Estimator

Farringdon
4 days ago
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Estimator
Applications are invited from established estimating professionals or Project / Contracts Managers wishing to progress their career in pre-construction, possessing experience of any area of the ground or geotechnical engineering arena. This could include any discipline of piling or piled foundations, soil, land, slope, embankment improvement or stabilisation, underpinning, drilling & grouting, soil nailing, land / ground anchors and ground beams.
Our client is one of the UK’s largest geotechnical engineering contractors, renowned for providing technically advanced and cost-effective and wide-ranging ground engineering solutions. Their reputation is built on engineering excellence and a commitment to continual innovation, backed by a central technical design and engineering resource, they can deliver the full range of foundations, piling and retaining structures techniques. As one of the largest specialist contractors in the industry, they are able to provide clients with a bespoke foundation solution, which is all supported by their state-of-the-art processes and technologies.
Due to continued growth, a significant increase in workload and a commitment to dedicated growth throughout the UK and Europe our client is now seeking to appoint a dedicated with extensive experience in any of the aforementioned techniques. The role will be to provide accurate and efficient cost estimates for projects across the UK. The main responsibilities are to produce complex tenders, bids, proposals, and quotations associated with all aspects of a variation of contracts. This will include co-ordination with the client to carry out high level estimates in order to produce a truly engineered solution, whilst ensuring that proposals meet statutory legislation, regulation, and client’s key drivers.
The Role

  • The primary responsibility is to develop accurate and timely estimates, and submit competitive bids and proposals for the company’s clients
  • Analyse and interpret detailed client requests, drawings and specifications to then determine and estimate truly value-engineered solutions or alternatives to project requirements
  • Utilise all aspects of your expertise to submit bespoke bids and proposals to clients
  • Attend pre and post tender bid meetings with clients and their representatives
  • Work under deadline pressures in an efficient, composed and calm manner
  • Assist and support the business as a whole to meet their financial targets
  • Help to identify and develop potential new opportunities for work
  • Help to identify new suppliers and sub-contractors to improve performance and profit
  • These are key activities and not a comprehensive list of all duties that you will be expected to carry out, additionally you will need to be flexible and accountable for other areas as workload and business change dictates
    The Person
    The ideal candidate will be a confident and self-motivated individual with the ability to be innovative, whilst still being able to follow and improve set processes. You must be hard working and possess a proven track record within the piling, foundations, or ground engineering sectors. You must also demonstrate the below.
  • Able to identify the requirements of projects
  • Accurately prepare quotations considering all costs associated with the delivery of schemes
  • Provide detailed hand over project files to the operations team to allow for the successful delivery of contracts
  • Correspond, liaise and negotiate with clients, suppliers, contractors and colleagues
  • Able to manage situations when workload presents conflicting demands on time availability, thus demonstrating an ability to effectively prioritise and schedule
  • Able to monitor progress and implement controls to ensure tasks are achieved to time, cost and quality
  • Develop and select effective solutions to challenges, opportunities and risk
  • Communicate facts, ideas and proposals to internal and external stakeholders in an effective and persuasive manner
  • Work with others to develop a wide array of knowledge and skills throughout the team
  • Deliver efficient and effective client service at all times
    An attractive basic salary plus extensive benefits package is on offer to the successful candidate, along with longevity in security of work and forward career progression given the companies drive to overall profitable growth across the UK and Europe.
    We are committed to equal opportunities. We wish to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and appointed solely on their suitability for the post irrespective of race, gender, age, disability, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, marital / civil partnership status, religion / belief or nationality

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