Job Title
Fire Protection Estimator / Dry Fire Team Leader
Job Description
This is a rare opportunity to secure a senior leadership position on the Sunshine Coast with a long established and growing fire protection business.
BOSS Fire Protection is a locally owned fire services business with 28 years of operation, delivering fire protection services across the Sunshine Coast, Wide Bay and Brisbane regions.
We are growing and building our team, not restructuring. With a strong forward pipeline, new contracts secured, and multiple approved fire detection and upgrade projects commencing this year, this role offers genuine long term job security within an established and well respected business.
We focus on putting the right people in the right positions and creating an environment where our team can shine, enjoy their time at work, and support one another.
You will be based from our corporate office, supported by a separate warehouse facility, working within a structured, professional, and well supported operation.
About the Role
This is a hands on leadership role, working closely with the Fire Protection Manager and Business Development Manager, and leading a capable team with great attitudes and a strong team culture.
You will take ownership of estimating across the Dry Fire scope, while also supporting water based fire protection projects from a commercial and scoping perspective. You will play a key role in converting a strong pipeline of opportunities into well planned, well delivered projects.
This role suits someone who enjoys responsibility, communicates clearly, and genuinely values leading people and bringing the best out in their team.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
• Lead estimating and pricing across the Dry Fire scope, including
– Fire detection system upgrades and replacements
– EWIS
– Smoke alarm systems
– Emergency lighting in accordance with AS 2293
- Minor works
• Prepare quotations across all fire protection provisions, aligned with Australian Standards and NCC requirements
• Prepare clear and practical technician scopes of work that set teams up for success on site
• Lead and participate in toolbox meetings, setting the standard for safety, quality, and teamwork
• Work closely with the Fire Protection Manager and Business Development Manager to support water based fire protection projects, providing estimating, scoping, and delivery input
• Influence team performance and culture, supporting technicians through clear communication, technical guidance, and visible leadership
• Partner with the Fire Protection Coordinator to plan, schedule, and sequence works, ensuring projects run smoothly
• Attend meetings with clients, strata managers, QFES representatives, fire designers, and building certifiers
• Act as a key point of contact to management, contributing to commercial decisions and future growth planning
• Play a key role in delivering a strong pipeline of approved upgrade projects commencing this year, along with newly awarded contracts
• Help embed consistent standards across estimating, scoping, safety, and delivery as the business continues to expand
About You
• Minimum 5 years experience in a leadership role within the fire protection industry
• Proven experience in Fire Protection Estimating Dry Fire
• A strong communicator who builds trust with clients, consultants, QFES, and internal teams
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team and bring the best out in people
• Hold relevant electrical qualifications and licences, and appropriate QBCC licensing, or eligibility to obtain
• Strong working knowledge of AS 1851, AS 1670, AS 2293, and NCC requirements
• Background in fire detection, EWIS, emergency lighting, or electrical fire systems
• Commercially minded with strong attention to detail
• Practical and solutions focused leadership style
What We Offer
• Up to $120,000 dollars per annum plus superannuation for the right person, based on leadership, estimating experience, and licensing
• Company vehicle and the usual tools and support required for the role
• Senior leadership role with real autonomy and influence
• Long term secure employment within a 28 year established business
• A strong and visible pipeline of approved upgrades and new contracts across the Sunshine Coast, Wide Bay and Brisbane
• A great team with great attitudes and a genuinely supportive culture
• Sunshine Coast based role offering an excellent work life balance
• Opportunity to work overtime hours, where project requirements and workload allow
Apply Now
If you are an experienced Dry Fire leader with the right mix of leadership, estimating capability, and electrical and QBCC licensing, and you are looking for a secure long term role in a growing business with a strong future pipeline, we would like to hear from you.
Apply via SEEK or send your resume directly to **@bossaustralia.com.au
All applications will be treated confidentially.