Our client, Ultrasigns, is a manufacturer, designer and supplier of signage solutions to the construction, corporate and retail sectors in South Africa. Ultrasigns has an exciting opportunity available for a Cost Estimator to join their growing team, situated in Parow-East.
The ideal candidate is a team player with good communication skills and a meticulous approach to work, paired with a natural aptitude for working with mathematical information and technical drawings.
Key responsibilities will include: *Keeping up to date with changes in costings of materials *Calculating costing of every sign or project, including material and labour as per designs and specifications *Preparing standardised costing models *Estimate costings for installations, including travel to other provinces *Conducting time and motion studies for determining labour component of signage products *Preparing tender documents *Reviewing and auditing of costings, claims and invoices of jobs and projects *All other tasks related to the role.
Essential minimum qualifications, skills and experience:
• Matric with Mathematics required, a relevant tertiary qualification will be advantageous;
• Minimum 3 years’ practical experience as cost estimator in the manufacturing or construction industry (experience specifically in the signage industry will be preferred);
• Excellent computer literacy in MS Office (specifically Excel), Coreldraw will be advantageous;
• Fully bilingual (Afrikaans & English);
• Own reliable transport.