Estimator
Industrial, Commercial, Retail Sector
Design & Build
£40,000 - £65,000 + Car Allowance + Package
This is for a main contractor that turn over circa £15m.
Great culture, supply chain and retention rates.
Flat layer management in the business and quick decisions are made based on common sense.
Contracts range from £250k - £3m typically and work is across the country so you will need to work away during the week which will be expensed.
The Role
Key Duties:
*Leading and managing bids (as required).
*Ensuring compliance with RMS Bid Management processes.
*Managing Estimators, Assistant Estimators and Trainee Estimators as required.
*Coach, mentor and assist with training junior staff to support development
*Deliver core services on project bids.
*Input to monthly reporting.
*Meeting all deadlines for bid return dates and as may be otherwise set by management.
*Other duties as may be required by senior management.
Projects:
*Attending and inputting to bid launch meetings.
*Reviewing bid documents and developing a bid strategy to give a competitive edge.
*Producing market competitive, nett cost estimates for bids in line with the RMS.
*Carrying out accurate quantity take-offs for the purposes of estimating - where required.
*Checking externally produced bills of quantities for accuracy.
*Pricing groundworks, drainage, sub-structure, masonry, joinery work and partitions from first principles.
*Preparing and issuing sub-contract and material enquiries.
*Liaise with the procurement department to obtain material quotations.
*Inputting into gateway documents and gateway review meetings.
*Establishing value engineering opportunities.
*Establishing risks and inputting to project risk register.
*Preparing and checking tender letters, technical notes and qualifications for issue.
*Capturing data and preparing benchmarking reports to support bids.
*Ensuring all key estimating data is effectively transferred to the delivery team at handover stage