Painting By Modern is looking for an experienced Senior Painting Estimator to join our growing team, delivering commercial and industrial painting projects across Australia.
This role combines hands-on estimating with team coordination, overseeing tender submissions, managing workloads across a remote estimating team, and ensuring accurate, competitive and timely proposals.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess tender opportunities and prioritise projects based on capacity and potential success.
- Coordinate estimating workloads, allocate tasks and monitor deadlines across the remote team.
- Prepare and review take-offs, cost estimates and quotations.
- Ensure estimates accurately reflect project scope, site conditions, inclusions, exclusions and risks.
- Manage tender clarifications, supplier and subcontractor pricing, and submissions.
- Collaborate with leadership and state coordinators on pricing strategies and final proposals.
- Provide clear project handovers to Contracts and Operations teams.
- Support and guide estimators while improving estimating processes and standards.
About You
- Minimum 7 years of experience estimating commercial and industrial painting projects in Australia.
- Proven ability to coordinate tenders and manage estimating teams, including remote teams.
- Strong understanding of coating systems, surface preparation, labour, materials and project costs.
- Proficiency in PlanSwift or similar take-off software, Microsoft Excel and tender platforms.
- Strong commercial judgement, organisational skills and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
- Excellent communication skills, attention to detail and a collaborative approach.
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