Senior Estimator

WSP
Laval
Workplace: HybridFull timeCAD 111,000 - 147,400 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringSkills: ["Analytical thinking","Quantitative analysis","Stakeholder management","Negotiation support","Mentoring"]

Support WSP’s national Energy, Resources and Industry Project Controls team as a bilingual Senior Estimator in Laval. You’ll lead and refine estimating models, producing CAPEX, OPEX, owner-cost, and construction estimates with clear, auditable bases. Assess scope changes, claims, delays, risks, and material requirements, collaborate with stakeholders to align assumptions and contract changes, and improve cost-effectiveness through reviews, benchmarking, and mentoring junior estimators.

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Job Summary

Support WSP’s national Energy, Resources and Industry Project Controls team as a bilingual Senior Estimator in Laval. You’ll lead and refine estimating models, producing CAPEX, OPEX, owner-cost, and construction estimates with clear, auditable bases. Assess scope changes, claims, delays, risks, and material requirements, collaborate with stakeholders to align assumptions and contract changes, and improve cost-effectiveness through reviews, benchmarking, and mentoring junior estimators.
Location: Laval
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the development and refinement of estimating models to strengthen cost certainty and decision-making across complex projects.
  • •Produce detailed CAPEX, OPEX, owner-cost, and construction estimates with auditable bases of estimate.
  • •Assess scope changes, contractor claims, delays, risks, and material requirements to provide recommendations and protect project outcomes.
  • •Collaborate with clients, contractors, engineering teams, and stakeholders to resolve estimate assumptions, contract changes, and claims.
  • •Improve estimating capability through design/specification reviews, benchmarking, practical alternatives, and mentoring junior estimators.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 111,000 - 147,400 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Extensive project estimating experience on complex industrial, mining, oil and gas, power generation, or comparable capital projects.
  • •Advanced ability to develop and document CAPEX, OPEX, owner-cost, and construction estimates, including assumptions, exclusions, risk factors, and estimate methodology.
  • •Experience reviewing engineering data, scopes, specifications, change requests, contractor claims, and benchmark information for completeness and cost impact.
  • •Knowledge of ACCE (K-Base) and/or InEight Estimate (Hard Dollar) is an asset.
  • •Professional fluency in English and French, with the ability to manage competing priorities, tight deadlines, and evolving scopes.
Experience:IndustrialMiningOil and gasPower generationCapital projects
Skills:Analytical thinkingQuantitative analysisStakeholder managementNegotiation supportMentoring
Languages:EnglishFrench
Tech Stack:Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeOutlookACCE (K-Base)InEight Estimate (Hard Dollar)

Company Brief

WSP
Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Professional Services
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
Founded: 1959
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