Estimator Highways
Role Purpose:
* Supporting the Managing & Senior Estimators to develop estimates from 1st Principles associated with the civil portions of multi-disciplined Highways Projects across various stages of the estimate.
* Be a member of the team developing the price.
* Support more senior members of the team to present, negotiate and justify prices produced in an open and honest manner to both senior leaders within the business and/or external customers/partners.
Key Responsibilities:
* Undertake estimates in accordance with the company’s policies and procedures.
* Review customer’s drawings and specifications to prepare accurate costing sheets for materials, labour, and equipment.
* Oversee and/or interrogate design options and ‘value’ solutions, and if appropriate, identify the attractiveness of a project based on sound estimating principles.
* Record assumptions and identify risks and opportunities, including supporting the development of the risk evaluation from a pricing/budgetary point of view.
* Liaise with members of the project team & supply chain to develop and understand methodologies and principles proposed.
DIMENSIONS ORGANISATIONAL:
You will work within a multi-disciplinary team reporting to the Asset Management Leads and Commercial Manager.
INTERFACES: Key internal and external stakeholders that the role interacts with:
Internal: Senior Leaders, Portion Lead, Project Directors, Design & Engineering lead and associated teams, Commercial Director and associated teams including Procurement, Planning Leads and associated teams, subject matter experts and technical writers/bid teams, other members of the estimating team.
External: Alliance partners, Customers, Designers, Supply Chain, Sub-contractors, Cost Consultants, Auditors.
ACCOUNTABILITIES:
* Take the lead on small/medium size bids to ensure that tender deliverables are produced in a timely and effective manner.
* Support and/or interrogate design options and ‘value’ solutions, and if appropriate, identify the attractiveness of a project based on sound estimating principles. Activities to include:
* Review drawings and specifications to prepare accurate costing sheets for materials, labour, and equipment.
* Ensure compliance with the company’s procedures, including the pre-construction gate process.
* Review tender documents and submission requirements, ensuring all financial information is identified and provided and accurate compliant design proposals are included.
* Establish and agree key rates.
* Agree with engineering and planning key methods, outputs, and plant selection.
* Detailed analysis of subcontractors’ analysis.
EXPERIENCE:
* Infrastructure Main Contractor background.
* Previous experience in an estimating role, Commercial or operational background considered.
* Working towards or chartered with a relevant industry-recognised chartership e.g., ICE, CICES, RICS, CIOB (desirable).
* Experienced estimating background using Candy Estimating Software.
* Good financial acumen with an ability to analyse complex data and documentation accurately.
* Proficient in general IT applications e.g. Word and Excel Microsoft Office.
* Experience of preparing estimates with a range of information from detailed construction through to feasibility study level information.
* Demonstrate experience in civil engineering, preferably highways schemes.
* Degree or HNC in Civil Engineering/QS.
Required Qualifications
* None
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