Estimating Manager

at  Whittens Group

ESTIMATING MANAGER

• Corporate
• Pre-Contracts
• Perth
• Permanent
• National Civil Contractor specialising in remote Civil Projects
• Management of small collaborative team of Estimating
• Competitive salary plus super plus additional benefits paid weekly
  Whittens is an Australian owned and operated multidisciplined civil construction company, proudly offering over 22 years’ experience throughout Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland.
  With a growing reputation, we continue to partner with some of Australia’s major Infrastructure, Mining, Oil and Gas and Defence clients, specialising in the delivery of large scale and technically complex concrete construction, roadworks, earthworks NPI and piping works projects.
  Our mission, as an agile and people centric business, is to be the market leader in civil contracting, achieving sustainable growth through high performing people who safely deliver successful project outcomes for their clients.

YOUR ROLE:

Reporting to the Executive Pre-Contracts Manager, we are looking for a Civil Estimating Manager to work across a range of civil construction infrastructure projects in order to deliver timely and accurate estimates.
The successful candidate will lead a team of Estimators, providing first class estimation and contract management capabilities, efficiently delivering estimates, and developing and maintaining strong working relationships to all stakeholders both internally and externally.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee the Estimating Process from end-to-end
• Leading and Mentoring a small teams of Estimators
• Preparing and pricing estimates in their entirety and developing detailed project budgets
• Peer reviewing estimates completed by other estimator to ensure accurate pricing is prepared
• Peer reviewing and preparing preliminaries in conjunction with the Executive Pre-Contracts Manager
• Preparing risk and opportunity analysis prior to tendering
• Preparing tender assumptions, clarifications, and queries
• Prepare submission of progress, variations and claims documentation and price drawing changes
• Monthly reporting to Manager
• Assist with negotiating contracts and agreements
• Administer relevant correspondence as required in conjunction with Executive Pre-Contracts Manager
• Identify issues affecting compliance and immediately action to correct in conjunction with Executive Pre-Contracts Manager
• Clearly communicate all risks opportunities and tender conditions to senior management
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with the client, sub-contractors, suppliers, contractors and all other external bodies
• Efficiently performing all stages of an estimate including methodology, estimate organization, take-off, pricing, review, and closeout
• Implementing the Pre-contracts Gate process and preparing the relevant Gates 3/4/5.