Custom new homes and large renovations in Brisbane

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All aspects of estimating for high end residential housing, splitter blocks, and small developments.Training new estimating staff.

All aspects of production estimating for spec homes, custom and display homes in NSW and QLD. Pricing and solving construction issues for new facade range.Meeting and problem solving new products for housing range.

SPEC Housing• Produce accurate estimates, issue purchase orders, manage job related information• Create Site Files and provide site specific information to construction team• Assist site with the construction process and resolve related issues if required• Run post construction finalised margins and update reports to ensure management are provided with job marginsOPOL Housing• Request quotes for customer variations• Explain site issues to customer service staff to assist in customer support• Produce accurate estimates, issue purchase orders, manage job related information• Create Site Files and provide site specific information to construction team and advise site of BVs and PCVs• Assist site with the construction process and resolve related issues if required• Run post construction finalised margins and update reports to ensure management are provided with job marginsTendered Projects• Create project specific quotes for geotech, acoustic, hydraulic, bushfire reports and review with relevant staff• Prepare project specific tender documents• Chair tender review meetings with construction team to review construction process• Document meeting minutes and chase outstanding items• Request project specific items and BOM creation in AX to increase efficiency with program timelines• Complete full project take offs and BOQ creation• Manage contract administration• Create new and update existing scope of works project specific• Review and run scope and project review meetings• Review and request quote revisions• Confirm inclusions and scope• Issue vendor packs and confirm insurance meets company requirements• Create and issue Letters of Acceptance, Unsuccessful Tender letters, project specific tender review documents• Manage plan versions and building variations• Assess material, labour and equipment required and analysing different quotes from sub-contractors and suppliers.

Assisting the Building Manager of Urbane Homes.Temporary role assisting the Building Manager of a new investor construction company.• Assisting the Building Manager with updating spreadsheets, writing meeting minutes, checking marketing documents. • Ensuring timelines are met for project launches. • Checking siting plans and working drawings for errors.

Sales costing for complex non-standard house designs.Creating preliminary items, setting up assemblies for new regions and creating new preliminary orders for items such as council fees, contour survey and site testing.Author of estimating manual for how to obtain pricing and methodology for new franchises.Obtaining pricing to set up new franchises including difference council set ups, regional variations and complying with state by state differences to the legislation. Purchase order generation for new jobs.Creation, manipulation and problem solving for construction assemblies.Cost comparisons for variety of situations including trade comparison and area pricing comparisons for percentage variation to regions. Creation, altering and problem solving sales and drafting calculators for automated changing of products within a tender.Creation and updating of MS project plans for new database set ups.Manual take-offs to check tender reports.Research and building of components and assemblies for new construction methods.Negotiate price reductions with existing suppliers for franchises and company owned suppliers.Identifying, documenting and reporting I.T. database issues to management.

General: Answering all incoming calls, emails and managing the scheduling of appointments for 3 authors. First point of contact for clients, both by phone and in person. Customer complaint handling.Administration: Drafting legal correspondence, writing accurate file notes and maintaining file history. Updating client details and maintaining file accuracy. New file creation for a variety of legal files. Organisation and storage of client documents in secure facility, both electronically and physically. Stamp duty application and lodgement with the Office of State Revenue. Completion and lodgement of Titles Office documents for Estate and Conveyancing matters. File archiving. Ordering and maintaining levels of stationary and office supplies. Maintaining working order of office equipment and printing supplies. Training new administration staff and providing assistance to other employees particularly with IT issues. Liaising with various Council Officials and Financial institution staff to ensure deadlines are met.Financial: Petty cash, balancing and reconciliation. Issuing invoices, receipting and collection of payment. Trust and General banking requirements.

Estimating: Creating estimates and updating current estimates for new and existing plans on Timberline, updating master files, architectural variations, organising development changes to display homes. Invoicing: Checking problem invoices and checking original estimates for errors. Purchasing: Ordering extra materials, checking quotes. Administration: Creating and issuing construction files to site for new jobs, updating workflow documents, maintaining plan and site files, minuting site meetings. Sustainability: Member of the Mirvac Sustainability at Work (S@W) committee, monitored computer usage, assisted the development of the S@W website, organised events to increase awareness of sustainable issues.

Invoicing: Checking invoices for accuracy, dealing with subcontractors and suppliers regarding work carried out, entering invoices and running reports in Databuild, completing back charges and credit requests. Estimating: Checking purchase orders against generated recipes, calculating variations and PS/PC adjustments, sending out the necessary information for quoting, checking of received quotes. Purchasing: Placing accurate purchase orders, coordinating site deliveries.