Sales Estimator

Sales Estimator – Residential Construction

•Join Wilson Homes part of the national residential builder NEX Building Group

•Growing team offering, career progression and development 

•Hobart Location 

For over 30 years we have been Tasmania's leading New Home Builder. Today, Wilson Homes continue to lead and drive innovation and quality in the new home building industry, seek opportunities to further enhance our capacity to cater for our customer's needs and to grow and support our staff. Our company culture is focussed on safety, innovation and quality.

We are proud to belong to the NEX Building Group, a diverse and expanding organisation with over 1300 passionate employees whose purpose is to build beautiful homes for Australians. Established in 1987 and continuing to evolve both organically and through acquisition, we are well positioned for growth and committed to achieving our vision of being Australia's leading home building group.
Building new homes and better futures for Australians is a true honour and so rewarding. Here are some other rewards and benefits we offer our employees.

Our perks and benefits

 We believe that our employee community is a key strength of our organisation, and we aim to attract the best talent to achieve our strategic goal of being Australia's leading residential builder and employer of choice in our sector. We are committed to taking care of our employees, that's why we offer a bundle of benefits:

•Discount on building a home with any of our building brands (after qualifying period)

•Income protection insurance– 100% funded by NEX. Covers up to 2 years at 75% of base salary in case of illness or injury

•Purchased leave – opportunity to apply for up to 2 weeks extra leave each year

•Paid Parental leave - 12 weeks for the primary carer and 4 weeks for secondary carer (we're proud to be industry leading with this benefit)

•Employee discounts on gym memberships (Fitness Passport), motor vehicles (Mitsubishi), home appliances, energy, health insurance and more

•AIA Vitality health and wellbeing program

•A genuine focus on diversity and inclusion (we're proud of our Women in Construction Program and annual Building Inclusivity Awards)

•Employee assistance program to support your mental, financial and physical wellbeing

•A huge catalogue of online learning and ongoing professional development programs

•NAWIC and HIA corporate membership  

•Attractive remuneration 

•And so much more 

About the opportunity:

The Sales Estimator is part of the Wilson Homes Estimating team and reports to the Sales Estimating Manager. The key focus of this role is to accurately determine and calculate estimates of new quote requests for single storey, split level, double storey, and multi-residential designs More specifically, you will:

•Complete accurate retail pricing on Quotations, Variations & Consolidated Tenders for customer projects 

•Collaborate with the sales team to generate quotes, by applying design construction and customer considerations to ensure the best outcome

•Generation of site costs including cut/fill operations and dropped edge beam and/or dropped garage calculations

•Completion of sales tenders on registered and unregistered land utilising site inspection photos, reports, satellite photos, and street view by near map

•Reading and interpreting construction plans 

•Creation of pre-contract variation pricing and preparation of scope of works in a timely manner

•Appraisal of external reports to assist you in costing each project

•Liaise with various internal and external stakeholders 

About you:

You will share a passion for our purpose and be aligned to our core values; better together, be accountable, people matter and think bigger. In addition, you will:

•Experience with residential estimating or related field 

•A formal qualification in building or a trade certificate desirable 

•Sound knowledge of Australian Construction Standards and relevant Australian Standards

•Sound understanding of local council and developer requirements

•Outstanding attention to detail with the ability to meet deadlines and strive to reach targets

•Demonstrate an innovative approach to solving problems

•Strong interpersonal skills, collaborating with the wider team

•Continuous improvement mindset, holding a positive "can do attitude" 

•Experience in BusinessCraft - Highly desired
We are keen to improve female (and other marginalised groups) representation in our workplaces. If this role appeals to you but you don't feel you tick every box, we encourage you to still apply. We'd love to have a chat with you about your career goals.

Interested?

The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening and depending on the inherent requirements of the role, may involve the completion of a National Police Check and a pre-employment medical. 

Apply today

If you are determined to make a difference and want to join an innovative and inclusive organisation committed to building better futures, click on the APPLY button (you may be directed to our careers portal which we have kept very quick and simple. Be sure to click submit once you have completed your application).  To find out more about NEX Building Group go to NEX Building Group or follow us on LinkedIn 

Our Talent Acquisition Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. NEX Building Group and its brands are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.