Senior Estimator
- London
- £80,000-85,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Ensure company governance procedures are followed at all times
- Work in coordination with the Bid Manager to ensure competitive pricing
- Agree methodologies and outputs for key activities with planner and, where appropriate, with Bid Manager / Design Manger
- Provide advice to Bid Manager / Design Manager on most cost effective design options
- Price alternative design solutions
- Procedure competitive price using methodologies and outputs etc to suit conditions/ situations relevant to the scheme.
- Advise Bid Manager of sufficiency of client bill of quantity / activity schedule and arrange for full quantity take off or checking as required.
- Preparing the price estimate for tenders of budget pricing comprising labour, plant etc.
- Liaise with Planner to reconcile plant resource levels
- Liase with procurement & bid team to determine appropriate selection of subcontractors to send enquires to
- Liase with procurement to determine sufficiency and compliance of subcontractor quotations
- Preparation of comparation sheet for subcontractors details additions/ deletions from quoted rates
- Agree costs of temporary works with temporary works coordinator.
- Agree staffing levels and procedure staff programme with Bid Manager and Operations Lead
- Agree shift patterns and overtime rates with operations lead for out of normal hours working - note these need to comply with working time directive/ NR Fatigue guidance
- Liaise with Planner to determine overall duration of preliminaries
- Coordinate and liase with Bid Manager to ensure all aspects of clients requirements included as neccasry (CCS/CEEQUAL etc).
- Input with Bid Manager and tender risk manager into tender risk/ opportunity register
- Final Settlement and submission
- Prepare adjustments sheets in coordination with Bid Manager to reflect settlement adjustments
- Prepare final pricing documentation for inclusion with tender submission - where possible ensuring pricing maintains a positive cash flow throughout the project
- Liase with Bid Manager and address any post tender clarifications/amendments issued by the client
- Handover (for successful bids)
- Prepare handover pricing document for issue to Project Manager and Commercial Manager
- Attend handover meeting with Bid Manager
- Review (for unsuccessful bids)
- Coordinate with Bid Manager to review feedback on tender price (where provided) for future tenders.Experience required for this Senior Estimator role:
- Sound knowledge of civil engineering and construction techniques
- Knowledge of relevant procurement legislation
- Commercial awareness of different forms of contract
- Sound knowledge of the company governance and procedural requirements for work winning.
- Detailed knowledge of estimating software packagesPackage offered for this Senior Estimator role:- Basic Salary up to £85,000 depending on experience
- Plus packageHow to apply for this Senior Estimator role:If you are interest in this Senior Estimator position then please apply via this job board or call Lisa-marie on 07921388030.Apply now for this
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