Head of Estimating

Service Stream Holdings Pty Ltd; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

WomenRise training programs

Employee discounts

Job summary

Service Stream is seeking a Head of Estimating in Australia to lead pricing across the Water, Network Services, Power, Industrial and New Energy sectors. The role sits in the Utilities division with base options at Fortitude Valley or Melbourne, reporting to senior leadership.

You will oversee all estimates, establish standardised estimating procedures, coach the team, manage tender workloads and ensure high-quality, executive-ready submissions.

Qualifications

• Significant estimating experience in civil construction or utilities.
• Ability to present to executive stakeholders.
• Experience estimating contracts from $5M to $50M.
• Familiarity with establishing and governing estimating procedures.
• Strong understanding of financial and project management principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Estimating discipline across the Utilities division.
• Ensure quality and consistency of estimates across lines of business.
• Oversee and improve estimating processes and governance.
• Develop the Divisional Estimating Management Plan.
• Coach the estimating team and allocate tender workloads.
• Present full estimates for executive sign-off.

Skills

Estimating leadership

Civil/Utilities estimating

Contract/tender management

Stakeholder communication

SOW understanding

Education

Tertiary qualification in Mechanical/ Electrical Engineering/Quantity Surveying

Job description

Primary Location QLD - Fortitude Valley. Job Description Summary: Great leadership opportunity to join us!

About the Role

We have a new opportunity for a Head of Estimating to join our growing ASX-listed company. This role sits in our Utilities division and will play an integral part in our continued success through the delivery of pricing and winning new business and contract renewal opportunities. This role can be based out of our Fortitude Valley or Melbourne office.

You will be managing and overseeing all estimates across the Water, Network Services, Power, Industrial, and New Energy business sectors. You will also be responsible for the oversight of all estimating processes as well as implementing, managing and governing standardised procedures, methods, and processes for estimating.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the discipline of estimating across the Utilities division.
• Ensuring that the quality and consistency of estimating undertaken by the lines of business is to the standard prescribed by the group.
• Leading the continuous improvement of estimating processes and behaviours to consistently deliver efficiency and set a platform for increased commercial performance.
• Developing, implementing and maintaining the Divisional Estimating Management Plan to provide an overarching governance and strategy for estimating processes and applications across the Utilities division.
• Coaching the Utilities estimating team in the execution of their tasks and responsibilities.
• Overseeing the allocation of tendering workload to relevant estimating staff.
• Understanding the client’s scope of works (SOWs) and key operational and financial deliverables.
• Providing oversight and analysis of all key processes in the estimating workflow.
• Compiling full estimates for presentation and executive sign-off.

About you

You bring significant estimating experience, ideally in civil construction, utilities or a related industry, and strong communication skills to confidently present to executive stakeholders.

Our ideal candidate will also have:

• Experience in estimating contracts and/or projects between $5 million and $50 million.
• Familiarity with financial and project management principles.
• Familiarity with engineering site and project drawings.
• Proven experience in analysing drawings to determine all the materials required to accomplish the design.
• Tertiary qualification in Mechanical/ Electrical Engineering/Quantity Surveying would be highly desirable.

About us

Service Stream is an equal opportunity ASX-listed business that develops and operates Australia's essential services networks across telecommunications, utilities, transport, defence, and social infrastructure industries - we keep communities connected.

Your next role comes with:

• Career development – We are growing and support internal mobility across our business units.
• There are opportunities to upskill through training pathways and leadership development programs, including WomenRise.
• Access - Discounts for hundreds of businesses such as Woolworths, Air BNB, The Iconic, JB HI-FI, Dan Murphys, Bupa Health Care, and Specsavers. We also offer access to novated leasing and a share matching program.
• Paid leave - Parental, cultural, community service, defence, study, corporate volunteering and purchased leave available.
• Culture – We are dedicated to fostering a workplace environment that values safety, diversity and inclusion, and we recognise and celebrate excellence throughout the year through formal award ceremonies.

Department GBIS

Service Stream, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading national service provider to develop and operate Australia's essential communications, energy and water networks in the telecommunications and utilities industries. We specialise in the design, construction and maintenance of new and existing networks, and deliver end-to-end engineering and asset management solutions on behalf of our blue chip client base.

We celebrate diversity at Service Stream and welcome applications from people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with a disability or neurodivergence, and those from LGBTIQA+, Veteran or other diverse groups.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please email [e-mail].