seeking Project Controls Quantity Surveyor / Estimators to join our team in Mississauga, Ontario. This position will be at the office 5 days a week.

Functional Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the program estimate breakdown structure and determine the appropriate methods of measurement for the program.

• Reviews and comments on the contractor’s cost estimates including those associated with Target Price submissions and Change Requests.

• Provides advice and guidance to the Program Leads and Program Controls and Commercial Leads with respect to cost estimating.

• Produces (where necessary) bottom-up estimates as part of the assurance process to validate the contractor’s estimate.

• Maintains a library of rates and benchmark information for the program.

• Collaborate with PMO Services to report and integrate estimating information and support program-wide estimating.

• Coaching, monitoring, and supporting the career development of staff.

• Introduced to estimating terminology, measures, concepts and principles for preparing estimates and company estimating systems and processes.

• Exposed to various processes, project actions and assumptions that may impact estimates.

• Gathers, calculates and compiles data for use in developing all types of estimates.

• Performs the routine aspects of estimating assignments.  

• Assists senior specialists in performing various estimating functions as required.

• Exposed to drawings, specifications, work breakdown structures, charts of accounts, published and internal data used in preparing estimates.

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Minimum Requirements:

Minimum of Bachelors Degree/ Certification required and 2 years of related experience, a mix of studies and experience will be considered.

Strongly Preferred Qualifications:

• Recognized degree in quantity surveying, cost and commercial management, project management, or another relevant field, and or Completion of a three-year college program in civil or construction engineering technology and several years of experience as a qualified tradesperson in a construction trade. 

• Strongly Preferred Minimum 10 years of experience in quantity surveying / estimating on large infrastructure programs, aviation programs are considered an asset.

• A recognized designation as Cost Control Professional (CCP), Professional Quantity Surveyor (PQS), Royal Institute Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) or equivalent is considered an asset.

• Proficiency in MS Office and other cost management software tools and applications to document and illustrate cost performance.

• Experience in cost reporting and the integration of cost information from across the program to create consolidated program-level cost estimating reports.

• General understanding of program controls and the interdependencies between cost, schedule, risk, and scope

Education and Skills:

• University education with applicable further development in Industrial Project Management would be preferred.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or AACE Certification preferred.

• Industrial construction, Transportation, Infrastructure experience preferred.

• Strong computer skills: Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)

• Primavera P6 Cost Engineering Estimating Software (e.g. Prism, Ecosys, ePM, Acumen Fuse / Risk ,Monte Carlo Simulation (e.g. @Risk, Crystal ball)

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.