Senior Estimator - Reigate

Role: Senior Estimator

Location: Reigate

Employment Type: Permanent Role

Consultant: Harry Cork, Brighton Office

The Client:

The Client is a leading national Tier 1 construction contractor who works on a national basis across various different sectors, education, commercial, healthcare etc. With values from £30m-£40m.

What will you be responsible for?

Your day to day duties will include:

• Identify the need for support and call upon it when required to produce estimates
• A thorough understanding of the UK construction market and familiarity with the main forms of Contract used and the significance of these contracts in terms of the risks that need to be addressed in the tender
• Provide guidance and mentor estimating assistants
• Should be an active member of the regional senior management team and should advise regional management of resource levels and capability of support to the business plans

Experience and Qualifications required:

• Ensures all estimates are produced in accordance with the estimating department procedures
• Benchmarks key productivity and cost drivers by seeking feedback from live projects
• Develops knowledge management strategies and systems to support the business units' strategic vision
• Reviews all estimates
• By maintaining own knowledge of the clients working practices and industry as a whole, develop and train the team
• Estimate and produce project and corporate documentation
• Manage and present estimating / tendering information
• Lead on knowledge sharing and learning to develop an innovative team
• Oversee the identification, management, reduction of unnecessary costs and inefficient activities
• Help identify the supply chain based on an informed and well developed understanding of the market
• Oversee the management of the production of papers for use in tender reviews
• Manage the production of accurate financial forecasts for use in setting target costs, ensuring deadlines are met
• Maintain commercial, technical, legal and insurance knowledge of current market
• Produce budget pricing in accordance with available information
• Produce cash flows for tendering purposes when required
• Lead the tender process on larger or more complex projects as and when required.
• Present tenders to clients, and to act as a representative of the client

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