Make it yours.
Experience the excitement of building a career in an evolving construction business where people and performance make amazing things happen.
This is Symal
Symal is a trusted partner in the building and construction industry.
We're an evolving and cohesive group of businesses offering fully integrated civil solutions across diverse sectors. Our group capabilities include self-performing civil infrastructure on large multi-million projects, plant and equipment hire, an Indigenous contractor, a waste resource and recovery business, and commercial, industrial and retail property development.
Together, we believe in fostering partnerships today to create a better tomorrow.
The Role
Our busy Infrastructure team at Symal are looking to bolster its precontracts team with the addition of a Senior Estimator to tender on major infrastructure projects ranging from $5-$10mil, all the way up to $100mil+.
Your Impact
Your addition will allow our precontracts team to be a well-oiled machine, ultimately resulting in new work won and new relationships formed.
Your Every Day
- Preparing bids and tenders for various infrastructure projects including bridges, intersections, roads and drainage etc
- Monitor current competitive prices, new techniques and cost trends
- Develop accurate estimates through first principles pricing of direct and indirect job costs
- Develop, train and identify improvements to the tendering systems, including facilitating the improvement and upskilling the team
Who are you?
- Tertiary qualifications in Civil engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management or similar.
- A minimum of 10 years experience in construction cost planning, tendering or project delivery working on diverse tenders/projects across Infrastructure.
- Multi-disciplinary estimating experience on projects in excess of $20m
- Ability to lead a tender and work on multiple tenders concurrently
- Experience with Expert Estimation software
A career with us
Symal is an equal opportunity employer. Our teams are made up of individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, with aligned ways of working, enabling us to overcome any challenge, advance our careers and outperform competitors.
Staff perks and benefits offered to build an engaged and talented workforce include:
- Tailored professional development opportunities for career advancement.
- Opportunities to work on a wide variety of exciting and complex projects.
- Annual social calendar of fun activities and events.
- A corporate social responsibility program for the chance to support not-for-profits and social enterprises.
- Bonus leave days, including your birthday off and a day of wellbeing.
- Bupa corporate healthcare benefits.
- Flexible working arrangements.
We’re committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair, inclusive, free from bias and accessible for all candidates.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.
