Estimating Manager

5 days ago

Auckland City, New Zealand Fletcher Building Full time

**General Information**:
**Job Type**

Permanent

**Category**

Construction/Technical

**Business**

Higgins

**Location**

Auckland

**Job Reference**

39575

**Posted Date**

04-Mar-2025

**Closing Date**

02-Apr-2025

**Description**:

- We have a newly created opportunity for an Estimating Manager to join the New Business Team at Higgins. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Estimator to lead a team and add significant value to the business by driving success in our bids and tenders.

You will lead a team of six staff who expertly manage the full tender process. This includes risk prediction, assessment, and valuation; preparation, review, and delivery of tenders and quotes; pricing of variations; attribute writing; and detailed bid submission.

**Come join the Green Team**:

- Competitive Salary
- Based at our modern head office in Penrose, with free staff parking and on-site café.
- Leadership Opportunity to take on a pivotal role by leading a skilled team, providing guidance, mentorship, and driving the success of the New Business Team.
- Work collaboratively alongside a team with a wealth of industry experience
- Ongoing training and development to help you reach your career goals
- Career development opportunities available to grow your career at Higgins and the wider Fletcher Building group of businesses
- Access to Fletchers Building Benefits Programme, including:

- A market-leading parental leave policy to ensure employees are well supported throughout one of life’s most significant events.
- FB employee share scheme, educational and welfare funds
- A significant portfolio of retail benefits across major NZ businesses such as ANZ, Z energy, PlaceMakers, Mico and Samsung.

**What you’ll bring to the role**:

- Minimum of 7-10 years Estimating Experience in the Civil Construction Industry
- Proven experience working on civil construction and/or roading tenders and projects
- Prior leadership experience and a passion for mentoring and development
- A result focused, commercially astute outlook and a practical approach to problem solving
- Ability to handle a diverse workload, finding creative and forward-thinking solutions while driving team performance and keeping projects on track.
- Technical qualifications preferred
- Client engagement experience is beneficial, you will work with clients/customers to ensure they understand our bids and resolve concerns or issues
- Proficient with CCS Candy, Benchmark and Microsoft Projects
- Sound contractual knowledge especially NZS 3910:2013
- Design software knowledge (AutoCAD, 12D) is advantageous but not essential

**Higgins is a leading roading and civil infrastructure company in New Zealand. We are on a dynamic growth path with people at the heart of what we do every day. We offer a great working environment, competitive hourly rate, subsidised medical insurance and subsidised education and training for you and your dependants.**

Higgins is committed to a drug-free workplace. The successful applicant will be required to pass pre-employment drug and alcohol testing along with a health check - you’ll need to be fit for work

**_
Building better roads for safer journeys - He pai ake te hanga o ngā rori, kia haumaru ai ngā haerenga_

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