Estimating Manager

UGL's utilities business undertakes essential design & construction services for critical infrastructure in the power and water sectors. Our end-to-end delivery ranges from transmission lines, switchyards, substations, electrical distribution through to water and wastewater treatment plants and water pipelines.

Our expertise includes the design, construct, commission, operate and maintain where our Utilities Team safely leads and delivers design & construct projects across Australia. Our project delivery extends to include short and long-term contracts either through self-performance works, working with Sub-contractors or through Joint Ventures. Our work spans from the engineering design through to structural, civil, electrical installation works and commissioning.

The Role

The Estimating Manager is responsible for leading and providing estimating expertise across the Utilities business to ensure we foster competitive winning edge on new work to establish cost-effective estimates which meets agreed contractual arrangements and Client’s scope. Your Team will be responsible for building estimates across a wide range of tenders, utilising UGL’s estimating software, CATS.

The role can be based in either Sydney or Brisbane and you will be required to managing a team of estimators across multiple states.

What will a day in this role look like:

• Provide support to the group by monitoring workload and progress to ensure the most effective use of resources and assessing resourcing needs to meet business objectives.
• Consult with operational departments to establish requirements and detail the accuracy of tender pricing.
• Attend pre-award and post tender meetings with the wider Pre-Contracts Team responding to any queries or to understanding requirements. The role will need to be available for Client liaison and queries.
• Develop and implement Standard estimating guidelines and tendering processes across the Utilities Business aligning with the Corporate Governance requirements.
• Provide leadership, direction, supervision and inspirational management to all team members.
• Establish clear communication, solid lines of control and actively create and maintain a culture of openness, responsiveness, honest, ethics and responsibility across the team.

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.

What are we looking for you to bring to the team:

• Quantity Surveying or Engineering Degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 15 years’ experience in an engineering and construction environment with a emphasis on HV Electrical Projects.
• Estimating from first principles, with a self-performing and contracting deliverable environment.
• Experience with estimating software necessary with a background in Expert Estimation, CCS or CATS desirable.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills with the ability to establish effective working relationships and sound communication skills.

Why Unite with the Very Best…

• A competitive salary working in a rewarding, supportive and successful team
• Back yourself and your development, and UGL will back your growth
• Flexible and blended work environment; make use of flexible working and our impressive employee benefits, including:

o A rewarding Wellness Program with AIA Vitality – earn cashback for gym shoes!
o We’ll give you access to a multitude of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment.
o You can also take advantage of our salary sacrifice options including cars, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.

UGL – Big projects. Big careers.

We keep Australia moving through our transport manufacturing, maintenance and operations offering, and we support the energy sector through our renewables, power generation, resources and transmission operations. We are an end-to-end engineering and services provider (one of Australia’s biggest inhouse design houses)

We’re the people behind communications, transport, utilities, power, oil, gas, Defence and renewables. We build tunnels under rivers and flyover roads. We’re the people who take on the problems that have never been solved. The ones that stretch you outside of what’s known, where your true genius is challenged and shines.

Diversity & Social Inclusion

UGL is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where each employee feels safe to bring their whole selves to work. We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, Women, Military Veterans, those from diverse cultural backgrounds, people with a disability and our friends in the LGBTIQ+ Community.

UGL respectfully acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land in which we work and pays our respects to elders past, present and emerging.

As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate an applicant’s suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks. It’s good to know that UGL does not discriminate based on a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check.

Discipline

: Estimating Manager

Primary Location

: Australia-QLD-Brisbane CBD & Inner Suburbs

Work Type

: Full-time