CIMIC Group is seeking a Senior Manager Estimating to join its Risk, Commercial and PreContracts team. This role provides strategic and technical leadership for estimating activities across major tenders for an Operating Company (OpCo), ensuring robust, competitive and risk‑informed tender estimates are developed to support disciplined bid decisions and successful project outcomes.
About the Role
This role reports to the Head of Pre-Contracts & Risk and key responsibilities include:
Lead and oversee the development of robust, accurate and competitive tender estimates
Ensure tender estimates fully reflect project scope, methodology, risk and opportunity
Ensure estimates are appropriately market tested with the supply chain wherever possible
Where estimates contain first principle estimates, ensure that any productivity assumptions are based on benchmark data wherever possible
Provide functional leadership, mentoring and technical guidance to bid‑level estimators (dotted line)
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across Pre-contracts and Estimating functions
Support integration of estimating with planning, commercial and risk disciplines
Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or equivalent tertiary qualification
Relevant estimating or commercial qualifications (desirable)
Extensive experience leading estimates on major construction and infrastructure projects
Strong understanding of construction methodologies, cost drivers and delivery risks
Demonstrated success in major tender development and bid execution
- High level commercial acumen and risk awareness
- Strong capability in supply chain engagement and market testing of costs
- Ability to critically review and challenge estimates at executive level
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, influencing and communication skills
About CIMIC Group
CIMIC Group is a leading international contractor delivering major projects that shape communities, support economic growth and create long-term value.
Our mission is to generate sustainable returns for our shareholders while delivering outstanding results for our clients and providing safe, rewarding and fulfilling careers for our people. We live by our core principles—integrity, accountability, innovation and delivery—underpinned by safety.
Our people are highly valued and are committed to excellence across all aspects of our operations.
About You – Qualifications & Experience
To be successful, you will bring:
Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or equivalent tertiary qualification
Relevant estimating or commercial qualifications (desirable)
Extensive experience leading estimates on major construction and infrastructure projects
Strong understanding of construction methodologies, cost drivers and delivery risks
Demonstrated success in major tender development and bid execution
In addition
- High level commercial acumen and risk awareness
- Strong capability in supply chain engagement and market testing of costs
- Ability to critically review and challenge estimates at executive level
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, influencing and communication skills
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a leading global organisation delivering iconic projects
- Work within a high-performing and collaborative finance team
- Exposure to complex, large-scale financial operations
- Career development opportunities across the CIMIC Group
Skills Required
- Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or equivalent tertiary qualification
- Relevant estimating or commercial qualifications
- Extensive experience leading estimates on major construction and infrastructure projects
- Strong understanding of construction methodologies, cost drivers and delivery risks
- Demonstrated success in major tender development and bid execution
- High level commercial acumen and risk awareness
- Strong capability in supply chain engagement and market testing of costs
- Ability to critically review and challenge estimates at executive level
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, influencing and communication skills
What We Do
CIMIC Group is an engineering-led construction, mining, services and infrastructure development leader working across the lifecycle of assets, infrastructure and resources projects. CIMIC Group comprises our construction businesses CPB Contractors, Leighton Asia and Broad, our mining and mineral processing companies Thiess (joint control) and Sedgman, our services specialist UGL, and our development and investment arm Pacific Partnerships – all supported by our in-house engineering consultancy EIC Activities. Our mission is to generate sustainable returns by delivering innovative and competitive solutions for clients and safe, fulfilling careers for our people. With a history since 1899, and around 30,000 people in around 20 countries, we strive to be known for our principles of Integrity, Accountability, Innovation and Delivery, underpinned by Safety. CIMIC is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Australia Index and FTSE4Good. The principles of Integrity, Accountability, Innovation and Delivery underpin CIMIC’s operations. These principles provide a shared language and identity for CIMIC and guide its actions. Each of these principles is underpinned by a continual focus on safety which is fundamental to CIMIC’s operations.
