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We are recruiting for a Works Estimator to join a national Building Services Engineering team and assisting in pulling together fully costed M&E and Building project works based on design briefs from the clients/end users. Based from Manchester but North West travel will be required.
* The role is a permanent position paying up to 50k, car allowance circa £420p/m plus competitive package
* Annual Leave – 25 days rising to 26 after 2 years service and then to 27 after 3 years service. Plus bank Holidays
* Salary Sacrifice scheme to purchase up to 5 days extra.
* Pension scheme, employers contributions up to 9%
* Healthcare scheme
* Life Assurance scheme.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
* Assess contract conditions, provide advice on and quantify the risk to all relevant parties and offer solutions where required.
* Develop awareness of clients’ processes and procedures for bid evaluation.
* Effectively plan tenders to ensure timely and accurate preparation of tenders. Ensure tenders are effectively produced – enquiries are sent to supply chain in a timely manner, supply chain quotations are compared accurately and ensure compliance; prelim costs are prepared accurately; risks are identified and escalated; constraints are identified, communicated and managed etc.
* Contribute to effective team collaboration within the wider business, communicating regularly with operations and commercial teams.
* Prepare tender submissions from architect’s drawings, specifications, bill of quantities, pre-priced schedule of rates supplied by the client, including detailing materials necessary for the contract to achieve specification.
* Identify project risks, develop and produce a risk register to assist in the decision making and cost management process to facilitate calculation of contingency amount.
* Understand business development and the bidding market place including competitor environment and market forces (regional variation).
* Compile and present statistical data for pricing/bid analysis, interpretation and explanation of data.
* Understand labour productivity measured as output per worker and output per labour hour including productivity increasing/improvement techniques.
* Attend meetings such as handover meetings, design meetings, bid meetings etc. and assist in preparation of contract mobilisation plans and provide insight into the details of the tender.
* Ensures tender programmes and specific methods of construction are developed with the technical and operations teams.
* Supporting the reactive assessment and selection of products and offerings made by the suppliers for incorporation into commercial bid models.
* Manage tender process to seek and establish project prices from sub-contractors including terms for works to be carried out under the contract.
* Evaluate, engage and negotiate on price documents, assess for accuracy and confirm best value on price and service quality.
* Pull together documentation and pricing information resulting in a quality submission.
* Undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by senior management.
Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills
* A successful background in cost estimating on M&E building services installations.
* Able to produce competitive tender pricing for an inhouse engineering team
* Preferably a member of a recognized body (CIOB/RICS)
* Knowledge of relevant costing standards/systems/platforms e.g. SPONS, BCIS etc
* Track record of delivering cost control and commercial service to projects
* IT literate and proficient in MS Office with competence in using Excel
* Strong commercial knowledge and excellent problem-solving skills
* Working knowledge of various forms of construction contracts, e.g. JCT, NEC.
* Understanding of current building safety & compliance and health and safety regulations including CDM and duty holder responsibilities
* Excellent written and verbal skills
* Self-starter and proactive, with the ability to work independently
* Full, clean driving license
* The role will be subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS checks
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PRS are a leading specialist recruitment and search & selection consultancy within the Building Services, FM and Support Sectors.
Please note if you have not heard from us within 5 days, then your application has not been successful.
PRS is an equal opportunities employer.
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