Description:
This residential building company is long-established in the Sydney housing construction market. They build new homes across the Sydney, south coast and Newcastle areas and are known for their stand-out designs and good quality.
Responsibilities for this role include:
- Prepare and document accurate cost estimates for tenders, variations, and re-tenders
- Calculate fixed site costs and quantities, maintaining inventories for standard options
- Liaising with and managing enquiries from internal and external stakeholders such as Sales, Gallery, Operations and Suppliers, Trades and Construction
- Provide accurate pricing for contracts and variations including appropriate margin considerations
- Interpret civil and structural engineering plans to derive accurate site costs
- Provide cost estimates on changes to a dwelling to assist sales
- Complete set tasks and achieve job targets within designated time frames
- Obtain relevant quotes and pricing for non-standard variations
About you;
- Previous estimating experience within the residential building and construction industry (preferred)
- Tertiary/TAFE qualification in Building and Construction
- Current working knowledge of the Residential Building Code and Australian Standards (BCA) / (NCC)
- Analytical skills and competency reading architectural plans, engineering and soil reports
- Strong numerical skills, high attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines
- Exceptional communicator with a strong customer focus
- Ability to proactively problem solve and troubleshoot