28th April, 2025
Our client is a leading Indigenous owned Mining Services company, they are now looking for a Senior Estimator to join their team.
As the leader of the preconstruction/estimating team, the Senior Estimator is responsible for preparing budgets, estimates, and pre-bid packages for construction projects to be built for clients.
Responsibilities also included working with estimators and project management teams developing sections of schematic, design development and construction document estimates including soliciting and evaluating subcontractor bids, and scopes of work, preparing quantity surveys, reviewing project plans and specifications for various categories of work including both large ($30 - 50M) and small (less than $10 M) projects within the Civil & Mining Sectors.
Key Responsibilities
- Leads Estimating Team with timely roll-out and execution of the entire estimate deliverable process.
- Conduct initial analysis of drawings and specifications to ensure required documentation is present and determine scope of work
- Develop full-scope estimates
- Critically analyse bid documents and understand risk and opportunities and articulate those to management
- Organize the bid team, providing leadership and direction with regards to means and methods, schedule and strategy
- Provide detailed quantity take-off of specific trades when required
- Create detailed crew and production cost estimates and review prices with estimating team Solicits and analyses subcontractor and vendor pricing input when required
- Attends project site pre-bid meetings, site tours, and post-bid interviews as required Develops unit costs accurately
- Performs technical/plan review when required
- Accurately assesses and plans take-off workload
- Gather and monitor actual cost vs. estimated cost, maintaining project cost history
- Manage and maintain subcontractor database and subcontractor prequalification.
- Builds effective relationships with customers, design team, subcontractors, suppliers, and user groups that reflect and support company core values and meets or exceeds the customer’s expectations
Key Requirements - Bachelor of Science in Construction Management, Engineering, with 10+ years of preconstruction/estimating and/or operations experience on Civil & Mining construction projects
- Knowledgeable of the following: civil/site construction, foundation and structural systems.
- Able to manage multiple projects concurrently with ability to multitask
- Knowledge and efficiency in the following Software: Microsoft Office, MS Project
- Strong computer skills including the ability to use estimating software such as spread sheets, bid management, online plan rooms and database applications and Microsoft products (e.g. Project, Word, Excel, Office, Outlook)
- Possess good organizational skills and strong verbal and written communication skills
- Resourceful and diligent in seeking solutions to problems and adapting to new situations
Job Offer:This is a permanent position, the company is offering a very attractive salary package, the role is based in Perth.
About Engineering Trades Australia:Engineering Trades Australia is a recruitment and flexible workforce solution provider which connects talented people with opportunities throughout Australia. We specialize in highly skilled roles across a variety of technical and professional sectors matching candidates with industry-leading projects and organizations on a contract or permanent basis.
Engineering Trades Australia has major bases of operation in Perth, Brisbane, Karratha, Kalgoorlie and Bunbury.
Engineering Trades Australia is proud to be equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and female candidates.
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