Project Manager/Estimator
Top Benefits
About the role
Project Manager / Estimator – Civil Construction
Reports To: General Manager
Our client is a well-established and growing civil contracting and excavation company based in Victoria. They specialize in bulk and detailed excavation, site preparation, and underground utility installation, with projects ranging from $500K to $5M across the South Island and Greater Victoria.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Project Manager/Estimator to join a collaborative, tight-knit team with a strong reputation and a clear path for growth—including the potential to step into a General Manager role in the future.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Supervisors, Foremen, and fellow Project Managers to ensure project success
- Prepare and issue purchase orders and subcontracts
- Develop and maintain project schedules
- Liaise with clients and attend site meetings as needed
- Identify and pursue new project opportunities and attend pre-tender meetings
- Oversee job costing, change management, and project performance
- Balance estimating and project management responsibilities (approx. 50/50 split)
Qualifications:
- Minimum 3- 5 years of experience in a similar Project Manager/Estimator role
- Strong background in civil, underground utility, or mechanical construction
- Class 5 driver’s license with a clean abstract
- Excellent communication skills with both clients and crew
- Solid understanding of job costing and change management
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Safety-conscious, dedicated, and team-oriented
Compensation & Benefits:
- Salary: $120,000–$140,000
- Bonus
- Vacation: 4 weeks
- RRSP Match: 5%
- Benefits: Comprehensive package (1-month waiting period)
- Vehicle Allowance
About Hays
We are leaders in specialist recruitment and workforce solutions, offering advisory services such as learning and skill development, career transitions and employer brand positioning.
As the Leadership Partner to our customers, we invest in lifelong partnerships that empower people and businesses to succeed. We help you achieve your career goals and deliver your business needs by combining meaningful innovation with our global scale and insights.
Last year we helped over 280,000 people find their next career. Join the millions of people around the world that our specialist recruitment consultants provide with up-to-date information on career options, interesting insights and specific industry trends.
We help our customers define and implement strategies to create inclusive and equitable workplaces. Through harnessing and analysing data, we support business decision making and advise on how to access Talent Networks. We also assist in identifying attractive employer propositions by truly understanding a company’s identity, and support clients with all aspects of their Early Careers proposition, from strategic planning through to operational execution.
Hays is the market leader in the UK and Asia Pacific and one of the market leaders in Continental Europe and Latin America. The c.12,800 people we employ around the world partner with clients and candidates to power the world of work. Every day our expert consultants help thousands of candidates find their next role, and they also help clients reshape workforces and deal with talent shortages. In the year to 30 June 2021, we placed 77,000 people in permanent jobs and 244,000 people into temporary roles. For more information about our global network, strategy and Group financial results, visit www.haysplc.com
Project Manager/Estimator
Top Benefits
About the role
Project Manager / Estimator – Civil Construction
Reports To: General Manager
Our client is a well-established and growing civil contracting and excavation company based in Victoria. They specialize in bulk and detailed excavation, site preparation, and underground utility installation, with projects ranging from $500K to $5M across the South Island and Greater Victoria.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Project Manager/Estimator to join a collaborative, tight-knit team with a strong reputation and a clear path for growth—including the potential to step into a General Manager role in the future.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Supervisors, Foremen, and fellow Project Managers to ensure project success
- Prepare and issue purchase orders and subcontracts
- Develop and maintain project schedules
- Liaise with clients and attend site meetings as needed
- Identify and pursue new project opportunities and attend pre-tender meetings
- Oversee job costing, change management, and project performance
- Balance estimating and project management responsibilities (approx. 50/50 split)
Qualifications:
- Minimum 3- 5 years of experience in a similar Project Manager/Estimator role
- Strong background in civil, underground utility, or mechanical construction
- Class 5 driver’s license with a clean abstract
- Excellent communication skills with both clients and crew
- Solid understanding of job costing and change management
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Safety-conscious, dedicated, and team-oriented
Compensation & Benefits:
- Salary: $120,000–$140,000
- Bonus
- Vacation: 4 weeks
- RRSP Match: 5%
- Benefits: Comprehensive package (1-month waiting period)
- Vehicle Allowance
About Hays
We are leaders in specialist recruitment and workforce solutions, offering advisory services such as learning and skill development, career transitions and employer brand positioning.
As the Leadership Partner to our customers, we invest in lifelong partnerships that empower people and businesses to succeed. We help you achieve your career goals and deliver your business needs by combining meaningful innovation with our global scale and insights.
Last year we helped over 280,000 people find their next career. Join the millions of people around the world that our specialist recruitment consultants provide with up-to-date information on career options, interesting insights and specific industry trends.
We help our customers define and implement strategies to create inclusive and equitable workplaces. Through harnessing and analysing data, we support business decision making and advise on how to access Talent Networks. We also assist in identifying attractive employer propositions by truly understanding a company’s identity, and support clients with all aspects of their Early Careers proposition, from strategic planning through to operational execution.
Hays is the market leader in the UK and Asia Pacific and one of the market leaders in Continental Europe and Latin America. The c.12,800 people we employ around the world partner with clients and candidates to power the world of work. Every day our expert consultants help thousands of candidates find their next role, and they also help clients reshape workforces and deal with talent shortages. In the year to 30 June 2021, we placed 77,000 people in permanent jobs and 244,000 people into temporary roles. For more information about our global network, strategy and Group financial results, visit www.haysplc.com