Estimator
Prepare quantity take-offs and cost estimates from drawings ready for tender submission.
Estimating & Tendering
Prepare take-offs, cost estimates and tender packages.
Design & Documentation
Prepare drawings and maintain document control.
Contracts
Administer subcontractor and supplier contracts.
Procurement
Process material and equipment procurement.
Project Administration
Track milestones, tasks and project reporting.
Five reasons clients stay past the first hire
One resource, only yours
No shared queue, no rotating cast. Your dedicated resource works exclusively for you and stays.
25 years of Australian market experience
Founder Rohit Sahdev's 25 years in the Australian market, including senior leadership at Telstra, shape how every dedicated team is managed.
You always know what your team is doing
Every dedicated resource works behind Screenshot Monitor — auditable activity and reporting, not a black box.
No more "That's not my job."
Your dedicated outsourced resource adapts to what your business needs, takes ownership and grows their career by stepping up to new challenges.
Capacity without the hiring squeeze
Skilled and reliable operational talent is harder to hire locally right now. A dedicated resource adds capacity without adding to that pressure.
The outcome this role is built for
Faster, more accurate tender submissions — because take-offs are prepared thoroughly before deadline pressure sets in.
What this role owns day to day
Core responsibilities
- Prepare quantity take-offs from drawings and specifications
- Research current material and labour pricing
- Assemble estimate packages ready for tender submission
- Flag scope gaps or ambiguities for review
Works inside
Reported on weekly
| Take-off turnaround | Time from drawings to take-off complete |
| Estimate accuracy | Estimates matching final costed scope |
| Tender deadline compliance | Submissions ready on time |
| Rework rate | Estimates requiring correction |
Works your hours. Picks up the work.
Australian business hours
Aligned to your primary time zone and holiday calendar for day-to-day coverage.
9am–5pm style coverage, matched to your roster
Extended coverage
Stretch shift start/end times around tender deadlines and site handovers.
Early-start or late-finish shifts, by agreement
Tender-season scaling
Additional dedicated resources during high-tender-volume periods.
Scale up seats for tender season, scale back down after
What "no that's not my job" looks like in practice: a drawing set has an ambiguous or missing detail — it still gets flagged and clarified instead of being estimated on a guess.
What stays with your authorised staff
Final estimates and pricing decisions remain with qualified local personnel. This role prepares — it doesn't finalise pricing.
The market backdrop for estimator hires
Australian wage growth over the year to the March quarter 2026 (3.2% in the private sector), raising the cost of hiring locally.
job vacancies were recorded across Australia in May 2026 — 293,800 of them in the private sector.
of Australian businesses reported rising operating expenses in June 2026 — 65% citing overheads, 40% citing staffing costs.
Statistics checked in July 2026 from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and ServiceNow. See our Challenges We Solve page for full sourcing and context.
The same skillset, wherever projects need estimating and tracking
Strip away the CAD and construction-specific platforms and this role is a recognisable shape: measure, document, and track something precisely against a deadline.
Doing this in-house with stretched staff, or paying a third party
- Estimating competes with other technical priorities
- Tender deadlines create unmanageable spikes
- Take-off quality varies under time pressure
A dedicated estimator, outsourced to us
- One resource whose only job is take-offs and estimates
- Reports to your own estimating manager, not a third party
- Same Screenshot Monitor transparency, direct to you
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Discovery, role design, and a candidate you interview yourself.
You define outcomes, tools and work hours. We source, screen and put forward candidates you interview and approve. Once live, your resource follows your systems, escalation model and reporting cadence — reviewed together on a schedule you set.
Questions about hiring a dedicated Estimator
Ready to add this role to your team?
Tell us your tender volumes and current estimating software — we'll shortlist candidates against your actual task list.