Senior Cost Planner

About John Holland At John Holland , our purpose is simple – we transform lives with everything we do. We’ve always known that infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work every day. That’s our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way. Be part of the team that’s up for the challenge of transforming lives for good. About The BU Our NSW Building team delivers complex, community-shaping projects across sectors including health, transport, commercial, and education—combining deep technical expertise with a collaborative, people-first culture. Recent projects include the Sydney Children’s Hospital Stage 1 and Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Randwick, as well as the Waterloo Over Station Development—providing student and social housing above a new metro station with high-quality public open space. We are also advancing major hospital redevelopments such as Shoalhaven District Hospital, underscoring our commitment to innovation, sustainability, and improving lives through construction. In addition, we are delivering unique sporting infrastructure projects, including the redevelopment of Penrith Stadium. About The Role The main priority of the role is to ensure accurate cost plans / estimates of allocated projects are completed on time, in accordance with required technical standards and to provide leadership in the preconstruction phase of the project. What You Will Do Cost plan / estimate project quantities and costs in preparation of major tenders on time to a high standard Interpret drawings, specifications, briefs, scopes, and standards and assess their impact on project costs Understand legislation that could have an impact on project costs including relevant building codes Monitor current pricing, new techniques and cost trends Establish trade cost code / work breakdown structure for alignment and analysis with benchmarking Ensure alignment and relationships are maintained with Cost Planning & Estimating team and other internal stakeholders Maintain and develop relationships with subcontractors/suppliers to ensure accurate and favourable pricing as part of the adjudication process Assess, prepare and present escalation schedules Complete project cashflows that provide a minimum cash neutral position Peer review cost plans / estimates prior to submissions Assist project managers in the preparation of major variation claims Validate design development progressing in line with budget on projects in delivery Conduct as built cost analysis and contribute to actual cost data benchmarking Provide iterative feasibility cost plan pricing for commercial assessment project analysis What We Are Looking For Tertiary or Trade Qualifications in Construction, Engineering, Quantity Surveying and/or Project/Construction Management 10 years’ construction experience Multi-disciplinary estimating experience Advanced financial management skills Advanced skills in contemporary estimating software packages Experience in Construct Only, Design & Construct, Managing Contract, Alliance, Joint Ventures & PPP Contracts types Quantitative and qualitative safety, environment and quality risk assessment What's in it for you when you join John Holland? We are about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee. We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From generous leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits. We Offer Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options. Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing. Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you’ll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities. Learning and development opportunities where you’ll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities. Inclusion, diversity and equity is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong – that’s why we’re working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change. We’ve also got active employee resource groups that support our commitments including those around gender equality and reconciliation. Flexible working that works for you as we know flexibility means different things to different people. #J-18808-Ljbffr