Senior / Estimator - Civil Contractor

Amida Recruit; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Amida Recruitment is partnering with a market-leading civil contractor in Brisbane to appoint an experienced Estimator/Senior Estimator. You will lead tender campaigns across civil and demolition projects valued from $2.5m to $100m+, collaborating with preconstruction teams and clients.

You'll bring 5–10+ years of civil construction estimating experience, a hands-on approach, and strong commercial acumen to drive cost-effective bids and successful tender handovers onto site.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or similar.
• 5 – 10+ years’ management experience on civil construction projects with a project value of $5m to $20m+.
• Proven understanding of construction with a hands-on approach.
• Effective problem-solving abilities.
• High level of commercial acumen.
• High level of organisation and time management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Working on tenders.
• Coordinating internal and external resources.
• Preparation and submission of tenders.
• Evaluate / review tender and estimating process for cost effectiveness.
• Tender negotiations.
• Coordinate tender handover to project team.
• Prepare budgets based on tender submission.
• Assess and price contract variation orders.
• Liaise with clients, subcontractors, suppliers, consultants.

Skills

Tender coordination

Communication skills

Cost estimating

Preconstruction

Stakeholder liaison

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or similar

Job description

Market leading and growing civil and demo contracting business with blue chip clients Challenging and varied projects from $2.5m up to $100m+, excellent pipeline Great career progression & company culture, must have strong communication skills Experience can be in either Civil or Demolition or both, flexible on background. Ideally having worked on projects circa $10m or larger.

Our client is a well-established and market leading civil contractor, they are looking for an experienced and dedicated Estimator or Senior Estimator to join their growing business.

Our client provides their services across a number of industry sectors such as building construction, industrial, mining and resources, transport infrastructure, environmental etc. and you will be responsible for contributing to the successful delivery of a challenging projects.

Types of projects include demolition, excavation, retention, piling, foundations, ground improvement, soft and hard landscaping, site remediation and rehabilitation etc. Typical values from $2.5m to $50m however can go up to $100m+.

Candidates will need to have strong communication skills as will be part of the preconstruction team and will be involved in putting the tender together as well as tender interviews.

ASAP start for the right candidate.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Working on tenders
• Coordinating internal and external resources
• Preparation and submission of tenders
• Evaluate / review tender and estimating process for cost effectiveness
• Tender negotiations
• Coordinate tender handover to project team
• Prepare budgets based on tender submission
• Assess and price contract variation orders
• Liaise with clients, subcontractors, suppliers, consultants.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Tertiary qualification in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or similar
• 5 – 10+ years’ management experience on civil construction projects with a project value of $5m to $20m+
• Proven understanding of construction with a hands‑on approach
• Effective problem‑solving abilities
• High level of commercial acumen
• High level of organisation and time management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills