Senior Estimator - Electrical

UGL; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness program with AIA Vitality

Discounts through partnerships

Salary sacrifice options

Job summary

UGL is seeking a Senior Electrical Estimator in its Utilities Division, based in Brisbane or Sydney. You will deliver accurate tender cost estimates for substations and transmission lines, using UGL estimating tools.

The role requires coordinating with internal experts, suppliers and operations to ensure precise, timely pricing for client proposals. The ideal candidate has a background in electrical construction or energy projects, strong negotiation skills, and a detail-oriented approach.

Qualifications

• A degree or diploma in engineering is desirable.
• At least 5 years of experience in project related disciplines, with electrical trade background desirable.
• Experience with Expert Estimation, CCS or CATS is desirable.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills with the ability to establish effective working relationships.
• Customer focused, team-oriented, accountable and results-driven.
• Ability to adapt, learn quickly and apply new skills and knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate cost estimates for materials, subcontractor and labour pricing.
• Collaborate with internal subject matter experts to gather information for tenders.
• Maintain regular contact with suppliers and subcontractors to ensure pricing and product availability is up to date and accurate.
• Complete final pricing submission for presentation to the client.
• Consult with operational departments to determine the accuracy of tenders won and completed.
• Ensure compliance is adhered to for all record-keeping associated with the tender.
• Recommend and update procedures and programs to improve the estimating function.
• Provide cost advice to our current projects.

Skills

Electrical estimation

Construction/energy

Negotiation skills

Stakeholder communication

Attention to detail

Education

Engineering degree/diploma

Tools

Expert Estimation

CCS

CATS

Job description

At UGL, our Utilities business is at the forefront of Australia’s energy transition, delivering essential design and construction services for critical infrastructure across the power sector. We provide end-to-end solutions on major projects including transmission lines, switchyards, substations, and electrical distribution networks. Our expertise spans the full project lifecycle—design, construction, commissioning, operations, and maintenance. Whether through self-performed work, collaboration with subcontractors, or joint ventures, our teams deliver projects safely and effectively across Australia. Our capabilities cover everything from engineering and structural works to civil, electrical installation, and commissioning. To date, we’ve successfully delivered over 7,300 km of transmission lines and completed more than 300 substation projects—and we’re just getting started!

The role

As the Senior Electrical Estimator within UGL's Utilities Division, you can be based in either our Brisbane or Sydney office. You will be responsible for providing estimating expertise for current tenders and proposals ensuring they are accurate and timely. You will be responsible for building estimates for substation and transmission line tenders, utilising UGL’s estimating software, CATS.

What will a day in this role look like:

• Provide accurate cost estimates for materials, subcontractor and labour pricing
• Collaborate with internal subject matter experts to gather information in preparation for tenders
• Maintain regular contact with suppliers and subcontractors to ensure pricing and product availability are up to date and accurate
• Complete final pricing submission for presentation to the client
• Consult with operational departments to determine the accuracy of tenders won and completed
• Ensure compliance is adhered to for all record-keeping associated with the tender
• Recommend and update procedures and programs to improve the estimating function
• Provide cost advice to our current projects

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role.

What are we looking for you to bring to the team:

This role will suit an Estimator ideally with electrical, construction or energy experience. You will need to have a keen eye for detail, a focus on accuracy, and the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders. Other requirements that will see you succeed include:

• A degree or diploma in engineering will be desirable
• At least 5 years of experience in project related disciplines will be desirable include electrical trade background
• Experience with Expert Estimation, CCS or CATS are desirable
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills with the ability to establish effective working relationships
• Customer focused, team-oriented, accountable and results-driven
• The ability to adapt, learn quickly and apply new skills and knowledge

Why Unite with the Very Best…

• A competitive salary working in a rewarding, supportive and successful team
• Back yourself and your development, and UGL will back your growth
• Flexible and blended work environment; make use of flexible working and our impressive employee benefits, including:
  • A rewarding Wellness Program with AIA Vitality – earn cashback for gym shoes!
  • We’ll give you access to a multitude of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment.
  • You can also take advantage of our salary sacrifice options including cars, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.

UGL – Big projects. Big careers.

We keep Australia moving through our transport manufacturing, maintenance and operations offering, and we support the energy sector through our renewables, power generation, resources and transmission operations. We are an end-to-end engineering and services provider (one of Australia’s biggest inhouse design houses). We’re the people behind communications, transport, utilities, power, oil, gas, Defence and renewables. We build tunnels under rivers and flyover roads. We’re the people who take on the problems that have never been solved. The ones that stretch you outside of what’s known, where your true genius is challenged and shines.

Diversity & Social Inclusion

UGL is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where each employee feels safe to bring their whole selves to work. We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, Women, Military Veterans, those from diverse cultural backgrounds, people with a disability and our friends in the LGBTIQ+ Community.

UGL respectfully acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land in which we work and pays our respects to elders past, present and emerging.

As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate an applicant’s suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks. It’s good to know that UGL does not discriminate based on a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check.