Senior Cost Estimator

3 weeks ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Aspect Personnel Full time

About the Role

Aspect Personnel is seeking a highly skilled Senior Estimator to join their team. As a Senior Estimator, you will play a key role in the company's tendering and pricing activities, working on major infrastructure projects in Melbourne and Regional Victoria.

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Estimator, your key responsibilities will include:

  • Leading the charge for quality tendering and pricing activities
  • Risk-averse from the initial concept design stage, value engineering solutions, and reducing project delays
  • Serving as a conduit between the Project, Operations, and Estimating teams to solve technical problems
  • Being the final point of review for all tender submissions and bid proposals
  • Negotiating contract terms directly with clients, consultants, and subcontractors
  • Continuously refining estimating processes, procedures, and technologies for successful outcomes

Requirements

To be considered for this role, you will need to have:

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Experience pricing and writing bids for similar projects in the Australian market ($5m - $30m +)
  • Experience pricing to Tier 1 standards (highly valued)
  • A minimum of 5 years of experience as an Estimator covering the end-to-end tender/pricing process
  • A degree in Construction/Engineering
  • A strong understanding of steel framing, suspended slabs, FRP, and general civil/concreting works

About the Company

Aspect Personnel is a leading recruitment agency specialising in construction and engineering roles. We have a strong reputation for providing high-quality candidates to our clients, and we are committed to helping our candidates find their ideal role.



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