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Additional Information

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Company Description

FLINT is a leading service provider in Canada’s energy and industrial markets offering full asset life cycle support, including construction, maintenance, fabrication, and environmental services. Committed to safety and quality, we foster a workplace culture that values innovation and sustainability. With a strong local presence and top-tier talent, we deliver high-quality services as we help our customers bring their resources to our world.

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Job Description

As a Lead Estimator at FLINT, you'll be responsible for providing leadership, technical oversight, and mentorship to the Estimating team while ensuring the delivery of accurate, competitive, and high-quality estimates. The role is responsible for coordinating estimating resources, managing priorities and workloads, overseeing estimating systems and tools, and ensuring compliance with company standards and client requirements. Working closely with Operations, Proposals, Business Development, and other stakeholders, the Team Lead supports estimate development, drives continuous improvement, promotes best practices, and helps build team capability to support the organization's strategic and growth objectives.

What would you be doing?

• Lead and develop the estimating team by providing coaching, mentoring, performance management, workforce planning, recruitment support, succession planning, and professional development opportunities.
• Manage estimating operations and resources by assigning bid opportunities, balancing workloads, monitoring team capacity, and ensuring estimates are completed accurately and on schedule.
• Provide technical and commercial oversight by reviewing estimate assumptions, validating pricing strategies, assessing risks, ensuring quality control, and approving final estimate deliverables.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and support business growth by partnering with Operations, Business Development, Proposals, and leadership teams to develop competitive, execution-focused estimates and support stage gate reviews.
• Drive continuous improvement and estimating excellence by maintaining estimating systems and standards, developing reporting and analytics, leading training initiatives, improving tools and processes, and serving as a subject matter expert for estimating practices and platforms.

Perks of the job

• Competitive compensation.
• Company-supplied benefits for you and your family.
• RRSP matching.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree, technical diploma, or equivalent combination of education and experience, with a minimum of 8 years of estimating experience across piping, structural, civil, and pipeline projects.
• Strong leadership, team-building, mentorship, and relationship management skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Extensive knowledge of cost estimating principles, construction methodologies, project execution, and the interpretation of construction drawings and documents (P&IDs, isometrics, and 3D models).
• Advanced proficiency in estimating software, Microsoft Office, project management practices, and analytical problem-solving with a strong attention to detail.
• Proven ability to prioritize competing demands, meet deadlines, manage multiple tasks, maintain accurate documentation, and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.