Cost Estimator

**Reference: MLR 7436**

**Consultant: Michelle le Roux**

**Descriptions**:

- Keeping record of changes in costings of materials and update regularly
- Calculate costing of every sign or project, including material and labour as per designs and specification
- Prepare standardised costing models
- Estimate costings for installations including travel to other provinces
- Do time and motion studies for determining labour component of signage products
- Prepare tender documents
- Review and audit of costings, claims and invoices of jobs and projects

**Qualifications**:

- 3 years working experience as cost estimator in the manufacturing or construction industry is a minimum requirement
- Experience as a signage estimator will be beneficial
- Fully bilingual in both Afrikaans and English
- Very good knowledge and proficient in MS Office, especially MS Excel
- Excellent in mathematics
- Be very meticulous, detail orientated and thorough
- Be able to read and understand and have an aptitude for technical drawings and manufacturing
- Very good communication skills and need to work in a team as well as independently
- Need to be able to create costing models to assist with large amount of quotes
- Very passionate about your work and positive attitude
- 100% trustworthy and reliable
- Grade 12
- Degree or Diploma that is relevant
- Computer literacy in MS Office and Coreldraw or similar