Estimator (calgary)

Full-time · Calgary, Canada

Job description

We are looking for our next estimating wizard! You love to calculate costs and can easily prepare estimates in your sleep. Not only do you love forecasting, you enjoy being part of a strong team.

You are

  • A strong communicator

  • An active listener who seeks to understand and listen to others

  • A creative problem solver - you think outside the box for solutions without fear of failure

  • A strong team player who understands the value of collaboration

You will

  • Be engaged in the daily operating activities of the estimating department

  • Manage output of job files, budget production and documentation systems

  • Oversee daily operations of the estimating function

  • Tender housing products

  • Review new products and vendors

  • Promote professional business relationships with sub-contractors and vendors

  • Stay current with changes and innovations within the construction industry

  • Support Internal customers, assisting the Estimating Manager

  • Complete pricing requests and requests for extras and options for the sales team

  • Assist in the maintenance and updating of the price book and of housing specs and scopes of work

  • Assist in the prep of preliminary pricing

  • Distribute job files for purchase

You have

  • NEWSTAR experience

  • A minimum of 7 years experience in a similar role

  • Excellent communication skills, both oral and written

  • A team spirit attitude

  • Strong organizational skills and are extremely detail-oriented

  • Previous estimating experience (bonus for single family housing)

We have

  • Great, diverse, authentic people!
  • Unlimited career growth opportunities
  • Mentorship from the ‘best in the biz’
  • Corporate Giving Strategy supporting community development
  • Annual salary reviews and performance bonuses
  • 100% employer paid Benefit Plan with Healthcare Spending Account and Employee Assistance Program
  • Educational Assistance Program
  • ‘Dress for your day’ policy… and more!

   

Anthem is a real estate development, investment and management company that strives, solves and evolves to create better spaces and stronger communities. We are Growing Places.

We work hard. We work smart. We work in teams. We challenge the status quo and have fun doing it. We believe in developing our people to maximize their potential. Conversations are candid, conflict is swiftly resolved and coaching is continuous.

Founded in 1991, Anthem is a team of more than 750 people driven by creativity, passion and direct communication. Anthem has invested in, developed or managed – alone or in partnership – more than 385 residential, commercial and retail projects across western North America. Our growing residential portfolio includes 31,500 homes that are complete, in design or under construction, from master planned mixed use residential and multifamily, to townhome, rental and single family communities. We own, co-own, manage or have previously owned over 10 million square feet of retail, industrial and office space. We have developed more than 60 communities across 9,000 acres of land in Alberta, British Columbia and California.

Please, no unsolicited resumes or phone inquiries from agencies. View our Policy on Unsolicited Resumes on our website.

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