Estimator (Kalkulator) - Construction \\& Data Centre Projects

Fortica AS; Drammen; On-site; NOK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Occupational pension and insurance

Travel and accommodation coverage for

Company car or car allowance

Job summary

Fortica AS in Drammen is seeking an Estimator to own the numbers behind bids — from the first rough budget to the priced, submitted tender — across a mixed portfolio including commercial, industrial and data centre projects.

Data centres are a fast-growing Nordic segment; you’ll work with BIM-based quantity extraction, cost norms, and estimating templates while maintaining close collaboration with sales, engineering and project management.

Qualifications

• Education in construction or engineering — bachelor's or master's in civil engineering, building engineering or similar.
• Strong practical experience in estimating can compensate for formal education
• Minimum 5 years of experience in estimating, cost engineering, project engineering or site management in construction
• Solid understanding of construction methods, sequencing and what actually drives cost on a building site
• Confident reading technical drawings and descriptions, and comfortable working with digital models
• Strong Excel skills and experience with at least one professional estimating or description tool (e.g. ISY Calcus, ISY/G-Prog Beskrivelse, Holte, Smartkalk, Cordel, or equivalent)
• Professional working English, Norwegian a plus
• Valid driving licence (class B)
• Right to work in Norway
• A big plus if you have experience with data centres, industrial facilities, or other technically complex projects

Responsibilities

• Produce cost estimates across all phases — early budgets and feasibility figures, target price in collaborative contracts, and full tenders
• Carry out quantity take-offs from drawings, specifications and BIM models
• Read, interpret and quality-check tender documents and contract terms (NS 3420, NS 8405/8406/8407)
• Build up unit prices, production rates, indirect costs, risk allowances and margins
• Request, compare and challenge quotations from subcontractors and suppliers
• Identify risk and opportunity in bids and quantify them
• Contribute to bid strategy with sales, engineering and project management
• Price mission-critical scopes for data centre projects and work with benchmarks and redundancy concepts
• Account for commissioning, testing and client witnessing requirements
• Support tenders governed by international standards and sustainability requirements
• Hand over calculation to project team and support price variations and post-completion reviews
• Maintain and develop price database and estimating templates
• Help establish and improve estimating routines and BIM quantity extraction

Skills

Excel

Drawing interpretation

Analytical mindset

Reading technical drawings

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Civil/Building Engineering

Tools

ISY Calcus

ISY/G-Prog Beskrivelse

Holte

Smartkalk

Cordel

Job description

Quantity and Cost Estimator (Kalkulator)

• Sektor Privat

Produce cost estimates, carry out quantity take-offs, and manage tenders for commercial, industrial, and data centre projects in Drammen.

• Relevant education in construction or engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience in estimating, cost engineering, or site management
• Experience with estimating tools like ISY Calcus, G-Prog, Holte, Smartkalk, or Cordel
• Professional working English (Norwegian is a plus)
• Valid driving licence (class B) and the right to work in Norway
• Occupational pension and insurance schemes
• Coverage of travel, accommodation, and expenses for project travel
• Company car or car allowance if applicable
• Influence over estimating tools, data, and routines

Fortica AS is looking for an Estimator (Kalkulator) to join our team in Drammen.

You will own the numbers behind our bids — from the first rough budget to the priced, submitted tender — across a mixed project portfolio that includes commercial and industrial buildings and, increasingly, data centre and mission-critical facilities.

Data centres are one of the fastest-growing segments in the Nordic construction market, and this role puts you in the middle of it.

This is a role for someone who wants both sides of the job: focused calculation work at a desk with good tools and good data.

We need to fill this position quickly.

What you will do:

Tendering and calculation

Produce cost estimates across all phases — early-phase budgets and feasibility figures, target price in collaborative (samspill) contracts, and full detailed tenders

Carry out quantity take-off from drawings, specifications and BIM models

Read, interpret and quality-check tender documents, descriptions and contract terms (NS 3420, NS 8405/8406/8407)

Build up unit prices, production rates, indirect costs, risk allowances and margin, and document the assumptions behind them

Request, compare and challenge quotations from subcontractors and suppliers, and negotiate the terms that sit behind your numbers

Identify risk and opportunity in each bid — scope gaps, buildability issues, schedule exposure, price escalation — and quantify them rather than burying them

Contribute to bid strategy together with sales, engineering and project management, and take part in tender clarification meetings with clients

Data centre and technical projects

Price mission-critical scopes: shell and core, white space and fit-out, and the heavy technical content that defines these projects — power distribution, UPS and generators, cooling, and the associated infrastructure

Work with cost-per-MW and cost-per-m² benchmarks, redundancy concepts (N+1 and similar) and phased delivery models

Account for commissioning, testing and client witnessing requirements in both cost and schedule

Support tenders governed by international client standards, sustainability requirements and certification schemes

On site and after handover

Hand over your calculation to the project team and stay available as the reference for how the price was built

Price variations and change orders during execution

Run post-completion cost reviews (etterkalkyle) and turn the results into better estimating data

Maintain and develop our price database, cost norms and calculation templates

Help establish and improve our estimating routines, tools and use of BIM-based quantity extraction

What we are looking for:

Required:

Relevant education in construction or engineering — bachelor's or master's in civil engineering, building engineering or similar.

Strong practical experience in estimating can compensate for formal education

Minimum 5 years of experience in estimating, cost engineering, project engineering or site management in construction — or a closely related discipline

Solid understanding of construction methods, sequencing and what actually drives cost on a building site

Confident reading technical drawings and descriptions, and comfortable working with digital models

Strong Excel skills and experience with at least one professional estimating or description tool (for example ISY Calcus, ISY/G-Prog Beskrivelse, Holte, Smartkalk, Cordel, or equivalent)

Professional working English, written and spoken, Norwegian is a big plus

Valid driving licence (class B)

The right to work in Norway

A big plus if you have:

Experience with data centres, industrial facilities, or other technically complex, MEP-heavy projects

Familiarity with Norwegian standards and contract formats (NS 3420, NS 3451, NS 8405/8407) and with collaborative and design-build delivery

Experience with international clients and their governance, reporting and commissioning requirements

Interest in sustainability in construction: climate accounting, LCC and certification schemes such as BREEAM

How you work

Accurate and structured — you know that a decimal point is a commercial decision

Analytical, and curious about why a number is what it is rather than accepting the first figure you are given

A clear communicator who can explain a calculation to people who did not build it

Commercially aware, and comfortable saying when a bid does not add up

What we offer:

Occupational pension and insurance schemes

If required for the project: Coverage of travel, accommodation and expenses for project travel [+ company car / car allowance if applicable]

Real influence over how we estimate: our tools, our data and our routines are open to improvement, and we expect you to have opinions

A portfolio that runs from conventional construction to some of the most demanding technical projects being built in the Nordics

Over 50 colleagues in a company where decisions are made quickly and you can reach the people who make them

Fortica AS is an equal opportunity employer.

We welcome applicants regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

• Anbudsprising
• Microsoft Excel

Fortica AS is a company based in Drammen with over 50 colleagues. They operate in the construction sector, focusing on commercial and industrial buildings, including data centre and mission-critical facilities. The company emphasizes quick decision-making and close communication among its staff.