Lead Estimator

Job Title:Lead Estimator

Location: Seaham Office

Salary: DOE

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Correll Group is a High Voltage, Low Voltage & Fibre Optical engineering, installation and maintenance contractor, specialising in the onshore and offshore energy sector.

The Role:

Reporting to the Bids and Tendering manager, the Lead Estimator will be responsible for Leading the Estimating team, all day-to-day activities required to support the Bids and Tendering process to secure new and repeat business contracts.

The Candidate:

• Experience of negotiated framework bidding and competitive bidding - essential
• Experience of success in supporting a major contract or Business Unit and/or providing support to a professional function
• Line Management experience - desirable
• Excellent influencing, negotiation, and delegation skills
• Strong commercial acumen and excellent analytical skills
• Competent in Microsoft Office, predominantly MS Word, MS Excel and Outlook
• Analytical and keen attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal and customer-facing skills
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Right to Work in the UK

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead pricing strategies on larger tenders
• Support the wider bid teams in ensuring appropriate risk management throughout the tender period
• Identify commercial opportunities and supporting tender commercial strategies on larger schemes
• Ensure all estimate outputs required are completed and to the correct standard
• Support the presentation of large tenders to Directors
• Support in compiling tender pricing submission documents
• Establish and maintain good contacts with Project leads and support functions to ensure internal buy in is secured
• Involvement in client meetings, presentations, and tender negotiations
• Obtaining client feedback on performance and sharing of learning within wider estimating team
• Maintaining awareness of key sector technologies, prices, and market conditions
• Promoting and Leading continual improvement initiatives
• Manage change of Estimating proforma, etc
• Support in monitoring performance against the budgets
• Lead, motivate and coach estimating team members, providing developmental support to enable them to provide excellent commercial and procurement services

Benefits:

• Company Pension
• Private Healthcare
• Flexible working

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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; quantity surveyor, Technical Estimator, Engineering Project Estimator, Technical Project Estimator, Project Manager, Junior Project Coordinator, Project Coordinator, Project Management, Project Administrator, Project Estimator, Project Planning, Operations Coordinator, Project Controller, Project Supervisor, Junior Project Leader may also be considered for this role.