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Providing clean electricity to 4 million customers takes a diverse workforce and that’s where you come in. We need your
talent to help us build major projects to meet growing demand. To help our customers find clean energy solutions for their
homes and businesses and to be ready to respond during storms and outages to keep our system reliable.
Working for BC Hydro is meaningful. And now, the stakes have been raised as we work towards a solution to climate
change while safely providing clean, affordable electricity to our customers.
We offer a healthy work life balance, training opportunities and career progression. We're proud to be ranked as one of B.
C.'s Top Employers and one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers. Join us as we build an even cleaner B.C.
Construction Technologist (Nanaimo, Surrey, Vernon, Prince George).
Number of positions: 4 Job Location: Nanaimo - Construction Service
Employment type: Temporary Region: Various
Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) Flexible Work Role: Hybrid
Annual salary: $ 95,000.00 - 102,200.00
What you'll do
- Prepares detailed cost estimates by considering engineering specifications and contract conditions; researches, analyzes
and recommends best methods and procedures to minimize labour and equipment requirements, associated costs and/or
scheduling impacts; revises estimates and schedules.
- Prepares quantity takeoffs for a wide range of materials and components; prepares quantity and costs calculations on the
direct costs of material and components by using either established unit cost and productivity rate information or estimating
from base information; assesses risk situations and allows for in estimating process and pricing of work.
- Applies established markups to direct cost components to ensure recovery of full overhead expense.
- Prepares work schedules and coordinates activities on assigned projects. May be required to design drawings including
drafting and perform survey of sites. Also may operate various electrical testing equipment in order to prepare a variety of
detailed technical reports; maintains project progress data such as graphs, charts, etc.; advises managers when
discrepancies or changes to work plan are required.
- Compiles the schedule of pay items for estimates, bid submissions and sub-contract tender documents as required;
compiles comparative summaries of quantity and cost calculations from contractors' submissions for use in bid analysis;
verifies quantity calculations made by others to ensure accuracy of information.
- Obtains technical information and costs for material and equipment from suppliers; reviews drawings, specifications and
material lists; prepares documentation for procurement of construction materials, equipment and subcontracts.
- Maintains up to date records of equipment costs; production rates and materials costs related to construction projects.
- Reviews Cost/Progress Reports to compare projected costs with estimated costs; determines effects of scheduling
changes on project costs.
- Provides technical advice and coordination to field crews and a variety of other internal and external resources relating to
construction project activities; participates as a member of construction project teams, as required.
- Performs duties of a minor nature related to the above duties that do not affect the rating of the job.
What you bring
- Diploma of Technology from an institute of technology or Degree in a construction related field such as Engineering,
Forestry, Architecture, Project Management, Construction Management, Business Administration or Quantity Surveying; or
a related trades qualification (such as Electrician, Winder, Power Line Technician, General Trades 1 or Millwright).
- Five (5) years of experience in construction and/or project management.
