Position Summary
To proactively support, champion and execute Alliston Group’s Estimating and Purchasing tasks by creating/maintaining vendor relationships and actively seeking opportunities for cost savings while maintaining the Alliston level of standard specifications.
Key Responsibilities
- Ongoing job set-up, maintenance and reviews in Homefront.
- Implemented Homefront software and trained other departments in its use.
- Complete and review tenders.
- Daily review of cost estimates from vendors.
- Create and main accurate material takeoffs.
- Monitor material usage in the field for overages and shortages.
- Create model and option estimates and assemblies.
- Complete and calculate custom price requests for Sales in a timely manner.
- Consistently and proactively maintain issuance of POs and VPOs.
- Procurement of vendors and suppliers.
- Assist with contract negotiations, scope of work communication to contractors, drawing reviews, specification revisions and selections reviews.
- Review actuals vs. budgets and establish cost-to-completes or draw stage budgets.
- Assist with coordinating holdbacks with the Office Manager and vendors.
- Assist with vendors’/contactors’ queries via phone, email and in person.
- Analysis of budgets, variances, trends and post occupancy incurred costs.
- Liaise between Estimating team members, vendors/contractors, Construction, Design, Accounting and Sales Team member to ensure accurate of information for production.
Experience and Requirements
- Must have Multi-Family & Custom Home experience
- Ability to read and understand all plans, blueprints, grade slips, specifications, and associated construction documents.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Good time management.
- Ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines.
- Proven ability to handle large volumes of data.
- Sincere desire to provide “top of class” support and customer service.
- Ability to work competently in a fast-paced environment.
- Leadership experience
- Civil Engineering Technology, Construction or Architectural Technology diploma or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years’ experience in construction purchasing/estimating, preferably with a home builder.
- Homefront experience is considered an asset.