Fire Protection Estimator: Quotation & Compliance Expert

Acquire Intelligence Philippines Inc.; Quezon City; On-site; PHP 550,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Acquire Intelligence Philippines Inc. is seeking a Fire Estimator to prepare quotations for fire protection remedial works across a major commercial portfolio. This role requires reviewing service reports, cost take-offs, and compliance references.

Based in Metro Manila, the position involves coordinating with suppliers, considering after-hours access, and producing formal quotations with clear scope and validity.

Responsibilities

• Review AS 1851 routine service reports, defect registers and technician field notes to establish the scope of remedial work required.
• Prepare detailed estimates for fire protection remedial and project works, covering labour, materials, subcontractors, access equipment and travel.
• Perform quantity take-offs from fire services drawings, hydraulic layouts and detection schematics.
• Price works across the full fire services scope, including fire detection and alarm systems, sprinklers, hydrants, hose reels, extinguishers, fire doors, emergency and exit lighting, smoke control, fire pumps and passive fire protection.
• Apply the correct standard to each item of work, including AS 1851, AS 1670, AS 2118, AS 2419, AS 2441, AS 2444 and AS 2293, and reflect the relevant jurisdictional compliance regime such as the NSW Annual Fire Safety Statement, Victorian Essential Safety Measures or Queensland Form 2.
• Source and compare supplier and subcontractor pricing, and maintain current material and labour rate files.
• Allow accurately for the realities of occupied commercial buildings, including after-hours and weekend access, isolation and impairment requirements, EWP or scaffold access, induction requirements and tenant coordination.
• Produce the formal quotation with clear scope, inclusions, exclusions, assumptions, compliance references and validity period.
• Maintain the quotation register, track win and loss outcomes by client, branch and work type, and report on conversion.
• Conduct post-job reviews comparing estimated against actual cost, and feed variances back into the rate files.
• Escalate scope gaps, technical ambiguity and compliance risk to the Australian estimating team before a quote is released.

Job description

Acquire Intelligence Philippines Inc. is seeking a Fire Estimator to prepare quotations for fire protection remedial works across a major commercial portfolio. This role requires reviewing service reports, cost take-offs, and compliance references.

Based in Metro Manila, the position involves coordinating with suppliers, considering after-hours access, and producing formal quotations with clear scope and validity.