Senior Estimator
Location: St Albans
Salary circa: £80,000 - £90,000 dependant on experience plus package.
Summary
A successful provider of construction services is recruiting for Senior Estimator to join their UK South Construction business unit. T
he Senior Estimator is responsible for ensuring that the estimated cost of a project is prepared correctly in an explicit and consistent manner which takes into account the methods of construction and all circumstances which may affect the execution of the work on a project. The role includes the development of Estimators and Assistant/Graduate Estimators.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure tender documents, addendums, client correspondence etc., are logged on the server and relevant team members are issued with copies.
- Produce sub-contractor enquiry schedule, obtaining suggestions / feedback from the tender team, procurement department preferred/ approved contractor schedules.
- Issue sub-contract enquiries, including scope of works and attendance schedules (where applicable).
- Issue materials enquiries
- Establish competition
- Arrange production of B/Q's where required or B/Q share.
- Undertake spot checks on measures/bill descriptions.
- Chase tender returns and update enquiry schedule
- Raise tender queries
- Develop and fill gaps in tender, compile clarifications and estimator notes for file copy.
- Incorporate late changes / tender amendments
- Assist in the collation of tender risk and opportunity assessment.
- Assist in the production of a value engineering schedule
- Analyse nett tender package returns and complete sub-contractor analysis schedule for adjudication.
- Analyse and assess the individual package requirements for fixed price and contingency additions, all for review at the tender settlement
- Produce documents for tender settlement and present clear nett costings identifying risk and opportunity.
- Completion of the Tender Sum Analysis for review by PCD and issue at adjudication including cash flow and forecast etc.
- Attend adjudication and make notes of and undertake resultant amendments, issue for final Regional review or Group review.
- Complete client pricing documents including Form of Tender, Contract sum analysis, Prelims breakdown (if required), for incorporation into commercial submission section.
- Management Responsibilities
- Assisting in the training and development of Estimators and Assistant/Graduate Estimators
- Assist in the undertaking of PDP's with all direct reports and to drive through actions/activities identified in the individual's development plan
- Assisting in the development and management of the bid budgets to ensure they are kept within budget
- Carrying out regular tender reviews
- Reviewing the risk register on bids
- Assist in the reviewing of inflation calculations
- Developing the cash flow on bid
Experience & Skills
- Between 5-15 years' experience in construction
- Must have strong analytical and numeracy skills to accurately evaluate detailed specifications, cost and risk.
- Must be detail orientated
- Must have a detailed knowledge of the latest processes, materials, and costs. In addition, they should be familiar with Conquest/Causeway/Coins or similar estimating software.
- Working as part of a team, they should be a good communicator and have good time-management skills and be able to work under pressure and to deadlines.
- Qualifications and Training
- Ideally professionally qualified RICS / MCIOB or similar
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