Senior Estimator - Civils & Construction
Salary/Rate:
£50,000 - £65,000 + Company Car + Fuel Card
Location:
Carlisle
Company
Hunter Mason Consulting Ltd
Hunter Mason's client has been trading for over 30 years and is looking for an experienced estimator who has a background within the Civils or Construction industry. The successful candidate should have 5 + years’ experience within the estimating field and will be responsible for monitoring trainee estimators as well as attending pre-construction site tender visits to secure future work. The successful candidate should be comfortable working within a team as you will be working closely with the BID management and the Planner teams.
Responsibilities:
- Manage all aspects of the tender from receipt, through to submission and post tender queries;
- Analyse the tender documents to understand the key project requirements and clients aspirations and attend pre-qualification, mid tender and post tender interviews
- Review all tender documents to fully understand the key project risks and opportunities
- Seek specialist support from the wider team in relation to the projects insurance requirements, commercial terms, complex temporary works or other specialist technical aspects;
- Undertake take offs and prepare material enquiries from tender drawings/ works information and specifications;
- Identify requirement for Bills of Quantities to be prepared and arrange for them to be undertaken;
- Prepare Sub-Contractor enquiries from tender drawings, works information and specifications making sure that appropriate levels of risk transfer are included in subcontractor enquiries;
- Highlight requirement for external design to be undertaken by Structural Engineer or Architect;
- Ensure 'Causeway’ estimating package is updated with current rates for plant hire rates and buying information;
- Carry out site visits to determine nature of works;
- Estimate labour, plant, material, and time requirements in order to be able to compute the overall tender cost of the project;
- Keep detailed records and maintaining well-organised work schedules;
- Pro-actively source alternative buying options, creating a robust buying guide to enable accurate quotations
Essential attributes:
- Have significant technical expertise and knowledge of Construction Estimating;
- Commercially aware and capable to carry out financial analysis;
- Excellent communication, people skills and ability to communicate at all levels both verbally and in writing;
- Be flexible and resilient to meet the needs to the business;
- Able to work on multiple tenders at the same time by prioritising workload;
- Ensure that communication between all parties is open and honest;
- Demonstrate and encourage a no-blame culture to ensure review and continuous improvement;
- Understand, demonstrate and buy in to the company values of Quality, Sustainable, Responsive and Pride;
- Demonstrate the highest standards of professionalism and customer service when representing the business;
- Be a strong negotiator and understand the importance of achieving a win-win outcome;
- Maintain excellent working relationships with colleagues, suppliers, sub-contractors and Clients;
- Be computer literate, ideally have extensive experience of Causeway or similar estimating packages;
Why you should work here
- £50,000 - £65,000 Annual Salary (DOE)
- Company Vehicle
- Fuel Card
- BUPA Health Cover
- 24 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays