VolkerRail is a leading multidisciplinary railway infrastructure contractor which comprises of two businesses: Major Projects and Specialist Businesses.
Major Projects is an expert in collaborative working, leading on large, multidisciplinary joint venture and alliance projects.
Specialist Businesses is made up of expert divisions in signalling, track, power, electrification, and piling, and has an in-house plant division and bespoke design teams.
Our Head office is based in J3 Business Park, Doncaster and provides support to the businesses in the following areas: Finance and Payroll, Human Resources, HSQES, Work Winning, Procurement and Fleet.
We are proud of our reputation as a high-performing business, working in harmony and partnership with our stakeholders, ensuring we help our clients deliver a rail network for the future.
We have a great opportunity for an Estimator to work within our Work Winning Team based at our head office in Doncaster.
You will be responsible for:
Produce estimates from first principle of lowest feasible prime costs in accordance with the relevant procedures, ITT documents, tender deadlines, and information provided by members of the bid team. This may include production of bills of quantities, activity schedules, schedules of rates, dayworks, etc.
Work with the delivery teams to establish methodology, programme, resource requirements, etc.
Take part in review and handover meetings as required.
Assist at post tender negotiations.
Contribute to risk review / assessment process where required.
Produce commercial information in the prescribed format and detail to enable commercial delivery team to upload to COINS Valuations.
Work with Commercial and Procurement staff to identify sub contract enquiry packages, prepare and receive enquiries and select suppliers in order to obtain the required number of compliant competitive quotations.
About you
Previous experience in a similar role is a requirement.
Proven experience in successful estimating within Railway, Commercial, Construction or comparable industry.
Demonstrable experience and track record of accurate costings and being part of a winning team.
Proficient in MS office applications (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
Good communication and organisational skills.
If your past experience doesn't match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.
Why work with us?
VolkerRail is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.
By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerRail are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.
We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.
We offer a range of benefits, including:
Competitive salary
Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
Pension
Life Assurance
Cycle to Work scheme
Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
Employee Assistance programme
Mental health, physical health, and financial supportFairness, inclusion and respect
We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.
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VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all