INSURANCE BUILDING ESTIMATOR

S&you Australia; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

S&you Australia is seeking an experienced Construction Estimator for its Gold Coast team. You will assess building damage, develop detailed scopes, and prepare accurate estimates for residential and commercial repairs, guiding each estimate from inspection to handover.

Key duties include site assessments, calculating costs, coordinating with insurers and delivery teams, and maintaining thorough documentation to ensure alignment with contractual expectations.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in construction estimating, especially for insurance repairs.
• Experience on residential and commercial building projects.
• Ability to interpret plans, engineering reports and technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Attend properties to assess building damage and required repair works.
• Prepare accurate scopes of work for insurance repairs.
• Produce estimates covering labour, materials, subcontractors and costs.
• Review insurer scopes and identify discrepancies where required.
• Liaise with homeowners, insurers, assessors and trades.
• Manage multiple estimates and deadlines with accuracy.

Skills

Attention to detail

Written communication

Autonomy

Stakeholder management

Time management

Education

Certificate IV or Diploma in Building & Construction

Trade qualification in Carpentry

Estimating/Quantity Surveying/Construction Management qualification

Job description

Gold Coast, QLD

Full-time | Permanent

Position Overview

An established insurance building and construction business is seeking an experienced Construction Estimator to join its Gold Coast team. The role will focus on assessing building damage, developing detailed scopes of work and preparing accurate estimates for residential and commercial insurance building repairs, with responsibility for taking each estimate from initial inspection through to handover to the delivery team.

Key Responsibilities

• Attend residential and commercial properties to assess building damage and required repair works.
• Undertake detailed site inspections and document damage, repair methodology and relevant construction requirements.
• Prepare accurate and comprehensive scopes of work for insurance building repairs.
• Produce detailed estimates covering labour, materials, subcontractors and associated construction costs.
• Review insurer scopes, reports and supporting documentation and identify discrepancies where required.
• Obtain, analyse and compare subcontractor and supplier quotations.
• Determine appropriate construction and repair methodologies from concept through to handover.
• Prepare variations and supplementary estimates where additional damage or works are identified.
• Ensure estimates align with insurer requirements, contractual expectations and internal commercial targets.
• Work closely with Supervisors and delivery teams to ensure a clear and accurate handover into construction.
• Maintain accurate job notes, site photographs, reports and supporting documentation.
• Liaise professionally with homeowners, insurers, assessors, loss adjusters, trades and internal stakeholders.
• Manage multiple estimates and competing deadlines while maintaining accuracy and quality.

Experience & Capability

• Proven experience in construction estimating, particularly within insurance building and property repairs.
• Experience across both residential and commercial building projects.
• Strong understanding of the construction process from concept through to handover.
• Strong knowledge of construction pricing, labour, materials, subcontractor costs and repair methodologies.
• Experience preparing detailed scopes of work and assessing building damage.
• Ability to interpret plans, engineering reports and technical documentation.
• Strong commercial awareness and excellent attention to detail.
• Strong written communication and report-writing ability.
• Experience using construction, estimating or insurance claims software is highly regarded.

Qualifications & Licences

• Trade qualification in Carpentry or another relevant construction discipline highly regarded.
• Certificate IV or Diploma in Building and Construction highly regarded.
• Estimating, Quantity Surveying or Construction Management qualification advantageous.
• Relevant QBCC licence advantageous.
• Current Australian driver licence.
• Personal Attributes
• Technically strong with sound construction knowledge.
• Methodical, accurate and commercially minded.
• Confident working autonomously and managing a high-volume workload.
• Strong communicator who can explain technical building matters clearly.
• Professional, customer focused and comfortable dealing with multiple stakeholders.