Estimator - National Power Generation and Power Distribution team

Are you interested in working on some of the world’s most exciting projects, with some of the world’s leading businesses?

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 118 offices and 47 countries worldwide.

At Turner & Townsend, we offer a wide variety of benefits to our staff to help them inside or outside of the work. We offer true work life balance, working from home arrangements, team events and much more. 

We are seeking an  Estimator with Power Generation and Power Distribution   experience, who want to be intrinsic in the growth of a specialist service within our business. You will be working in a professional and highly successful team who are involved in the largest infrastructure projects across Australia. 

Job Description

Turner & Townsend will give you the opportunity to work with world class clients on cutting edge projects and to build a successful career with a company that will offer the highest levels of support at every stage. 

We work on projects of all sizes from one-off developments to mega-programmes, from planning the future development across Power Generation, Power Distribution and Infrastructure projects to site based construction of individual projects, while helping the largest companies in the world. We cover everything from leading teams, planning works, tracking progress and business case delivery to bringing assets into use. 

In an Estimating role, you will have knowledge in: 

• First principles estimating in the Power, Utilities and Infrastructure sectors. 
• Preparation and monitoring of budgets, forecasts, and expenditure profiles for projects and work packages 
• Co-ordination and production of feasibility studies and multi-tier cost reports 
• Undertake key tendering and procurement activities, including establishing pre-qualification stage requirements, preparation of pre-tender estimates, tender analysis, tender reports and the compilation of contractual documents 
• Deep analysis and assessment of cost estimates and forecasts provided by contractors and the supply chain 
• Application of estimating and cost planning activities including producing and presenting a final cost plan 
• Good knowledge and experience of the main project management concepts, tools, and techniques. 

Qualifications

• Currently in Australia with full working rights. 
• Minimum 8+ years industry experience 
• Relevant Tertiary Experience preferred 
• Full working rights and be currently living in Australia.  
• A recognised Degree qualification in Quantity Surveying, Construction Economics, Engineering or similar 
• Ability to produce both top down and bottom up cost plans, and parametric cost models 
• Excellent command of written and spoken English with excellent report and bid writing skills  
• A thorough understanding of the total project life cycle, from project conception stage, through all of the operational stages to completion and post-project review  

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

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