Senior Estimator: Health, Education & Government Projects

Resourceful Recruitment; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Corporate health insurance discounts

Employee Assistance Program

Wellbeing program

Job summary

Resourceful Recruitment seeks a Senior Estimator for a Brisbane-based contractor to lead tenders from expression of interest through handover. You will coordinate the bid team, set commercial strategy and act as the senior face to clients and subcontractors.

You will mentor the estimating team, shape benchmarking processes and work with business development to convert relationships into opportunities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ estimating or tender management experience in commercial construction.
• 2+ years in a leadership or mentoring role, formal or informal.
• Experience on government or social infrastructure projects (health, education, justice) is highly regarded.
• A tertiary qualification in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or similar.

Responsibilities

• Leading allocated tenders, including bid coordination, team management, submissions and presentations.
• Reviewing EOIs, RFPs, pre-qualifications and cost plans across all tendered projects; reviewing preliminaries, subcontractor quotes and scope inclusions, and identifying risks and margins.
• Proposing alternative construction methods and non-conforming options that add value for the client.
• Reviewing contract conditions with the Estimating Manager and General Counsel, including liquidated damages, latent conditions and special conditions.
• Managing post-tender clarifications, reviewing final budgets and leading handover to project teams.
• Running market and competitor analysis, and keeping across procurement models.
• Mentoring estimators on commercial acumen, methodology and benchmarking.
• Building client and subcontractor relationships, and representing the business at industry events.
• Championing quality, safety and environmental standards in every tender.

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Construction Management

Quantity Surveying

Tools

Excel

Bluebeam

Buildsoft

Cube-iT

Job description

Resourceful Recruitment seeks a Senior Estimator for a Brisbane-based contractor to lead tenders from expression of interest through handover. You will coordinate the bid team, set commercial strategy and act as the senior face to clients and subcontractors.

You will mentor the estimating team, shape benchmarking processes and work with business development to convert relationships into opportunities.