Senior Manager Estimating

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Date: Mar 12, 2026

Location: Toronto, ON, CA

Company: Hydro One Networks Inc

51385 - Toronto - Regular 

Hiring Salary Range: $150,000.00 - $169,400.00 / year

 

Hydro One is proud to be the largest electricity transmission and distribution provider in Ontario, serving nearly  1.5 million customers. We have a long history in the industry with our roots dating back over 110 years to 1906. Since then, we have worked to grow and evolve to meet the changing needs of our customers and communities across Ontario. Today, we’re focused on providing exceptional customer service and ensuring we are building safe communities where we live, work and play.

It’s an exciting time to join the team at Hydro One!

 

 
About the Role:
The Senior Manager, Estimating plays a pivotal role within the Project Management Office (PMO), ensuring the development of effective, standardized, and integrated estimating processes, tools, and systems. The PMO aims to enhance predictability, consistency, transparency and competitiveness—enabling efficiency, capital discipline, and successful project execution.
 
In this leadership role, you will oversee all PMO estimating activities throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of high‑quality cost estimates aligned with industry standards. You will support decision-making, evaluate project changes, and develop benchmarking tools that drive continuous improvement across the organization.
 
Key Responsibilities:
Estimating Leadership & Execution
  • Lead, develop, and maintain standardized estimating processes, procedures, tools, and systems for all estimate classes.
  • Oversee and participate in preparing cost estimates across all project phases.
  • Develop detailed quantity surveys, coordinate drawings and specifications, and prepare cost breakdowns and price schedules.
  • Maintain an up‑to‑date computerized estimating database incorporating historical data, market trends, construction methods, and cost indices.
  • Review and recommend adjustments to consultant and external agency estimates to ensure accuracy and compliance with guidelines.
  • Support project change evaluation by preparing trend estimates and analysis.
Project & Stakeholder Support
  • Provide estimating services and strategic cost advice to project teams and senior management.
  • Analyze and evaluate contractor tenders, including bid balancing and post-bid assessments.
  • Prepare reports on cost variances, tender comparisons, basis of estimates, cost‑reduction strategies, and remedial actions.
  • Liaise with internal groups and external authorities on estimating and cost matters.
Team Leadership & Oversight
  • Provide guidance, coaching, performance feedback, and training to estimating staff.
  • Ensure safe work practices, effective supervision, and optimal use of human and material resources.
  • Establish measurable performance standards for the estimating team.
 
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Technical Requirements
  • Extensive knowledge of project controls, estimating methodologies, planning, scheduling, and cost management.
  • Strong understanding of the full project lifecycle and cross‑functional integration.
  • Experience in Project Management Office environments and managing projects from initiation to closure.
  • Expertise in developing and implementing processes, procedures, tools, and systems.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
  • Ability to interpret large amounts of data and provide sound judgment-based guidance.
  • Recognized subject matter expert with experience advising senior leadership.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, SharePoint, and MS Project.
Management & Leadership Skills
  • Strong influencing and interpersonal skills, with experience partnering across multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
  • Effective facilitation, time management, and stakeholder communication skills.
  • Experience managing performance, setting goals, coaching staff, and making operational decisions.
  • Knowledge of relevant human rights, accessibility, and employment-related regulatory requirements.
Education & Certifications
  • Degree in a related technical or business discipline OR diploma with extensive related experience.
  • 15+ years of progressive project controls experience.
  • Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) an asset.
  • AACEI Certified Estimating Professional (CEP) or Professional Quantity Surveyor (PQS) certification is preferred.


At Hydro One we understand that the success and strength of our business rests with our people. When we develop their skills, we are investing in both their success and ours. To secure the best talent, we seek to create a workforce that reflects the diverse populations of the communities where we live and work and to create a culture based on safety, innovation and inclusiveness.

 

We are honoured to be recognized by Forbes in its list of Canada’s Best Employers for 2026.

 

Thank you for considering a career with Hydro One, we welcome applications from all qualified candidates. If you are having difficulty using our online application system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email careers@hydroone.com. Hydro One will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in the job application process.

 

Please note this email is only for accommodation requests. Resumes sent to this email address will not be considered.

"Employer of the year 2026"

Deadline: April 13, 2026

 

The base salary for this role considers a variety of factors, including candidates' knowledge, skills, experience, education, and any applicable collective agreement requirements for union-represented positions. Hydro One provides an extensive offering of programs to promote a culture of safety, wellbeing, inclusivity, and sustainability to enable our employees to be the best version of themselves. For management roles, compensation is based on the principle of pay-for performance compensation philosophy, and the amount of annual adjustments and incentive payments depends on how well you and the company perform (subject to plan terms). We encourage open dialogue about compensation with our Talent Acquisition Team, who can provide more detailed information specific to this role.

 

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

 

Hydro One uses AI tools to assist in the screening and assessing candidates for this role. Our use of AI does not replace human decision-making.

 

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We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Hydro One; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.

 


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