Senior Estimator
- Allerton Recruitment
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Jul 22, 2025
Job Description
Founded in 1954, our client is a highly respected, employee‑owned commercial construction company headquartered in Wellington, with a second office in Palmerston North.
With over 70 years of experience, Maycroft Construction delivers projects across the commercial, education, healthcare, aged care, civic, community, heritage, seismic strengthening, and social housing sectors. Renowned for their collaborative pre‑construction and ECI approach, they maintain enduring relationships with key stakeholders, customers and consultants, with much of their work sourced through repeat business and trusted partnerships.
About the Role:
• Lead the estimation process for a diverse range of commercial construction projects
• Prepare accurate cost plans and competitive tenders from concept through to submission and handover
• Collaborate closely with project managers, clients, consultants, subcontractors and internal teams to ensure robust and innovative solutions
• Drive ECI processes, value engineering, and risk analysis
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to continuous improvement of estimating systems
What We’re Looking For:
• Proven experience as a Senior Estimator in the commercial construction sector
• Strong knowledge of Design Build, ECI and competitive tendering methodologies
• Excellent analytical, communication, and negotiation skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines
• Proficiency with industry-standard estimating software (eg. CostX, Buildsoft etc)
What’s on Offer:
• Competitive salary package
• Opportunity to work on landmark projects across Wellington and the lower/ central North Island
• Supportive, innovative team environment
• Professional development and career progression
If you are a driven Senior Estimator seeking a new challenge with a company that values expertise and collaboration, we want to hear from you.
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We are a specialist recruitment agency that focuses on the construction and civil engineering sectors. Allerton Recruitment brings local knowledge and international expertise to match exceptional talent with leading employers.
Allerton Recruitment was founded in Auckland in 2011, and now works with clients nationwide. We have relationships with most of the large and medium sized construction companies, major specialist contractors and key civil engineering businesses throughout New Zealand. Our strategic partnerships enable us to target employers that suit candidates’ specific career aspirations and skills.
The advantage of working with the team at Allerton Recruitment is our focus on listening to candidates to gain a detailed understanding of their goals, both on a professional and personal level, and we work closely with construction and engineering companies to understand their precise staffing needs. This puts us in the best possible position to match suitably qualified candidates with roles that help them achieve these goals and find the quality of life they are looking for.
Our efficient recruitment processes help candidates looking for work in a range of roles in the construction and engineering sectors such as project managers, site managers, project engineers, quantity surveyors, civil engineers, building services managers, health and safety managers and senior management staff.
Working at a national level, we have contacts throughout the country, providing us the ability to place candidates anywhere in New Zealand, including: Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown and other smaller cities and towns in both the North Island and South Island.