Job Description
Estimator / Senior Estimator – Construction / Building. East Midlands.\n\nHybrid / remote working role.\n\nOpportunity for an Estimator / Senior Estimator to join one of the UK’s largest privately owned main contractors working on tendering projects, predominantly public sector, for the East Midlands Region.\n\nRole:\n\nAs Estimator your role will include leading, managing and having responsibility for the following tasks within the preconstruction team:\n\n-Create robust accurate cost plans to track the development of the customer’s concept design through the various design gateways up to target price.\n\n-Take the lead in guiding the design team and customer with respect to affordability.\n\n-Identify opportunities to add value.\n\n-Identify risks and offer workable solutions throughout the project process.\n\n-Actively seek and cost alternative design solutions, where required, to suit customers’ budgets.\n\n-Own the responsibility for the development of a tender procurement strategy to meet the needs of the project, ensuring we have a robust profit plan, supply chain engagement schedule and that agreed design milestones have been taken into account.\n\n-Complete or manage project take–offs to the required level of detail up to the level of SMM 7/NRM2 for all trades.\n\n-Provide a complete and detailed cost information package during the substantiation process to the commercial build team at handover to include completed comparisons, bills of quantities, tender book and quotations.\n\n-Continuously build and enhance relationships with our supply chain, nurturing existing and future partnerships.\n\n-Actively take the lead in obtaining and giving supply chain feedback.\n\n-Collaborate with the production team throughout the project to ensure that logistics, programmes, sequencing and buildability activities are accounted for during substantiation.\n\n-Review performance of supply chain partners with the site team.\n\n-Review and ensure that all design/survey fees (including CDPs) are captured within the proposed costs.\n\n-Conduct cost assessments/‘what if’ analysis on differing designs during the optioneering stages to inform design decisions.\n\n-Build meaningful relationships with our customers and consultants to ensure I am their trusted advisor.\n\n-Lead by example and take responsibility to make things happen.\n\n-Using Conquest Estimating system or similar Desirable\n\n-Taking off quantities up to SMM 7 Desirable\n\nRequirements:\n\nTo be considered for this Estimator role you must meet the following criteria:\n\n- Knowledge of Building Sector.\n- Previous employment as an Assistant Estimator, Estimator, Senior Estimator or similar.\n\n- Previous experience / knowledge in building sector projects such as Commercial, Leisure, Mixed Use, Residential, Apartment Blocks, Student Accommodation, Hotels, Extra Care Housing, MOJ, Industrial, Education or Healthcare.\n- Previous Main Contractor employment\n- Good communication skills.\n- Relevant industry qualification (Degree / HND / HNC etc).\n\nRemuneration:\n\nThe successful Estimator will receive:\n\n*Competitive Basic (Dependent on experience)\n*Car Allowance\n*Pension\n*Bonus\n\nTo be considered for this vacancy or to find out more information please apply now.\n\nServices advertised by Talk Recruitment are that of an employment business and/or agency.\n\nIf you have not had a reply on your application within 5 working days, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion