Title:  Lead Estimator

About John Holland

At John Holland, our purpose is simple – we transform lives with everything we do.

We’ve always known that infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work every day.

That’s our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way. 

Be part of the team that’s up for the challenge of transforming lives for good.

About The Role

Our Infrastructure Business is looking for an experienced Estimating Manager to work with our internal teams and customers; ensuring we deliver accurate estimates of the total cost of projects, delivered on time and in accordance with required technical standards.

This is a highly influential role and pivotal for the commercial success of our infrastructure Business. You will need to work across tenders and projects, monitoring new innovations, techniques and cost trends. In addition, we expect this role to review client designs for opportunities and omissions. 

This is a highly specialist role, and requires an intimate knowledge of the infrastructure industry.

Key attributes for this role:

• Experience in first Principals Estimating
• The ability to take a lead role in tendering major projects ($500m+) and managing a team of estimators
• Provide leadership and assistance to all team members whether direct or indirect
• Exceptional construction methodology and programme skills
• Design and Construct experience highly desirable
• Exposure to major infrastructure projects
• Review and appreciate tender and contract documentation to price accordingly
• Leading tender reviews in front of management
• Liaise with sub-contractors, consultants and suppliers to get best for tender outcomes

To succeed in his role you will need:

• Advanced financial management skills
• Multidisciplinary estimating experience including leading complex estimates
• Experience in Construct Only, Design and Construct, Managing Contract, Alliance, JVs and PPP Contract Types
• You will also need to have superior communication skills and demonstrate excellent client relationship and stakeholder management.

Qualifications and Experience:
 

• Tertiary or Trade Qualifications in Construction, Engineering, Quantity Surveying and/or Project/Construction Management
• Minimum 7 years estimating experience within a heavy civils construction environment
• Multi-disciplinary estimating experience
• Advanced financial management skills
• Experience with estimating software such as Candy Construction Software (CCS)
• Experience in Construct Only, Design & Construct, Managing Contract, Alliance, Joint Ventures & PPP Contracts types
• Quantitative and qualitative safety, environment and quality risk assessments.

About Us

We’re about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee.

We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From generous leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

We offer:

• Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options.
• Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing.
• Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you’ll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities.
• Learning and development opportunities where you’ll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities.
• Inclusion, diversity and equity is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong – that’s why we’re working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change. We’ve also got active employee resource groups that support our commitments including those around gender equality and reconciliation.
• Flexible working that works for you as we know flexibility means different things to different people. Whether it’s flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts or flexi-work, we’re committed to helping our people work flexibly.