Construction Estimator

June 13, 2018 | Comments Off on Construction Estimator

Construction Estimator - Urgently required

We are looking to recruit an Estimator covering the South West of our business. The successful candidate will;
•Have responsibility for the preparation and submission of tenders, under a variety of forms of procurement, typically between £50,000 and £5m in value;
•Be working as part of a team with the objective of securing profitable future workload for the business;
•Utilise construction knowledge and commercial experience in conjunction with other members of the bid team to ensure competitive bids;
•Be responsible for Risk and Value management;
•Be responsible for Preparation of budgets and cost plans;
•Be responsible for Procurement types – traditional, plan and specification, 2 Stage, design and build;
•Be responsible for Bid Management on applicable tenders.

Responsibilities
•Ownership and responsible for all commercial aspects of the tender “estimate”;
•Responsibility for supply chain package strategy, management, checking and financial evaluation;
•Arrange and agree PQS appointments for BQ production or check / produce own quants;
•Attend tender launch, mid tender, supply chain, design team, tender settlement meetings. and post tender interviews where appropriate;
•Input into the bid programme;
•Attend site visits;
•Collate benchmarking information/GIFA rates where applicable;
•Send out enquiries for all trades and materials to named supply chain members;
•Build up on own rates analytically based upon “labour, plant and materials”;
•Produce and own the Bid Opportunity and Risk Register. Ensure contribution from other bid team members;
•Budget/cost planning;
•Pricing of preliminaries in conjunction with operational and planning staff.
•Manage/contribute to the Tender Query process;
•Production of Profit Enhancement Plan;