Construction Estimator
Corrective Services NSW
Location – Windsor or Parramatta NSW
Employment type – Temporary, Full time up to 24months
Salary – $129,464-$142,666 per annum plus superannuation and annual leave loading
Grade – Clerk Grade 9/10
Your role
Join Corrective Services NSW and play a key role in delivering construction projects that support safer communities. As a Construction Estimator, you’ll provide accurate cost estimates, financial insights and expert advice to support infrastructure planning within correctional environments. This is a great opportunity to combine technical expertise with meaningful public sector work, contributing to projects that improve facilities and outcomes across NSW.
What you’ll do
As part of the Infrastructure & Capacity Planning team, you will play a key role in delivering construction projects across correctional facilities by providing accurate cost planning, commercial insight and procurement support.
- Prepare detailed cost estimates and quotations that align with NSW procurement requirements and support successful project delivery
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams, contractors and stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time and to expectations
- Monitor project costs, forecasts and financial performance, proactively managing risks, contingencies and cost pressures
- Provide expert advice on cost-effective construction methods, materials and delivery approaches within operational correctional environments
- Develop and maintain estimating tools and databases to improve accuracy, consistency and long-term planning
- Undertake cost analysis and feasibility studies, providing clear financial insights to support project decision-making
- Support procurement activities, including sourcing trades and materials, in line with policies and best practice
Key challenges you’ll navigate
- Balancing competing priorities and stakeholder expectations while delivering accurate estimates within tight timeframes
- Managing multiple complex projects simultaneously, ensuring financial targets, deadlines and quality standards are consistently achieved
What we’re looking for
- Demonstrated experience in construction estimating, cost planning or project management, with the ability to deliver accurate financial analysis and forecasting for complex projects.
- Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence outcomes across diverse internal and external groups.
- Knowledge of procurement processes and construction methodologies, with experience applying policies and procedures to achieve value-for-money project outcomes.
Essential Requirements
- Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent experience
- Current NSW driver licence and willingness to travel as required.
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We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.
What We Offer
We offer a variety of benefits, including:
- A challenging and rewarding career
- Flexible, autonomous work environment
- Competitive pay and conditions
- Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
- Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.
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We do work that really matters
Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) and Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.
Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!
Are you ready to join us?
Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) addressing the 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the focus capabilities of the role:
Targeted Question 1
Describe a project where you prepared cost estimates and financial forecasts for a complex construction project. How did you ensure accuracy, manage risks or uncertainties, and support project decision-making?
Targeted Question 2
Tell us about a time you worked with multiple stakeholders with competing priorities. How did you manage relationships, influence outcomes, and ensure project objectives were achieved within time and budget constraints?
Applications close 29 June 2026 at 11:59pm AEST.
Got a question?
For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Ken Leungshing via email
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If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please contact Aeron Santos via email on
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Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.
Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit
We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.
To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.
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