Construction Estimator

Company Description

About the Company:

We launch rockets! It’s a pretty cool industry and we are at the heart of it.

Equatorial Launch Australia’s (ELA) mission is and aspires to be the pre-eminent multi-user commercial Space Launch company, providing world-class Launch services supporting testing, launch and recovery of space vehicles and payloads flown to and from all space orbits.

The Executive Chairman and Group CEO leads a seriously professional and highly qualified leadership team who are trusted leaders in the development of the space industry in Australia and globally. Our team’s experience and capability spans across aerospace, commercial enterprise, regulation, asset development, and complex project management along with space strategy and systems engineering.

ELA owns and operates the Arnhem Space Centre (ASC), a multi-user commercial spaceport in East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, Australia at 12° S. ELA were contracted by NASA to launch Australia’s first commercial rockets to space from our site in June and July 2022. We are heading into the next phase of our development and we have some bold plans for the future where we will be conducting around 50 orbital space launches every year.

What type of company is ELA:

We are a world and Australian industry leader in our field, but we are still relatively small and in scale up mode.

We pride ourselves on being relaxed professionals and want the industry and all who deal with us to say, “wow these guys are really good!”.

We don’t care about your background, or personal situation, but we care about you, and it is compulsory for you to be good at what you do and to have fun while you’re doing it.

Two of the things we don’t want are: precious people who say “that’s not my job”, or people who say “that’s my responsibility, get out of it”. We value teamwork, respect and a ‘can do’ attitude couple with a desire for excellence.

Job Description

The Role:

ELA is a true scale-up business on our way to being the world’s premier multi-user Commercial Space Launch company. ELA is owner of the Arnhem Space Centre (ASC) a space port south of Nhulunbuy where customers can conduct orbital, sub-orbital launch and testing campaigns for rockets.

As Construction Estimator / Contracts Administrator you will be required to:

• Work with Construction Manager, Project engineer, Site Manager
• construction estimates and develop budgets
• and manage tender packages
• of Tender submissions for accuracy, completeness in addressing needed scope of work and value for money
• of sub-contracts
• administer subcontracts to ensure Scope of Works delivered in line with contract
• variations to the contracted SoW, including but not limited to estimating the costs and making sure the value expected is delivered.
• the tender pricing: preparing schedule of preliminaries costs, providing up-to-date construction cost advice to identifying risks and opportunities in design and tender documents.
• Estimator is also involved in project coordination meetings including status updates, design meetings, and value engineering workshops

Qualifications

About You:

Ideally, the successful applicant will be an estimator or quantity surveyor from the construction industry, with sufficient industry experience to prove capacity of fulfilling this role.

You will possess:

• be able to complete bill of quantities accurately and on time
• be able to do a job take off from start to finish.
• knowledge of estimating principles and systems.
• in Construction Management or relevant Engineering discipline.
• in Commercial Construction, Quantity Surveying, or Estimating.
• years of experience in a similar role ideally with a commercial building construction company with exposure to building of concrete structures, bulk earthworks, civil estimating and contract administration.
• using Bluebeam, CostX, Procore, MS Excel, MS Project and MS Office Suite.
• negotiation skills based on high level verbal & written communication skills is critical to this role
• to detail and accuracy in estimating contract management is what will lead you to be successful in this role.
• You don’t know the phrase “that’s not my job” and are a real “can do“ person. You’re fun and casual but very good at what you do.
• You will be hardworking and a team player, looking to become part of a vibrant and supportive team.
• You are comfortable engaging with people both internally and externally and will have a strong technical grounding to support hitting the ground running as well as the opportunity for further growth in your career.
• Fundamentally, you will have a great attitude, strong aptitude and want to fit in with ELA

Additional information

Next Steps:

To apply, submit your Cover Letter, detailing why you want to work for ELA and how you meet the requirements of this position and your CV outlining your work history.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this position.

Equatorial Launch Australia is passionate about creating a culture that values inclusion and diversity, where all our people are treated fairly and respectfully.

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