Lead Estimator & Team Growth Architect

Flintcorp1; Sherwood Park; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Company-supplied benefits for you and/

RRSP matching

Job summary

FLINT in Sherwood Park, Alberta is seeking a Lead Estimator to provide leadership, technical oversight, and mentorship to the Estimating team. You will coordinate resources, manage workloads, oversee estimating systems, and ensure compliant, high-quality estimates for multiple projects.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Operations, Proposals, Business Development, and leadership to drive growth, deliver accurate estimates, and continuously improve estimating practices.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or technical diploma with extensive estimating experience.
• Minimum 8 years of estimating experience across piping, structural, civil, and pipeline projects.
• Strong leadership and mentoring abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the estimating team by 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.

Skills

Leadership

Mentorship

Communication

Planning & prioritization

Cost estimating principles

Education

Engineering degree or technical diploma

Tools

Estimating software

Microsoft Office

Project management tools

Job description

FLINT in Sherwood Park, Alberta is seeking a Lead Estimator to provide leadership, technical oversight, and mentorship to the Estimating team. You will coordinate resources, manage workloads, oversee estimating systems, and ensure compliant, high-quality estimates for multiple projects.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Operations, Proposals, Business Development, and leadership to drive growth, deliver accurate estimates, and continuously improve estimating practices.