Senior Estimator
Region
Southeast England
Location
Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire.
Salary
Up to £80,000
Type
Permanent
Status
Senior Estimator position to join a growing main contractor operating across London and the home counties with head offices based in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire.
Position Details
A Senior Estimator with general contracting experience is required to join and lead the estimating and pre-construction team based in Hertfordshire.
The Estimating job function is to be performed in relation to a range of projects, both frameworks, and one-off projects:
* Commercial
* New Build & Refurbishment
* Residential
* High Street Regeneration
* Education
* Community Centres and Spaces
* Conservation and Heritage
* Externals and Redecoration
Attributes, Responsibilities and Skills
Attributes:
* Have exacting standards of written and verbal communication skills with clients, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers, and staff.
* Undertake high quality work with attention to detail.
* The ability to self-manage time and workloads and multitask various projects sequentially, with a result orientated ethos.
* Good analytical skills.
* Self-driven and motivated, ability to work alone or part of a team.
* A desire to grow and develop personally and within the company.
Responsibilities:
* Meet tender return deadlines.
* Conduct thorough cost analysis, ensuring accuracy and complete tenders.
* Secure profitable projects for the business’s short and long-term workload requirements.
* Allocation of estimating team labour to each tender opportunity and management throughout the submission process.
* Ensure that all tender submissions are comprehensively reviewed and qualified correctly prior to submission.
* Identify and assess potential risks and opportunities in tenders and propose effective mitigation strategies wherever possible.
* Provide tender status reports to the Director(s) on bids and projects.
* Provide objective assessment of the tenders that are available to tender and provide reasoning.
* Supporting and guiding/training less experienced members of the estimating team.
* Lead weekly team meetings and prepare tender reports.
* Regular review of the company's estimating documentation and rates, ensuring these are up to date.
* Collation of various estimating data to assist future evolution of tender processes, identifying areas of weakness and strength.
* Periodically check rates within the estimating software and set new rates as required.
* Undertaking site visits as required.
Skills and Experience
* Ability to build up estimates from first principles based on the unique scope of the project and tender information.
* Able to take off quantities.
* Read drawings and understand rates for key elements.
* Understand buildability and implications for estimating and pricing projects.
* Able to evaluate project programme requirements and to recommend and develop methods of construction and suitable techniques to enable cost efficient bidding.
* Demonstrate good technical knowledge of various construction methods and their impact on the estimating, pricing, costing and construction buildability and sequencing process.
* Able to use previous project experience to work up estimates based on knowledge rather than simply schedule of rates method.
* Able to demonstrate a detailed knowledge of general contracting.
* Good understanding of sub-contract packages
* Ideally experienced in the use of estimating software at an analytical level rather than just able to perform data entry and extraction.
* Good working knowledge of construction methodology and outputs.
* Good understanding of all forms of construction contracts, JCT, NEC, D&B, etc.
* Previous experience of general contracting including, new build, fit out, internal and external refurbishment, cut and carve, and all methods of construction.
Qualifications/IT Skills Requirements
* Preferably a degree or HNC in Quantity Surveying or similar.
* Proficient in all Microsoft packages, excel, word, outlook etc.
* Ideally can use MS Project for tender programming.
* Ideally has experience of a estimating software package.
* Ideally has experience of take-off software.
Employing Company Overview and Profile
A well regarded general contracting business with a plan for significant growth over the next 5 years. Seeking a Senior Estimator who wants to be at the forefront of that expansion and share in that success.
Package and Incentives
* Up to £80,000
* 25 days holidays + Bank Holidays
* Generous Performance Related Bonus
* Free Staff Parking
* Pension
* Fuel Card
Work Location
* Head Office
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £60,000.00-£80,000.00 per year
Additional pay:
* Performance bonus
Benefits:
* Company pension
* Free parking
* Health & wellbeing programme
* On-site parking
Education:
* Diploma of Higher Education (preferred)
Experience:
* estimating: 7 years (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Expected start date: 02/12/2024
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