Project Estimator - Tramcite

We are looking for dedicated and talented people who tackle ever-changing challenges, customer needs, and questions from colleagues with clever concepts and creativity. We embrace change and work with curious minds re-inventing the future of work. Join us and let us focus together on what’s truly important: making lives better with new ideas and the latest technology around the world.Why you’ll love working for Siemens!Freedom and a healthy work- life balance– Embrace our flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.Solve the world’s most significant problems – Be part of exciting and innovative projects.Engaging, challenging, and fast evolving, cutting edge technological environment.Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.Profit sharing available.Rewarding vacation entitlement with the opportunity to buy and sell your vacation depending on your lifestyle.Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology and sustaining communities and make a positive impact on the community.Participate in our celebrations, social events, and offsite business events.Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get paid for them!Employee perks and discounts.Diversity and inclusivity focused.Siemens is proud to be an eight-time award winner of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers 2022, Canada’s Top Employers for Young People 2022 and Greater Toronto's Top Employers 2022.The OpportunitySiemens Mobility is seeking a Project Estimator to support Customer Services bids and long-term rail infrastructure maintenance projects. The successful candidate will develop robust cost / price estimates and pricing models for maintenance contracts and multi-year service programs. It requires strong commercial judgment, attention to detail and the ability to deliver high-quality work within challenging bid deadlines.What will you do?Own the cost-estimation and pricing workstream for assigned bids, from initial opportunity assessment through final submission and internal approval.Analyze plans and specifications to extract quantities, Evaluate overall costs: labor, materials, equipment, and resources.Translate maintenance strategies into resource and cost assumptions, including staffing and shift, planned inspections, corrective interventions, on-call coverage, access constraints, tooling, vehicles, facilities and material consumption.Develop cost breakdown structures and ensure consistency between the maintenance concept, service levels, maintenance intervals, delivery schedule, resource plan, commercial assumptions and pricing model, covering labour, materials, spare parts, equipment, subcontracting, mobilization.Identify key cost drivers such as asset condition, failure rates, labour productivity, access windows, possession constraints, material consumption and subcontractor capacity, and support competitive pricing decisions.Identify, quantify and document bid risks and opportunities, including appropriate contingencies and mitigation actions.Prepare commercial pricing schedules and support alignment with customer requirements and contractual terms.Participate in bid clarification, negotiation and handover activities, ensuring that the approved estimate and assumptions are transferred to the project execution team.Contribute to continuous improvement through standardized estimating tools, templates, lessons learned and cost databases.What will you need to succeed?Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business, Engineering or a related field.At least 5 years of relevant experience in estimating, pricing, bid finance, commercial project management, or project controls, ideally in a project-based or industrial environment.Advanced Microsoft Excel and financial modelling skills;
experience with SAP or a comparable ERP system is preferred.Strong analytical capability, and ability to convert complex technical and commercial information into a structured estimate.Understanding of project economics, cash flow, cost escalation, foreign exchange, risk and opportunity management, and margin analysis.Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently and meet demanding bid deadlines.Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the confidence to challenge assumptions constructively.High standards of integrity, ownership, organization and attention to detail.Practical understanding of rail infrastructure maintenance activities, asset life cycles, maintenance planning, safe work and track-access constraints is strongly preferred.Professional fluency in English;
French is an asset for collaboration in the Quebec business environment.Key working relationshipsThe Price / Bid Estimator works closely with Bid Management, Commercial Project Management, Project Management, Operations, Procurement, Supply Chain, and senior management. The role serves as a central point of coordination for cost and pricing information throughout the bid process.What will set you apart?Hands-on estimating, commercial or operational experience in rail infrastructure maintenanceExperience preparing estimates for complex maintenance tendersKnowledge of rail infrastructure maintenance delivery models, performance-based service requirements,Appetite for contract and commercial terms.Proven ability to improve estimating processes, automate recurring analyses or develop reusable pricing tools.Practical competency in AI, digital tools, and automation.The successful candidate for this position must be fluent in French and English (oral and written) to perform the duties and responsibilities of the role.The role requires interaction with French and/or English speaking customers and suppliers across Canada and/or abroad.The role requires regular interaction with Siemens colleagues based in Quebec, Ontario, nationally and internationally.About us.We share our ideas and champion the people behind them.Siemens Mobility is a separately managed company of Siemens AG. As a leader in transport solutions for more than 175 years, Siemens Mobility is constantly innovating its portfolio. Its core areas include rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, a comprehensive software portfolio, turnkey systems as well as related services. With digital products and solutions, Siemens Mobility is enabling mobility operators worldwide to make infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience and guarantee availability. In fiscal year 2022, which ended on September 30, 2022, Siemens Mobility posted revenue of €9.7 billion and had around 38,200 employees worldwide. Further information is available at: Canada, Siemens Mobility has been providing solutions to the transportation industry for more than 40 years, including railway infrastructure maintenance services on the rail networks in Quebec and Ontario, light rail vehicles in Edmonton and Calgary, trainsets delivered to VIA Rail Canada, new trainsets for Ontario Northland that will bring back Northeastern passenger rail to Ontario that are expected to be delivered in 2026, an order for locomotives for Montreal’s exo and the rail electrification and overall system maintenance of the light rail transit network in Kitchener-Waterloo. Our footprint also includes dispatching services operated from Dorval, Québec, to more than 25 railways across Canada covering over 3,400 miles of track.Today, Siemens Mobility provides customers with full-service capabilities for the entire life cycle of their projects to help evolve our growing cities while supporting Canada’s sustainability goals.Siemens is committed to creating a diverseenvironment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Upon request,Siemens Canada will provide reasonable accommodation for disabilities tosupport participation of candidates in all aspects of the recruitment process.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.By submitting personal information to Siemens Canada Limited or itsaffiliates, service providers and agents, you consent to our collection, useand disclosure of such information for the purposes described in our PrivacyNotice available at

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