Roofing Estimator,Careers in Adelaide, Australia

Position Title:Roofing Estimator (Roofing) - Emu Plains

Duty Station: Adelaide, Australia

Organization:Boral

Department: Roofing & Masonry

Division: Boral Building Products

Employment Type:Full Time Permanent

Application Deadline:15 Jan 2015

Background Information:

Boral is an international building and construction materials group, with its headquarters in Sydney, Australia. With more than A$5.5 billion worth of annualised sales, Boral has around 12,000 full-time equivalent employees working across over 550 operating sites. Boral produces and distributes a broad range of construction materials, including quarry products, cement, fly ash, pre-mix concrete and asphalt; and building products, including clay bricks and pavers, clay and concrete roof tiles, concrete masonry products, plasterboard and timber. Boral primarily serves customers in the building and construction industries with operations concentrated in three key geographical markets - Australia, the USA and Asia.

Boral Roofing and Masonry East has an exciting opportunity for a Roofing Estimator looking for a diverse and challenging role with one of the states most iconic brands. In this role, you will be accountable for two states (SA & NSW) delivering estimates and quotations on time as well as controlling the profitability of orders/acceptances. Reporting to the Contracts Manager (NSW) and will be based in Emu Plains.

Duties/responsibilities:

·             Source, identify and record contracting opportunities;

·             Implement and maintain pricing documentation, suppliers quotes, products details and customer correspondence;

·             Review requests for quotation (RFQ) and estimates to prepare and issue quotes accordingly;

·             Liaise with customer, engineers, consultants and internal staff to source and establish full project pricing requirements;

·             Maintenance of quote register through follow up on quotes with builders and the sales team;

·             Work with the sales team for timely generation of quotes to maximise profit;

·             Facilitate margin control and order acceptance process by ensuring take-off accurately reflects customer orders;

·             Keep up-to-date with all quotation and delivery requests for the allocated customer portfolio;

·             Answer the telephone in a timely manner, address customer enquiries/requests and direct inquiries to alternative personnel where appropriate;

·             Keep IT systems up-to-date with quotation and delivery progress for accurate reporting;

·             Liaise with customer on take-off related matters; and

·             To work within the company safety system as per site policies and procedures.

Skills/experience:

·             Estimating experience and ability to read building plans;

·             Strong people and communication skills;

·             Enthusiastic team player seeking to be part of a challenging, vibrant and customer-focused culture;

·             Demonstrated ability to handle competing deadlines appropriately, effectively and accurately;

·             Disciplined, highly numerate, process orientated with a keen eye for detail;

·             Knowledge of MK8, computer based drawing applications and excel spreadsheets an advantage; and

·             Personal drive and results-orientation;

·             Trade or engineering qualification (desirable).

This is an opportunity to work in a team environment within an organisation dedicated to the safety of its employees. To apply, click on the Apply button or visit our careers website: http://careers.boral.com.au and apply online.

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