Piling Site Engineer / Estimator
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Regions: Manchester, North West
A specialist Piling and Geotechnical contractor is seeking an experienced Site Engineer who would consider making a move into Estimating.
Reporting into a Senior Estimator, the main purpose of the role is to secure work for the Northern Business Unit by leading and coordinating all aspects of selected tender(s), ensuring high quality, competitive proposals are delivered to customers in a manner consistent with the business strategy and procedures. The role will involve building client relationships through engagement with client teams throughout the pre-construction process.
Key Tasks:
1. Lead the bid process to ensure that tender deliverables are produced in a timely and effective manner ensuring clients' needs are evaluated and understood.
2. Review tender enquiry documents (drawings, specifications, site investigation, and client requirements) and submission requirements, ensuring we evaluate all relevant information in the bid process.
3. Ensure that innovative solutions are produced (if necessary liaise with the design team) and that all identified risks are mitigated.
4. Ensure that the correct methods, outputs and plant/resources are selected to deliver the solution (if necessary liaise with the operations team and Ops Director/Business Unit Manager), ensuring that all risks are mitigated.
5. Prepare tender price schedules and documents in accordance with the pricing strategy, risk assessments and Company procedures.
6. Ensure that cost plans are accurate and reflect the project requirements and risk profile.
7. Ensure effective communication with customers during and after the bid process to maximise our opportunities and to build long-term relationships and encourage repeat work.
8. Provide considered responses to customer questions including post tender queries. Willingness to attend meetings, and a professional image is essential.
9. Ensure that the operation and commercial teams have received an effective handover of bid documentation.
10. Manage customer contact, present tender proposals to customers and contribute to customer meetings during the tender process.
11. Ensure compliance with business strategy and authority levels.
Knowledge + Experience Required:
1. Proven experience and good technical/engineering knowledge of ground engineering processes.
2. Preferably Degree qualified.
3. Knowledge of the UK piling and geotechnical market.
4. Good communication, a team player, and is comfortable with the pressures of working to time deadlines.
5. Computer literate with all the major Microsoft office programmes.
6. The individual should be customer centric in approach, with the ability to recognise potential opportunities in invitations to tender.
7. The individual should have a desire to continuously pursue innovation and development, with a focus on the customer and the ground engineering business.
8. Valid CSCS card preferable.
Please Note: No previous Estimating Experience is required
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