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Senior Estimator

Mississauga, ON
Senior Level
Full-Time

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Estimator, Infrastructure to lead the development of accurate, competitive, and executable estimates on heavy civil and infrastructure projects. This role is hands-on and accountable for driving estimates from early concept through submission, working closely with preconstruction, operations, and leadership to ensure projects are priced right and built right.

While we are looking for a Senior Estimator, we may be open to candidates at an Intermediate level (compensation will be based on experience for more junior candidates)

What You’ll Be Responsible For:

Estimating Leadership & Execution

  • Lead full-cycle estimating on heavy civil, transit, and infrastructure projects

  • Build detailed first-principles, bottom-up estimates

  • Own estimate accuracy, completeness, and competitiveness

  • Drive estimates from concept through final submission

Scope Development & Strategy

  • Review drawings, specifications, and contract documents

  • Define scope, assumptions, and pricing strategies

  • Identify risks, gaps, and opportunities early

  • Develop clear estimate narratives and documentation

Field Integration & Constructability

  • Work closely with operations and field teams

  • Align estimates with real construction means and methods

  • Ensure constructability is built into all pricing

  • Support planning with practical, executable approaches

Design-Build & Preconstruction Support

  • Support design-build pursuits and early-stage budgeting

  • Lead cost modeling, value engineering, and alternative solutions

  • Contribute to pursuit strategy and client-focused solutions

Quantity Take-Offs & Pricing

  • Oversee and complete quantity take-offs

  • Develop pricing summaries and cost breakdowns

  • Support subcontractor and supplier pricing strategies

  • Ensure full scope coverage and competitive positioning

Collaboration & Reviews

  • Participate in estimate reviews and bid strategy sessions

  • Work closely with preconstruction, PMs, and leadership

  • Support alignment across teams on project approach and pricing

What You Bring

  • Detail-oriented — strong focus on accuracy and completeness

  • Accountable — owns the number and stands behind it

  • Practical — understands how work actually gets built

  • Organized — manages multiple deadlines and priorities

  • Direct communicator — clear, concise, no confusion

  • Team player — works across precon, field, and leadership

You’re someone who can take ownership of a pursuit, build the number from the ground up, and stand behind it with confidence.

Experience & Qualifications

  • 10–12 years combined field and estimating experience in heavy civil or infrastructure

  • Strong design-build estimating experience preferred

  • Deep understanding of Canadian construction practices and methods

  • Proven ability to interpret drawings, specs, and contract requirements

  • Experience with self-perform civil and concrete scopes

  • Strong first-principles estimating capability

  • Proficient with estimating software (Bluebeam, Bid2Win considered an asset)

  • Willing to travel as required

Why This Role

  • Work on complex, high-profile infrastructure projects
  • Be part of a strong, technically driven team
  • Opportunity to lead major pursuits and influence outcomes
  • Long-term growth with a stable, self-perform contractor

About Industra Construction Corp.

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Industra Construction Corp. (formerly Bryco Projects Inc.) was founded in 2011 by brothers Scot and Rob Brydon in Kelowna, British Columbia. With extensive experience in municipal infrastructure and industrial construction, the Brydon brothers set out to pursue their passion for complex and challenging projects, often with logistical challenges. In 2014, the company was relocated to the Metro Vancouver area to better serve the growing infrastructure market demands. In 2015, Bryco Projects Inc. was re-named as Industra Construction Corp. and re-branded as Industra, to better represent our client base and direction the company was trending. In 2017, Northern Industrial Construction Ltd. was incorporated in Yellowknife, NT to service the remote project demands north of the 60th parallel, including the Northwest, Nunavut and Yukon territories. In 2020, our branch office in Victoria, BC was launched to better serve the Vancouver Island and coastal regions of BC. In September 2023, our Toronto, ON office was opened to better serve the Ontario and Central Canada market.

Today, Industra has well over 150 employees, a large fleet of heavy equipment, a superior leadership team and the financial strength to execute large scale construction projects throughout Western and Central Canada. Our future is strong and our firm continues to grow and expand into new market sectors.

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