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Pear Tree.

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1 - 10 employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Logistics • Marketing

Pear Tree is a Melbourne‑born offshore recruitment and hiring services company that connects Australian, US, and UK businesses directly with skilled offshore professionals (primarily from the Philippines) without agency markups. They provide end-to-end hiring support — sourcing, screening, skills assessments, video interviews, reference checks — and offer payroll, Employer‑of‑Record, and compliance assistance plus a six‑month replacement guarantee. Pear Tree recruits across IT, sales & marketing, finance, creative, admin and operations roles, emphasizing cost savings, direct pay to talent, and secure onboarding workflows.

📋 Description

• Lead the end-to-end tender process, preparing comprehensive cost estimates and proposals across residential, landscaping, concrete, and renovation projects. • Perform detailed material, labor, plant, and subcontractor take-offs from architectural plans, engineering drawings, and scope documents. • Identify project risks, scope gaps, exclusions, and potential value-engineering opportunities prior to submission. • Build detailed budget breakdowns and margin evaluations for leadership review. • Manage approximately five live estimating opportunities per week across varying project scales. • Develop Bills of Quantities (BOQ) and scope breakdowns for sub-trades. • Value scope variations and evaluate post-award design changes accurately. • Build and refine historical pricing databases to benchmark subcontractor costs and labor outputs. • Conduct post-project cost reviews against initial estimates to drive continuous margin improvement. • Maintain and enhance internal Excel estimating sheets and rate cards. • Evaluate and recommend modern cloud estimating software to streamline workflow, speed up take-offs, and improve submission accuracy. • Implement structured tender tracking systems to maintain visibility over live quotes, hit rates, and margins. • Collaborate directly with leadership and sub-trades.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven track record as an Estimator or Quantity Surveyor within the residential or general building sector. • Deep knowledge of construction methodologies, trade sequencing, and New Zealand material and subcontractor pricing. • Demonstrated ability to read, interpret, and take off complex architectural and structural drawings. • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel. • Familiarity with standard estimating/take-off software is highly desirable. • Highly organized and capable of managing multiple tenders simultaneously with minimal supervision. • Excellent English communication skills for collaborating directly with leadership and sub-trades.

🏖️ Benefits

• New Zealand Public Holidays observed