Residential Estimating Manager — Lead & Develop Teams

seek.com.au; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite parking

Team events

Workplace benefits

Job summary

Seek in Melbourne seeks an Estimating Manager to lead a large residential estimating function across onsite and offshore teams. You will oversee workloads, ensure costing accuracy, and drive process improvements within a busy residential construction environment.

The role emphasizes leadership, mentoring, and delivering high‑quality estimates while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships and performance metrics.

Qualifications

• Extensive residential construction estimating experience.
• Proven leadership of estimating teams.
• Excellent time management and prioritisation.
• Experience coordinating onsite and offshore teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a large estimating team across onsite and offshore operations.
• Oversee daily workloads, priorities and deadlines for sales and production estimating.
• Ensure accuracy in BOQs, tender pricing, contracts and costing.
• Monitor performance, quality and turnaround times.
• Foster strong communication between local and offshore teams.
• Drive process improvements to boost efficiency."

Skills

Estimating leadership

Team mentoring

Time management

Stakeholder management

Offshore team leadership

Tools

Estimating tools

Job description

Seek in Melbourne seeks an Estimating Manager to lead a large residential estimating function across onsite and offshore teams. You will oversee workloads, ensure costing accuracy, and drive process improvements within a busy residential construction environment.

The role emphasizes leadership, mentoring, and delivering high‑quality estimates while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships and performance metrics.