Senior Estimator
Full Time

From humble beginnings in 2011, Evolution Mining is now a leading gold producer, operating six mines across Australia and Canada. Enacting our vision to be inspired people creating a premier global gold company, we are indeed a bold team with a bright future. Our operational diversity offers our employees access to many experiences and career opportunities within the one company. So, whether you choose to work at one of our underground or open pit operations, explore for our future as part of our Discovery team, or join our Group Office, we know you’ll have a bright future with us.

 
Working in our Group Office, you have a front row seat to our company vision and are a part of the bold, inspired teams who are engineering its success. We’re an agile, entrepreneurial company and we value smart people and creative thinking. When you work with us, you’ll always have the opportunity to progress from where you started. Based in Brisbane, our people work with teams located across Australia and Canada which makes for interesting work and countless ways to learn and grow.

 Your Benefits 

At Evolution, we support, develop and reward everyone who chooses to be a part of our bright future. Your benefits include relocation support assistance, novated car leasing, life insurance and income protection, short-term and long-term incentives, referral bonuses, a recognition program, study assistance, discounted health insurance and wellness days. 

We understand that flexible work means something different to everyone and encourage you to have a conversation about the flexible work options available.

About the role

The Senior Estimator is responsible for preparing accurate and comprehensive capital cost estimates for major studies and projects. In addition to this, the role will review and prepare capital estimates for benchmarking, potential life of mine plan options which require capital and support Business Development due diligence activities.

Reporting directly to the General Manager Project Delivery, you will be accountable for the following:

• Demonstrate behaviours aligned with the Evolution Mining values.
• Prepare and/or supervise the preparation of capital estimates in accordance with the Capital Investment System (CIS) for all phases of the study/project to the appropriate level of accuracy for the phase.
• Develop and maintain an estimating database/system in industry recognised estimating software.
• Carry out validation, verification and benchmarking estimates using industry norms and by comparing with previous estimates, outcome costs and vendor prices.
• Provide capital estimates to support Long Term Planning as part of the annual life of mine planning process.
• Review and provide detailed capital estimates for Business Development due diligence activities.
• Collaborate with project managers and engineers to ensure accuracy.
• Maintain documentation of cost estimates (Basis of Estimate).
• Ensure estimates comply with industry standards and regulations.
• Liaise with peers, clients and other third parties in relation to developing estimates.
• Monitor current competitive prices, new techniques and cost trends.
• Review and update the CIS to align with best practice for cost estimation.

About you

To be successful in this role you are an analytical and communicative person with an appropriate balance of business and technical acumen. Furthermore, you will have the following qualifications competencies and experience:

• Recognised tertiary qualification in Engineering, Mining Engineering, Construction Management or related discipline
• 10+ years’ experience on large mining and/or oil and gas projects either as part of the owners team or as an EPCM contractor.
• Significant experience as an estimator within the mining/minerals industry.
• High capability user of industry recognised estimating software and Microsoft 365 (Office) suite of software.
• Strong understanding of mining operations and project management.
• Excellent organisational and time management abilities.
• Strong attention to detail.

At Evolution, as our name suggests, change and transformation is in our DNA. We want the Evolution experience to be your career highlight. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse workforce that represents the communities in which we operate. We provide a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all and candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. We are focused on keeping our people safe and healthy and creating sustainable value in an environmentally and socially responsible way. Join our bold team to start your next exciting chapter. 

To find out more about us, click here https://joinus.evolutionmining.com/. We thank you for taking the time to submit your application.