The Client:
Our client is a £30m contractor that specialises in Design, MEP, and Facilities Management working across the Industrial, Critical Resilience, Commercial, Healthcare, Retail & Public sectors. They work between projects from £1m through to £7m MEP value and due to having won multiple projects, they are currently looking for an ambitious Electrical Estimator to their growing team.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Estimating Manager, this role comprises but will not be limited to:
* Tender document review and analysis including raising of RFI’s with the client
* Supply chain correspondence and enquiries
* Take-off as required conforming to standard estimating conventions
* Vetting incoming tenders/offers from supply chain and ensuring that the most viable offer is included within submission
* Preparing tenders for internal adjudications
* Attendance of tender adjudication meetings to present costing approach, project duration, and risks to the business
* Timely submission of tenders
* Attendance in handover of projects to the operations team
In order to be successful, the candidate will have to be able to demonstrate:
* A team mentality
* Excellent communication and organisational skills
* High use of initiative
Skills and Behaviours:
* Commercially astute, able to identify and manage risk and to anticipate issues that may affect costs and address them proactively
* An eye for detail, and proven ability to work to tight deadlines on simultaneous projects
* Proactive and persuasive with the skills to assess better systems of work in order to advise and assist clients on systems that will save time and money
Experience and Qualifications
* Preferably qualified by apprenticeship or to C & G/ONC level
* Proven experience in a similar position with an M&E contractor or in the M&E division of a main
* contractor
* Proven ability to estimate costs and timescales accurately in order to meet deadlines