Senior Estimator – Experiential Interiors

Employment Type
Full-Time
Job Description
Project Management

Who We Are

Rubenius Interior Wellbeing delivers experience-led, technology-integrated interior environments across innovation centres, experience centres, commercial workplaces, and design-build projects.
Our work sits at the intersection of design ambition, technical integration, and execution discipline.

At Rubenius | REDS, cost planning is not about lowest rates—it is about accuracy, foresight, constructability, and value engineering that protects both design intent and commercial outcomes.

Why Now & Role Overview

As our experiential and technology-integrated portfolio continues to scale, we are seeking a Senior Estimator to take end-to-end ownership of project costing—from early concept through closure.

This role is central to:

  • Winning the right projects
  • Protecting margins and commercial integrity
  • Enabling smooth, predictable project delivery

The Senior Estimator will act as a commercial anchor, translating creative ambition into realistic, defensible, execution-ready costs.

Responsibilities
  • Prepare detailed cost estimates and BOQs covering civil works, interior fit-outs, custom fabrication, furniture, finishes, MEP interfaces, AV, technology integration, signage, and experiential elements
  • Develop estimates across concept, design development, and GFC stages with accuracy and transparency
  • Collaborate closely with design, experiential, and technology teams to fully understand scope and intent
  • Identify scope gaps, ambiguities, risks, and cost drivers early in the estimation process
  • Translate creative ideas into buildable and commercially sound cost structures
  • Propose value-engineering options that optimise cost without compromising experience quality or performance
  • Suggest alternative materials, systems, and execution methodologies where appropriate
  • Support leadership during client negotiations, pricing discussions, and scope rationalisation
  • Maintain and update rate databases for materials, labour, fabrication, AV, technology, and specialist vendors
  • Coordinate with procurement teams for vendor quotations, benchmarking, and market validation
  • Track market trends, price fluctuations, lead times, and availability risks
  • Support pre-bid discussions, client clarifications, and contract finalisation
  • Clearly document assumptions, exclusions, dependencies, and commercial risks
  • Assist with variation costing, change orders, and post-contract commercial controls
Qualifications
  • 8–15 years of experience in estimation and costing for interior fit-outs, design-build, and experiential or commercial interior projects
  • Experience handling projects valued at ₹1 Cr and above is preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or Quantity Surveying
  • Strong hands-on capability in BOQ preparation, rate analysis, cost benchmarking, and value engineering
  • Proficient in Excel, estimation tools, and detailed drawing interpretation (architectural, interior, MEP, and shop drawings
330+ Projects Completed

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