Position: Estimator
Salary: £45,000-£65,000 plus car allowance and benefits
Responsible for: Tendering for construction projects in a value range of £100,000 - £20 million
Duties:
- Appraisal and evaluation of client tender requirements and specifications in bid preparation
- Abstract and report on contractual tender stage information
- Manage tender information efficiently
- Undertaking tender site visits
- Develop subcontract trade package enquiries
- Take off and produce tender stage bills of quantities
- Pricing of tender labour, plant and material rates build ups
- Analysing supply chain enquiries for tender
- Producing tender risk information
- Reporting for tender adjudication
- Communication and handover of estimates
- Early engagement with client teams to provide cost advice
- Providing early stage project cost plans
- Managing client preconstruction phase programme expectations
- Delivering value engineering optioneering
- Managing and reporting tender stage cost controls
- Working within a client collaborative team environment
- Use of Causeway software to send out enquiries and analyse returns
Personal qualities:
- Excels in working as part of a team and under own supervision
- Strong time management/prioritisation skills
- Ability to self motivate and work to deadlines
- Works well under pressure
- Estimating and take-off software and general IT skills
- Previous experience within a similar role
- Drive and enthusiasm to succeed and improve
Qualifications:
Industry recognised construction related qualification
Bonus: TBC
Car/Allowance: £4,800
Benefits:
- 24 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Staff holidays buy/sell scheme
- Additional staff holiday incentives.
- Cycle to work scheme
- Death in service cover
- Pension
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental health support
- Training and Developments Programmes