About the role

Due to unprecedented demand and continued growth across our education portfolio, Educlean is expanding our commercial and estimating capability.

We are seeking an experienced Pricing Estimator / Tender Estimator to join our team, with a specific focus on school and education cleaning contracts.

The position will initially be offered on a casual basis, providing flexibility as our tender and new-business pipeline continues to grow, with a genuine pathway to a permanent full time position for the right person.

This is a key commercial role within Educlean. You will be responsible for reviewing cleaning scopes, tender documentation, floor plans, site information and labour requirements to develop accurate, competitive and commercially sustainable pricing models.

You will work closely with our Managing Director, operations team and business development team across new school tenders, existing client re-tenders, contract renewals and major education-sector opportunities.

We are looking for someone who understands that school cleaning is a highly labour-driven service and that effective estimating requires considerably more than simply applying a rate per square metre.

Our preference is for the successful candidate to be based in South East Queensland. However, experienced candidates located interstate are encouraged to apply.

Where interstate travel is required for site inspections, tender meetings or other business requirements, reasonable travel and accommodation costs will be paid by Educlean.

Key responsibilities

- Prepare detailed pricing models for school, college and education cleaning contracts

- Review cleaning specifications, tender documents, floor plans, building schedules and scopes of work

- Determine appropriate cleaning hours, productivity rates, staffing levels and shift structures

- Develop detailed labour models for day cleaning, evening cleaning, supervision and site management

- Calculate labour costs including award rates, superannuation and applicable employment on-costs

- Assess cleaning requirements across classrooms, amenities, administration areas, libraries, specialist learning spaces, sporting facilities and common areas

- Develop pricing for term-time cleaning, school holiday cleaning and annual deep-clean programs





- Price periodic services including carpet cleaning, hard-floor maintenance, high cleaning, window cleaning and pressure cleaning

- Calculate equipment, machinery, consumables and mobilisation costs

- Analyse incumbent staffing information, wage data and existing service models where provided

- Review cleaning productivity rates and ensure proposed staffing structures are operationally achievable

- Identify scope gaps, exclusions, assumptions and commercial risks before tender submission

- Model alternative staffing and pricing scenarios to improve competitiveness while protecting service quality and margin

- Prepare tender pricing schedules and supporting commercial documentation

- Maintain and continually improve estimating templates, productivity benchmarks and historical pricing information

- Support existing client renewals and re-tenders

- Work with our operations team following contract award to ensure the proposed model can be successfully mobilised and delivered

About you

Ideally, you will have previous experience in school cleaning estimating, commercial cleaning estimating, facilities management pricing, contract cleaning or labour-based service tendering.

Direct experience pricing school cleaning contracts will be highly regarded.

You will have:

- Strong numerical and commercial capability

- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

- Excellent attention to detail

- Experience preparing labour-based pricing models

- An understanding of cleaning productivity rates and labour utilisation

- The ability to interpret complex tender specifications and translate them into practical staffing models

- An understanding of Australian award-based labour costs and employment on-costs

- Strong written and verbal communication skills

- The ability to manage multiple tenders and competing submission deadlines





- Confidence identifying when a proposed staffing model is operationally unrealistic or commercially unsustainable

- A practical understanding of contract margins and profitable service delivery

- The ability to work independently and take ownership of pricing projects from initial review through to final submission

Experience estimating cleaning requirements across schools, colleges, universities or other education environmentswould be a significant advantage.

About Educlean

Educlean is a specialist provider of school cleaning and education facility services.

Our focus on the education sector allows us to develop service models specifically around the requirements of schools, students, staff and education communities.

We currently work with schools and education organisations across Australia and continue to expand our presence across multiple states and international markets.

As Educlean continues to grow, we are investing in the people, systems and commercial capability required to support an increasing pipeline of education-sector opportunities.

Why join Educlean?

- Join a rapidly growing specialist education services company

- Work directly on significant school cleaning tenders and contract opportunities

- Play an important role in major pricing and commercial decisions

- Work closely with senior management

- Take genuine ownership of tender estimating and pricing

- Help shape and improve Educlean's estimating function

- Exposure to school contracts and opportunities across Australia

- Flexible casual arrangement initially

- Genuine pathway to permanent full-time employment

- Interstate applicants welcome, with required business travel and accommodation paid by Educlean

- Opportunity to grow with the business as Educlean continues its national and international expansion

Apply

If you have experience in school cleaning, commercial cleaning estimating, contract pricing, facilities management or labour-based tender estimating, we would like to hear from you.

Please submit your resume together with a brief cover letter outlining your relevant estimating and cleaning-industry experience.

Candidates with direct experience pricing school cleaning contracts are strongly encouraged to apply.

📌 Pricing Estimators / Tender Estimators – Commercial Cleaning (Brisbane)
🏢 Educlean Australia
📍 Brisbane