About the job
Join PM2CM, Inc., a leading professional services company specializing in Program and Project Management, Construction Management, and Project Controls services throughout the design and construction phases. Our expertise lies in Project Controls, encompassing Scheduling, Cost Controls, Document Management, Budget Tracking, Estimating, Risk Analysis, Claims Avoidance and Mitigation, Change Management, and Earned Value Management.
We are open to considering sponsorship for TN visa applicants.
This position is based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and operates in a Hybrid-Remote model (Tuesday and Wednesday in the office/field).
The Project Controls Estimator I will play a pivotal role in consolidating scope and costs for projects ranging from approximately $25 million to over $1 billion. This position involves ensuring adherence to governance processes and assisting the Project Manager in obtaining executive approvals throughout the project lifecycle. The successful candidate will aggregate and report estimated project costs and respond to regulatory and legal data requests related to these estimates, acting as a subject matter expert in estimation methodologies, risk, and contingency applications.
- Collaborate with Project Management, Project Controls, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Regulatory, and other departments to plan, schedule, and manage the cost aggregation process at each project stage gate.
- Analyze cost estimates to confirm alignment with historical benchmarks for similarly scoped projects, investigating discrepancies with estimators from functional groups.
- Manage documentation for stage gate updates and regulatory filings.
- Conduct peer reviews of project aggregations while operating under minimal supervision.
- Develop cost estimates for new Transmission & Distribution Substations, Substation Rebuilds/Expansions, Major Equipment Replacements, Protection Upgrades/SA3, and new Customer Substations.
- Prepare scope take-offs based on design specifications, meeting minutes/scope of work, and relevant engineering drawings.
- Estimate material and labor costs using established estimating standards for direct and indirect costs, inputting these estimates into Cost Estimating Tools such as SCMT and InEight.
- Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to review cost estimates and secure necessary approvals.
- Perform detailed variance analysis for cost estimates at various project stages.

