Lead Estimator

About the Company

Responsibilities

• ● Lead estimating activities across multiple disciplines, functions, and project lifecycles.
• ● Prepare detailed cost estimates across all project phases, including concept, FEED, detailed design, and project delivery.
• ● Develop robust pricing, including first-principles estimates for both greenfield and brownfield projects.
• ● Prepare cost estimates aligned with the proposed delivery methodology, incorporating labour rates, productivity factors, escalation, and clearly defined assumptions, exclusions, and qualifications.
• ● Develop detailed first-principles build-ups, including labour hours, quantities, productivity, materials, and equipment requirements.
• ● Identify, assess, and manage estimating risks, including scope gaps, programme assumptions, productivity risks, and resourcing constraints, ensuring all risks and assumptions are clearly documented and understood.
• ● Coordinate estimating inputs across engineering, procurement, construction, suppliers, and other project stakeholders.
• ● Support project delivery through estimating input during project handover and early execution phases.
• ● Mentor and provide guidance to junior estimators, supporting the development of estimating capability within the team.
• ● Prepare and maintain detailed estimating spreadsheets, cost databases, pricing schedules, and tender/submission documentation.
• ● Review estimates to ensure accuracy, completeness, consistency, and alignment with project scope and commercial requirements.
• ● Support continuous improvement of estimating methodologies, tools, databases, and processes.
• ● We know today's complex challenges can only be solved through bringing together diverse teams of people from across our business, so there will be opportunities for you to apply your skills and creativity to projects in other geographies and markets.
• ● What can you bring to the team
• ● Firstly, you will share our genuine passion for re-imagining engineering and be someone that actively pursues continuous learning to help shape the future. You will also need the following:
• ● Minimum eight (8) years' estimating experience with recognised engineering contractors, heavy construction companies, or engineering consulting organisations.
• ● Strong first-principles estimating knowledge, with demonstrated ability to undertake detailed quantity take-offs and cost build-ups.
• ● Demonstrated experience developing first-principles labour-hour build-ups for: Structural steel, Mechanical equipment, Piping, Engineering and design packages
• ● Strong understanding of construction methodologies, productivity factors, labour rates, materials, equipment, and project delivery requirements.
• ● Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Microsoft Excel.

Requirements

• ● Relevant tertiary qualification in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Estimating, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• ● Familiarity with estimating databases, benchmarking, historical cost data, and cost reporting systems.
• ● Our Aurecon Attributes define our way of being - they are a collection of qualities that makes us who we are. Individually and collectively, they unleash the true power of Aurecon, they make us stand out from the crowd and are critical to our success. We don't expect you to have all eight of the attributes, but one that is unique to you.
• ● We value that each of our team members brings something different to Aurecon. We look for people who have had a broad range of experiences throughout their career and can demonstrate how they have worked as part of a team to bring ideas to life. Does that sound like you