Senior Estimator | Pathway to Estimating Manager

Marble Group; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Progression to Estimating Manager

Job summary

Marble Group is seeking an experienced Senior Estimator in Brisbane for an established insurance-building team. The role offers genuine progression into an Estimating Manager position, with hands-on technical work and mentorship responsibilities.

The successful candidate will validate estimates, manage resubmissions, and lead the estimating team while collaborating with insurers and clients in a predominantly office-based Brisbane environment.

Qualifications

• Strong experience within insurance building estimating at a senior technical level.
• Proven ability to perform detailed validations and peer reviews.
• Experience with resubmissions and estimate amendments.
• Ability to review another estimator's work for errors and risks.
• Experience mentoring estimators and developing junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Complete detailed validations and peer reviews of scopes and estimates.
• Review estimates for accuracy, completeness and commercial viability prior to submission.
• Manage resubmissions, amendments and insurer/client queries.
• Provide detailed supporting information and justification when required.
• Work across insurer and client portals.
• Assist estimators with complex scopes, costings and technical queries.
• Mentor and develop junior and intermediate estimators.
• Provide constructive feedback after estimate reviews.
• Ensure consistency and quality across estimating submissions.
• Liaise with insurers, assessors, clients and internal stakeholders.
• Assist with developing estimating processes and procedures.
• Gradually take on greater responsibility for team performance and development.

Skills

Insurance building estimating

Team leadership experience

Mentoring estimators

Stakeholder management

Job description

Brisbane | Insurance Building | Genuine Management Progression

An established insurance builder is looking for an experienced Senior Estimator to join their Brisbane team, with a genuine opportunity to progress into an Estimating Manager / Team Lead position.

This role would suit either an experienced Senior Estimator ready to take the next step into leadership, or someone with previous Team Lead / Estimating Manager experience who is looking to join a new business and develop into a broader management position.

Initially, the role will remain hands-on from a technical perspective, with a strong focus on estimate validation, peer reviews, resubmissions and mentoring, while gradually taking on greater responsibility for the wider estimating team.

The position is predominantly office-based in Brisbane, with generally only around one day per week on the road.

The Role

Working closely with the existing estimating team, your responsibilities will include:

• Completing detailed validations and peer reviews of scopes and estimates
• Reviewing estimates for accuracy, completeness and commercial viability prior to submission
• Managing resubmissions, amendments and insurer/client queries
• Providing detailed supporting information and justification where required
• Working across various insurer and client portals
• Assisting Estimators with complex scopes, costings and technical queries
• Mentoring and developing junior and intermediate Estimators
• Providing constructive feedback following estimate reviews
• Ensuring consistency and quality across estimating submissions
• Liaising with insurers, assessors, clients and internal stakeholders
• Assisting with the ongoing development of estimating processes and procedures
• Gradually taking on greater responsibility for the performance and development of the estimating team

About You

You’ll already have strong experience within insurance building estimating and be comfortable operating at a senior technical level.

Ideally, you will have:

• Strong experience as an Insurance Building Estimator / Senior Estimator
• Demonstrated experience completing detailed validations and peer reviews
• Strong experience with resubmissions and estimate amendments
• Confidence working across insurer and client portals
• Excellent scope writing and cost-estimating capability
• Strong understanding of residential insurance repairs and construction methodology
• Ability to review another Estimator's work and identify errors, omissions and commercial risks
• Experience mentoring, training or providing technical support to other Estimators
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Previous Team Lead or Estimating Manager experience will be highly regarded, but is not essential

What's On Offer

• Genuine pathway into an Estimating Manager position
• Predominantly office-based role with limited travel
• Opportunity to move away from being on the road every day
• Senior technical responsibility across validations and peer reviews
• Opportunity to mentor and develop an estimating team
• Established insurance building business with an experienced team
• Salary flexible for the right person, based on experience
• Permanent, full-time position based in Brisbane

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