Senior Estimator

Unita is a national design & construct building company that prides itself on helping bring brands and spaces to life, by providing the best outcomes for our clients. Uniquely, Unita combine planning, design, manufacturing, project management & construction to deliver pragmatic end-to-end solutions.

Unitas cross-industry experience means all our services are based on an unparalleled understanding of real-world success. Unita has offices within Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth equipped with over 130 talented & committed employees ready to make your dream a reality.

Unita specialize in all types of workplace, retail, hospitality & health-based fit-outs to name a few.

About your role

As a Senior Estimator at Unita you will be in responsible for estimating the costs of construction projects ranging from medium to high complexity working with key stakeholders to provide the most cost-effective plans that meet high-quality standard. This role is based in our Brisbane office, in the heart of Fortitude Valley.

What your days will look like:

• Strong adherence to tendering timelines and identifying works that may or may not be shown in the tender documents, ensuring key milestones are met each week.
• Developing a thorough understanding of each project and sourcing subcontractors and suppliers with a high level of capability and compliance, as needed.
• Identifying and quantifying cost factors, such as production time, material, equipment, and labour expenses.
• Collaborating with the construction team from the beginning of the process, to ensure high-level and quality estimation to deliver the client's outcome to budget.
• Coordinating and conducting ‘handover’ meetings with the project team once project has been awarded, providing detailed briefing of the tender requirements.
• Work closely with the General Manager to provide leadership to estimators and estimating cadets in their role.
• Represent the company at a professional level.

What you will bring to the role:

• Have a minimum of 5 years estimation experience working on various projects within fit-out, refurbishment, heritage, and hospitality style fit-outs; ranging from $1mill. to $10mill.
• Tertiary qualifications in quantity surveying, construction, construction management, construction engineering, or similar.
• In-depth understanding of construction, materials, pricing, and industry.
• Excellent team-building skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire others.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project, as well as any other industry building software platforms.
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships.

When you join Unita, be prepared for celebration, acknowledgement, reward for your efforts and social events:

• We offer a tailored learning + development program through our L+D platform to fast-track your career.
• Great team-building events – after work drinks, quarterly social events across our states, and loads more.
• Shout out and recognise your peers with our employee recognition program, URecognise.
• We take our employees well being seriously – EAP to guarantee our staff can access help when they need + yearly flu shots.
• We pride ourselves on being active members of the National Association of Women in Construction.
• You’ll feel spoilt as we celebrate each milestone with our monthly celebrations.
• Receive a bonus by bringing someone you know into the organisation through our Employee Referral Program
• Enjoy representing Unita in our decked-out gear.

To apply for this role please include a current CV that outlines how you think you’ll make a difference at Unita. We don't mind if your career path looks different - we are happy to have a confidential conversation about how we can make it work.

For further information please contact People and Culture at **@unita.com.au.