Senior Associate Quantity Surveyor/Estimator

Senior Associate Quantity Surveyor/Estimator

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Associate Quantity Surveyor/Estimator to join our team. In this role, you'll provide strategic estimating leadership and key client engagement across either High Voltage Transmission/Substations and Renewables or Building Services (Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing, MEP) projects. You'll have the freedom to work across multiple projects and sectors, delivering estimating excellence and client value. The role may also involve Project Estimate Manager responsibilities and client-facing engagement during projects and in ongoing strategic client relationships.

What you'll need

Australian Citizenship is preferred. You will be based in one of our major city offices (Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney or Perth). Ideally you will have a tertiary degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying or Project Management, and have experience in Quantity Surveying or First-Principles Estimating with a passion to deliver estimating excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end estimating process on a project, directing the production of Quantity Surveying/Estimating deliverables.
• Be responsible for producing technical deliverables, applying industry experience autonomously with limited guidance.
• Ability to manage and deliver work across projects simultaneously.
• Develop and implement the Project Execution Plan, including verification and review of procedures.
• Identify and mitigate potential financial risks through proactive planning.
• Forecast and assess costs, timelines, quality parameters, and constructability factors.
• Participate in value management and risk workshops as a subject matter expert.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external project teams, as well as technical leaders, to plan, develop, deliver, and operate a range of multidisciplinary projects.
• Recommend changes to current or new directions, ensuring Jacobs is applying the latest technical developments.
• Mentor and assist in the development of junior QS/Estimators within your specialist discipline.
• During the bid phase of projects, be responsible for bid preparation and/or management, running a bid team or providing input to a larger bid team.

Jacobs. A world where you can.

Jacobs. A world where you can. With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we've gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You'll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits and opportunities, from well-being programs to our global giving and volunteering, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you'll discover how you can cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs here.

Inclusion and wellbeing

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Jacobs invites a cultural representative to participate on interviews; please let your recruiter know in your application. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and Find Your Community initiatives.

Our employee benefits support ALL employees throughout every stage of life, including paid parental leave, fertility and IVF treatment, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and wellbeing resources. Jacobs has been recognised by WGEA for 12 consecutive years as an employer of choice for gender equality and holds GOLD employer status with the Australian Workplace Equality Index.

Hybrid working and support

We value collaboration and in-person interactions. We support a hybrid working policy, allowing a mix of Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations to enable you to deliver your best work. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process, please contact Careers Support.

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