Senior Estimator

Reports to: Project Manager

Type: On site- Full-time

• Own end-to-end cost estimation for residential builds feasibility through to contract-signed budget
  
• Produce accurate fully-detailed estimates & Purchase orders that hold up through construction with minimal variation
  
• Set the cost baseline that Pre-Construction Procurement and Site rely on
  

Estimating & Take-off

• Prepare detailed quantity take-offs from architectural structural engineering and soil reports
  
• Build full estimates against the company cost code structure no uncoded or lumped items
  
• Price single dwellings dual occupancies townhouses secondary dwellings and dual-key products
  
• Prepare preliminary/feasibility estimates for sales and land packages at short notice
  

Documentation Review

• Review drawings specifications engineering and permit documents for gaps clashes and buildability issues before pricing
  

Trade & Supplier Pricing

• Issue scopes of work and bid packages to trades and suppliers; analyse and normalise quotes like-for-like
  
• Maintain and update rate libraries material pricing and labour constants
  
• Flag scope gaps between trades so nothing falls between packages
  

Handover & Cost Control

• Present estimates with clear assumptions exclusions and risk allowances
  
• Hand over the approved budget to Pre-Construction and Procurement with a documented basis of estimate
  
• Support variation pricing and post-contract cost queries
  
• Review actual vs estimated costs on completed jobs and feed learnings back into rates
  

Systems

• Maintain estimating data in the company platform ) no offline spreadsheets outside the system
  
• Keep job records revisions and version control current and auditable

• BSc / BE in Civil Engineering
  
• 34 years estimating experience in residential construction
  
• Demonstrated experience working to Australian Standards
  
• Proven take-off and pricing capability across full trade scope site works structure lock-up fixing fit-off external works
  
• Prior estimation software experiences including constructors is a plus
  

• Exceptional attention to detail catches missing dimensions scope gaps and drawing inconsistencies before they become variations
  
• Strong numerical and analytical ability; comfortable interrogating a quote rather than accepting it
  
• Reads and interprets construction drawings and specifications fluently
  
• Proficient in estimating software take-off tools and advanced Excel
  
• Clear written communication scopes assumptions and RFIs that leave no room for interpretation
  
• Works to deadlines without trading off accuracy
  
• Takes ownership of an estimate end-to-end; raises issues early rather than going quiet
  

• Estimates delivered within agreed turnaround times
  
• Variance between estimated and actual cost within tolerance
  
• Reduction in scope-gap variations attributable to estimating
  
• Rate library and cost codes kept current and accurate